New American Standard Bible 2020
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 speak to him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews says: “Let My people go, so that they may serve Me. For if you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them, 3behold, the hand of the Lord will come with a very severe plague on your livestock which are in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the herds, and on the flocks. 4But the Lord will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that nothing will die of all that belongs to the sons of Israel.”’”
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כִּ֛י אִם־מָאֵ֥ן אַתָּ֖ה לְשַׁלֵּ֑חַ וְעוֹדְךָ֖ מַחֲזִ֥יק בָּֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Exodus 9:2
- Exodus 4:23So I said to you, ‘Let My son go so that he may serve Me’; but you have refused to let him go. Behold, I am going to kill your son, your firstborn.”’”
- Exodus 8:2But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I am going to strike your entire territory with frogs.
- Exodus 10:4For if you refuse to let My people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your territory.
- Leviticus 26:14‘But if you do not obey Me and do not carry out all these commandments,
- Psalms 7:11God is a righteous judge, And a God who shows indignation every day.
- Psalms 68:21God certainly will shatter the heads of His enemies, The hairy head of one who goes about in his guilt.
- Isaiah 1:20But if you refuse and rebel, You will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
- Romans 2:8but to those who are self-serving and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, He will give wrath and indignation.
- Revelation 2:21I gave her time to repent, and she does not want to repent of her sexual immorality.
- Revelation 16:9And the people were scorched with fierce heat; and they blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues, and they did not repent so as 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
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