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 tell him, ‘This is what the Lord God of the Hebrews says: Let my people go to worship me. If you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them ⌞in slavery⌟, 3the Lord will bring a terrible plague on your livestock, including your horses, donkeys, camels, cattle, sheep, and goats. 4But the Lord will distinguish between Israel’s livestock and the livestock of the Egyptians. No animals belonging to 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 told you to let my son go so that he may worship me. But you refused to let him go. So now I’m going to kill your firstborn son.’ ”
• Exodus 8:2If you refuse to let them go, I will bring a plague of frogs on your whole country.
• Exodus 10:4If you refuse to let my people go, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country.
• Leviticus 26:14“If you will not listen to me and obey all these commands,
• Psalms 7:11God is a fair judge, a God who is angered by injustice every day.
• Psalms 68:21Certainly, God will crush the heads of his enemies ⌞and destroy even⌟ the hair on the heads of those who continue to be guilty.
• Isaiah 1:20But if you refuse and rebel, you will be destroyed by swords.” The Lord has spoken.
• Romans 2:8anger and fury on those who, in selfish pride, refuse to believe the truth and who follow what is wrong.
• Revelation 2:21I gave her time to turn to me and change the way she thinks and acts, but she refuses to turn away from her sexual sins.
• Revelation 16:9They were severely burned. They cursed the name of God, who has the authority over these plagues. They would not change the way they think and act and 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