Exodus 9:17

Exodus 9:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?
• New International Version (NIV)You still set yourself against my people and will not let them go.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You are still exalting yourself against my people and will not let them go.
• New King James Version (NKJV)As yet you exalt yourself against My people in that you will not let them go.

Context of Exodus 9:17

15Surely by now I could have stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with a plague that would have wiped you off the earth. 16However, I have let you stand for this reason: to show you My power, and that My Name might be proclaimed throughout all the earth. Yet still you exalt yourself over My people, by not letting them go. 18Behold, tomorrow at about this time, I will cause it to rain a very severe hailstorm, the likes of which has not occurred in Egypt since the day it was founded until now. 19Send word, shelter your cattle and all that you have in the field. For every person and animal found in the field and not brought home, when the hail comes down on them, they will die.’”

Exodus 9:17 word by word

עוֹדְךָ֖ מִסְתּוֹלֵ֣ל בְּעַמִּ֑י לְבִלְתִּ֖י שַׁלְּחָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• As yet exaltestסָלַלsâlal · to buildH5549
• thou thyself against my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• that thou wilt not let them goשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: let goH7971

Cross-references for Exodus 9:17

• Job 9:4He is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and come out whole?
• Job 15:25for he raises his hand against God and flaunts himself against Shaddai,
• Job 40:9Do you have an arm like God’s and can you thunder with a voice like His?
• Isaiah 10:15Should the axe boast against the One who chops with it? Should the saw magnify itself against the One who wields it? It would be like a rod waving the One who lifts it, or like a staff hoisting up the One who is not wood!
• Isaiah 26:11Adonai, Your hand is lifted up, yet they do not see it; They will see Your zeal for the people and be put to shame. Yes, fire will devour Your enemies.
• Isaiah 37:23Whom did you taunt and blaspheme? Against whom did you raise your voice and haughtily lift up your eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel!
• Isaiah 45:9Oy , to one who quarrels with his Maker, like a pot among the pots of the earth! Shall the clay say to the potter, “What have you made?” Or does your work say, “It has no handles”?
• Acts 12:23Immediately, an angel of the Lord struck him down—because he did not give God the glory. And he was eaten by worms and died.
• 1 Corinthians 10:22Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than He, are we?

Commentaries on Exodus 9:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people - So it appears that at this time he might have submitted, and thus prevented his own destruction.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13-34Verses 13-34 With the plague of hail begins the last series of plagues, which differ from the former both in their severity and their effects. Each produced a temporary, but real, change in Pharaoh‘s feelings. Exodus 9:14 All my plagues - This applies to all the plagues which follow; the effect of each was foreseen and foretold. The words “at this time” point to a rapid and continuous succession of blows. The plagues which precede appear to have been…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-21Verses 13-21 Moses is here ordered to deliver a dreadful message to Pharaoh. Providence ordered it, that Moses should have a man of such a fierce and stubborn spirit as this Pharaoh to deal with; and every thing made it a most signal instance of the power of God has to humble and bring down the proudest of his enemies. When God's justice threatens ruin, his mercy at the same time shows a way of escape from it. God not only distinguished between Egyptians…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-17God explained the purpose of the plagues to Pharaoh. They were meant to show that no one is like God in the entire world (9:14; see also Isaiah 46:9; Jeremiah 10:6–7). God did not destroy Pharaoh and Egypt in one strike, even though he could have. Instead, he spared them (Exodus 9:16). God gave them a chance to recognize his power. But Pharaoh refused to humble himself and continued to oppress the Lord's people (9:17).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-178. Take to you handfuls of ashes, &c.--The next plague assailed the persons of the Egyptians, and it appeared in the form of ulcerous eruptions upon the skin and flesh (Le 13:20; 2Ki 20:7; Job 2:7). That this epidemic did not arise from natural causes was evident from its taking effect from the particular action of Moses done in the sight of Pharaoh. The attitude he assumed was similar to that of Eastern magicians, who, "when they pronounce an imprecation…Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 9:17

• Self-Exaltation

In the dictionaries

• Cause
• Deed
• Ground
• Mighty
• Mingle
• Morrow
• Murrain
• Plague
• Raise
• Run

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