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

1Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Go to Pharaoh and say to him, “The Lord, the God of the Israelites says this: Let my people go so that they may worship me. If you refuse to let them go, you will have more trouble. If you still keep them in Egypt, 3the Lord will punish you. He will send a very bad illness on all your animals. Your animals in the fields, your horses, donkeys, camels, cows, sheep and goats will all become very ill. 4But the Lord will make a difference between the animals of the Israelites and the animals of the Egyptians. None of the animals of the Israelites will die.” ’

Exodus 9:2 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• For if thou refuseמָאֵןmâ'ên · refusingH3986
• goשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: let goH7971
• and wilt holdחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: holdH2388

Cross-references for Exodus 9:2

• Exodus 4:23I have already said to you, Let my son go so that he can worship me. But if you refuse to let him go, I will kill your first son.” ’
• Exodus 8:2If you refuse to let them go, I will send thousands of frogs to bring trouble to your whole country.
• Exodus 10:4If you refuse to let them go, I will bring locusts into your country tomorrow.
• Leviticus 26:14God will be angry if the people do not listen to him. He will be angry if they do not obey his rules.
• Psalms 7:11God is a judge who is fair. Every day he is angry against wicked people.
• Psalms 68:21He will knock down the heads of his enemies. He will destroy their skulls and their long hair, if they continue to turn against him.
• Isaiah 1:20But if you refuse to obey me and you turn against me, you will die in war.’ That is what the Lord himself has said.
• Romans 2:8But other people think only about themselves. They refuse to obey God's true message. Instead, they continue to do things that are wrong. God will be very angry with people like that and he will punish them.
• Revelation 2:21I have given her time to stop doing these bad things. But she refuses to change how she lives. She does not stop having sex with other men.
• Revelation 16:9The strong heat burned people and it hurt them very much. As a result, they said bad things against God's name, because he had the power to cause these terrible troubles. But they refused to change how they lived. They refused to agree that God is great.

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