New King James Version
Exodus 9:2
2For if you refuse to let them go, and still hold 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 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 in to Pharaoh and tell him, ‘Thus says the Lord God of the Hebrews: “Let My people go, that they may serve Me. For if you refuse to let them go, and still hold them, 3behold, the hand of the Lord will be on your cattle in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the oxen, and on the sheep—a very severe pestilence. 4And the Lord will make a difference between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt. So nothing shall die of all that belongs to the children of Israel.” ’ ”
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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 4:23So I say to you, let My son go that he may serve Me. But if you refuse to let him go, indeed I will kill your son, your firstborn.” ’ ”
- Exodus 8:2But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all your territory with frogs.
- Exodus 10:4Or else, 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 observe all these commandments,
- Psalms 7:11God is a just judge, And God is angry with the wicked every day.
- Psalms 68:21But God will wound the head of His enemies, The hairy scalp of the one who still goes on in his trespasses.
- Isaiah 1:20But if you refuse and rebel, You shall be devoured by the sword”; For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
- Romans 2:8but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness—indignation and wrath,
- Revelation 2:21And I gave her time to repent of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent.
- Revelation 16:9And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; and they did 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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