Exodus 9:2

Exodus 9:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,
• New International Version (NIV)If you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them back,
• English Standard Version (ESV)For if you refuse to let them go and still hold them,
• New King James Version (NKJV)For if you refuse to let them go, and still hold them,

Context of Exodus 9:2

1And Jehovah said to Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith Jehovah the God of the Hebrews: Let my people go, that they may serve me. For if thou refuse to let them go, and shalt retain them still, 3behold, the hand of Jehovah shall be on thy cattle which is in the field, on the horses, on the asses, on the camels, on the oxen and on the sheep, with a very grievous plague. 4And Jehovah will distinguish between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt; and there shall nothing die of all that the children of Israel have.

Exodus 9:2 word by word

כִּ֛י אִם־מָאֵ֥ן אַתָּ֖ה לְשַׁלֵּ֑חַ וְעוֹדְךָ֖ מַחֲזִ֥יק בָּֽם׃Read the interlinear

• goשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: let goH7971
• stillעוֹד‛ôd ‛ôd · stillH5750

Cross-references for Exodus 9:2

• Exodus 4:23And I say to thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me. And if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will kill thy son, thy firstborn.
• Exodus 8:2And if thou refuse to let [them] go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs.
• Exodus 10:4For, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, I will to-morrow bring locusts into thy borders;
• Leviticus 26:14But if ye hearken not unto me, and do not all these commandments,
• Psalms 7:11God is a righteous judge, and a God who is indignant all the day.
• Psalms 68:21Verily God will smite the head of his enemies, the hairy scalp of him that goeth on still in his trespasses.
• Isaiah 1:20but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken.
• Romans 2:8But to those that are contentious, and are disobedient to the truth, but obey unrighteousness, [there shall be] wrath and indignation,
• Revelation 2:21And I gave her time that she should repent, and she will not repent of her fornication.
• Revelation 16:9And the men were burnt with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues, and did not repent to give him glory.

Commentaries on Exodus 9:2

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-7The fifth plague was against the livestock. As with the withholding of flies from the area where the Hebrews lived (8:22–23), the distinction between the livestock of the Israelites and that of the Egyptians (9:4) shows that a natural explanation of this event is insufficient, even if the previous plagues contributed. The Egyptians, like many in the ancient Near East, worshiped the ram, the goat, and the bull as representing power and fertility. These…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-73-5. Behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thy cattle--A fifth application was made to Pharaoh in behalf of the Israelites by Moses, who was instructed to tell him that, if he persisted in opposing their departure, a pestilence would be sent among all the flocks and herds of the Egyptians, while those of the Israelites would be spared. As he showed no intention of keeping his promise, he was still a mark for the arrows of the Almighty's quiver, and the…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Exodus 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings