Exodus 9:2

Translations

Modern

But if you continue to restrain them and refuse to let them go,

Traditional

For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,

Literal

For if you refuse to send them out, and you are still holding on to them,

Latin

Quod si adhuc renuis, et retines eos,

Original

Hebrew

English

But if you continue to restrain them and refuse to let them go,

Notes

Exodus 9:1–7

The 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 animals had no power before the Lord, in whom true power resides.

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Moses Pharaoh The Plagues

Events

Exodus from Egyptc. 1491 BC

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Glossary

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Topics

Plague: On Cattle

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