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,
• 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,
• New Living Translation (NLT)If you continue to hold them and refuse to let them go,

Context of Exodus 9:2

1Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: “Let my people go, so that they may worship me.” If you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them back, 3the hand of the Lord will bring a terrible plague on your livestock in the field—on your horses, donkeys and camels and on your cattle, sheep and goats. 4But the Lord will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and that of Egypt, so that no animal 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 4:23and I told you, “Let my son go, so he may worship me.” But you refused to let him go; so I will kill your firstborn son.’ ”
• Exodus 8:2If you refuse to let them go, I will send a plague of frogs on your whole country.
• Exodus 10:4If you refuse to let them go, I will bring locusts into your country tomorrow.
• Leviticus 26:14“ ‘But if you will not listen to me and carry out all these commands,
• Psalms 7:11God is a righteous judge, a God who displays his wrath every day.
• Psalms 68:21Surely God will crush the heads of his enemies, the hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.
• Isaiah 1:20but if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
• Romans 2:8But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger.
• Revelation 2:21I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling.
• Revelation 16:9They were seared by the intense heat and they cursed the name of God, who had control over these plagues, but they refused to repent and glorify him.

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