Exodus 3:22

Exodus 3:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.
• New International Version (NIV)Every woman is to ask her neighbor and any woman living in her house for articles of silver and gold and for clothing, which you will put on your sons and daughters. And so you will plunder the Egyptians.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)but each woman shall ask of her neighbor, and any woman who lives in her house, for silver and gold jewelry, and for clothing. You shall put them on your sons and on your daughters. So you shall plunder the Egyptians."
• New King James Version (NKJV)But every woman shall ask of her neighbor, namely, of her who dwells near her house, articles of silver, articles of gold, and clothing; and you shall put them on your sons and on your daughters. So you shall plunder the Egyptians.”

Context of Exodus 3:22

20So I will show him my power! I will do powerful miracles to punish the Egyptians. When they see that, Pharaoh will let you go free. 21More than that, I will cause the Egyptians to think well of you, my own people. So when you leave Egypt, they will give you many gifts. All the Israelite women will ask their Egyptian friends to give them things. They will ask the women who live near them and those who live with them in their houses. They will ask for silver things, gold things and beautiful clothes. Then you will take those things and you will dress your sons and your daughters with them. In that way, you will take many valuable things away from the Egyptians.’

Exodus 3:22 word by word

וְשָׁאֲלָ֨ה אִשָּׁ֤ה מִשְּׁכֶנְתָּהּ֙ וּמִגָּרַ֣ת בֵּיתָ֔הּ כְּלֵי־כֶ֛סֶף וּכְלֵ֥י זָהָ֖ב וּשְׂמָלֹ֑ת וְשַׂמְתֶּ֗ם עַל־בְּנֵיכֶם֙ וְעַל־בְּנֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם וְנִצַּלְתֶּ֖ם אֶת־מִצְרָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But every womanאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• shall borrowשָׁאַלshâ'al shâ'êl · to askH7592
• of her neighbourשָׁכֵןshâkên · neighborH7934
• and of her that sojournethגּוּרgûr · to sojournH1481
• in her houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• jewelsכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
• of silverכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
• of goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
• and raimentשִׂמְלָהώimlâh · mantleH8071
• and ye shall putשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• upon your sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• and upon your daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• and ye shall spoilנָצַלnâtsal · to rescueH5337
• the Egyptiansמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714

Cross-references for Exodus 3:22

• Exodus 11:2So tell the Israelite people now what they must do. Every man and every woman must ask the Egyptians that live near them for gold things and silver things.’
• Exodus 12:35The Israelites obeyed Moses. They asked the Egyptians for silver and gold. They also asked them for clothes.
• Genesis 15:14But I will punish the people of that country who give them trouble. After this, your descendants will leave that country. They will take many valuable things with them.
• Psalms 105:37So the Lord led his people out from Egypt. They took with them valuable silver and gold things. Nobody among the Israelite people was too weak to go.
• Job 27:16Wicked people may have lots of money. They may have silver like heaps of sand. They may have more clothes than they could ever wear.
• Proverbs 13:22When a good person dies, he leaves good things for his grandchildren. But a sinner's riches will belong to righteous people in the end.
• Isaiah 33:1It will be very bad for you who destroy other nations. No other nation has destroyed you yet. It will be very bad for you who deceive other nations. No other nation has deceived you yet. But in the end, when you stop destroying, others will destroy you. When you stop deceiving, other nations will deceive you.
• Ezekiel 39:10They will not have to go into the fields or forests to find wood. They will take away the things from those who took their things, says the Lord God.

Commentaries on Exodus 3:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22Every woman shall borrow - This is certainly not a very correct translation: the original word שאל shaal signifies simply to ask, request, demand, require, inquire, etc.; but it does not signify to borrow in the proper sense of that word, though in a very few places of Scripture it is thus used. In this and the parallel place, Exodus 12:35, the word signifies to ask or demand, and not to borrow, which is a gross mistake into which scarcely any of the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22Shall borrow - shall ask. The Egyptians had made the people serve “with rigor,” and the Israelites when about to leave the country for ever were to ask or claim the jewels as a just, though very inadequate, remuneration for services which had made “their lives bitter.” The Egyptians would doubtless have refused had not their feelings toward Moses (see Exodus 11:3) and the people been changed, under God‘s influence, by calamities in which they recognized a…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-22Verses 16-22 Moses' success with the elders of Israel would be good. God, who, by his grace, inclines the heart, and opens the ear, could say beforehand, They shall hearken to thy voice; for he would make them willing in this day of power. As to Pharaoh, Moses is here told that petitions and persuasions, and humble complaints, would not prevail with him; nor a mighty hand stretched out in signs and wonders. But those will certainly be broken by the power…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-22The second protest Moses made was about his lack of knowledge. He said that he did not know God’s name. This could mean that God’s personal name had not yet been made known to him (see study notes on 6:2–3). It could also mean something else. In the ancient Near East, people often believed that knowing a god’s secret name gave them power. Moses may have wondered if he needed such a secret formula (special words believed to control spiritual power). God’s…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-2210-22. Come now therefore, and I will send thee--Considering the patriotic views that had formerly animated the breast of Moses, we might have anticipated that no mission could have been more welcome to his heart than to be employed in the national emancipation of Israel. But he evinced great reluctance to it and stated a variety of objections [Ex 3:11, 13; 4:1, 10] all of which were successfully met and removed--and the happy issue of his labors was…Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 3:22

• Borrowing
• Gold
• Israel
• Jewels
• Moses
• Religion

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Commentaries on Exodus 3

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings