New English Translation
Exodus 9:2
2For if you refuse to release them and continue holding them,
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, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, “Release my people that they may serve me! For if you refuse to release them and continue holding them, 3then the hand of the Lord will surely bring a very terrible plague on your livestock in the field, on the horses, the donkeys, the camels, the herds, and the flocks. 4But the Lord will distinguish between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, and nothing will die of all that the Israelites have.”’”
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כִּ֛י אִם־מָאֵ֥ן אַתָּ֖ה לְשַׁלֵּ֑חַ וְעוֹדְךָ֖ מַחֲזִ֥יק בָּֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Exodus 9:2
- Exodus 4:23and I said to you, ‘Let my son go that he may serve me,’ but since you have refused to let him go, I will surely kill your son, your firstborn!”’”
- Exodus 8:2But if you refuse to release them, then I am going to plague all your territory with frogs.
- Exodus 10:4But if you refuse to release my people, I am going to bring locusts into your territory tomorrow.
- Leviticus 26:14“‘If, however, you do not obey me and keep all these commandments –
- Psalms 7:11God is a just judge; he is angry throughout the day.
- Psalms 68:21Indeed God strikes the heads of his enemies, the hairy foreheads of those who persist in rebellion.
- Isaiah 1:20But if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” Know for certain that the Lord has spoken.
- Romans 2:8but wrath and anger to those who live in selfish ambition and do not obey the truth but follow unrighteousness.
- Revelation 2:21I have given her time to repent, but she is not willing to repent of her sexual immorality.
- Revelation 16:9Thus people were scorched by the terrible heat, yet they blasphemed the name of God, who has ruling authority over these plagues, and they would not repent 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
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