New Living Translation
Exodus 9:2
2If you continue to hold them and refuse to let them go,
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
1“Go back to Pharaoh,” the Lord commanded Moses. “Tell him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go, so they can worship me. If you continue to hold them and refuse to let them go, 3the hand of the Lord will strike all your livestock—your horses, donkeys, camels, cattle, sheep, and goats—with a deadly plague. 4But the Lord will again make a distinction between the livestock of the Israelites and that of the Egyptians. Not a single one of Israel’s animals will die!
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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 4:23I commanded you, “Let my son go, so he can worship me.” But since you have refused, I will now kill your firstborn son!’”
- Exodus 8:2If you refuse to let them go, I will send a plague of frogs across your entire land.
- Exodus 10:4If you refuse, watch out! For tomorrow I will bring a swarm of locusts on your country.
- Leviticus 26:14“However, if you do not listen to me or obey all these commands,
- Psalms 7:11God is an honest judge. He is angry with the wicked every day.
- Psalms 68:21But God will smash the heads of his enemies, crushing the skulls of those who love their guilty ways.
- Isaiah 1:20But if you turn away and refuse to listen, you will be devoured by the sword of your enemies. I, the Lord, have spoken!”
- Romans 2:8But he will pour out his anger and wrath on those who live for themselves, who refuse to obey the truth and instead live lives of wickedness.
- Revelation 2:21I gave her time to repent, but she does not want to turn away from her immorality.
- Revelation 16:9Everyone was burned by this blast of heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had control over all these plagues. They did not repent of their sins and turn to God 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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