Exodus 9 HCSB NIV Parallel

◄ Exodus 9 ►

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1Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh and say to him: This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

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."

2But if you refuse to let them go and keep holding them,

2If you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them back,

3then the LORD's hand will bring a severe plague against your livestock in the field--the horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks.

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 the livestock of Egypt, so that nothing of all that the Israelites own will die."

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.'"

5And the LORD set a time, saying, "Tomorrow the LORD will do this thing in the land."

5The LORD set a time and said, "Tomorrow the LORD will do this in the land."

6The LORD did this the next day. All the Egyptian livestock died, but none among the Israelite livestock died.

6And the next day the LORD did it: All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died.

7Pharaoh sent messengers who saw that not a single one of the Israelite livestock was dead. But Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not let the people go.

7Pharaoh investigated and found that not even one of the animals of the Israelites had died. Yet his heart was unyielding and he would not let the people go.

8Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "Take handfuls of furnace soot, and Moses is to throw it toward heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.

8Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "Take handfuls of soot from a furnace and have Moses toss it into the air in the presence of Pharaoh.

9It will become fine dust over the entire land of Egypt. It will become festering boils on man and beast throughout the land of Egypt."

9It will become fine dust over the whole land of Egypt, and festering boils will break out on people and animals throughout the land."

10So they took furnace soot and stood before Pharaoh. Moses threw it toward heaven, and it became festering boils on man and beast.

10So they took soot from a furnace and stood before Pharaoh. Moses tossed it into the air, and festering boils broke out on people and animals.

11The magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils were on the magicians as well as on all the Egyptians.

11The magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils that were on them and on all the Egyptians.

12But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart and he did not listen to them, as the LORD had told Moses.

12But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said to Moses.

13Then the LORD said to Moses, "Get up early in the morning and present yourself to Pharaoh. Tell him: This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews says: Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

13Then the LORD said to Moses, "Get up early in the morning, confront 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,

14Otherwise, I am going to send all My plagues against you, your officials, and your people. Then you will know there is no one like Me in all the earth.

14or this time I will send the full force of my plagues against you and against your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like me in all the earth.

15By now I could have stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with a plague, and you would have been obliterated from the earth.

15For 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 live for this purpose: to show you My power and to make My name known in all the earth.

16But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.

17You are still acting arrogantly against My people by not letting them go.

17You still set yourself against my people and will not let them go.

18Tomorrow at this time I will rain down the worst hail that has ever occurred in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.

18Therefore, at this time tomorrow I will send the worst hailstorm that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded till now.

19Therefore give orders to bring your livestock and all that you have in the field into shelters. Every person and animal that is in the field and not brought inside will die when the hail falls on them."

19Give an order now to bring your livestock and everything you have in the field to a place of shelter, because the hail will fall on every person and animal that has not been brought in and is still out in the field, and they will die.'"

20Those among Pharaoh's officials who feared the word of the LORD made their servants and livestock flee to shelters,

20Those officials of Pharaoh who feared the word of the LORD hurried to bring their slaves and their livestock inside.

21but those who didn't take the LORD's word seriously left their servants and livestock in the field.

21But those who ignored the word of the LORD left their slaves and livestock in the field.

22Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward heaven and let there be hail throughout the land of Egypt--on man and beast and every plant of the field in the land of Egypt."

22Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that hail will fall all over Egypt--on people and animals and on everything growing in the fields of Egypt."

23So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail. Lightning struck the earth, and the LORD rained hail on the land of Egypt.

23When Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning flashed down to the ground. So the LORD rained hail on the land of Egypt;

24The hail, with lightning flashing through it, was so severe that nothing like it had occurred in the land of Egypt since it had become a nation.

24hail fell and lightning flashed back and forth. It was the worst storm in all the land of Egypt since it had become a nation.

25Throughout the land of Egypt, the hail struck down everything in the field, both man and beast. The hail beat down every plant of the field and shattered every tree in the field.

25Throughout Egypt hail struck everything in the fields--both people and animals; it beat down everything growing in the fields and stripped every tree.

26The only place it didn't hail was in the land of Goshen where the Israelites were.

26The only place it did not hail was the land of Goshen, where the Israelites were.

27Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron. "I have sinned this time," he said to them. "Yahweh is the Righteous One, and I and my people are the guilty ones.

27Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. "This time I have sinned," he said to them. "The LORD is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong.

28Make an appeal to Yahweh. There has been enough of God's thunder and hail. I will let you go; you don't need to stay any longer."

28Pray to the LORD, for we have had enough thunder and hail. I will let you go; you don't have to stay any longer."

29Moses said to him, "When I have left the city, I will extend my hands to Yahweh. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know the earth belongs to Yahweh.

29Moses replied, "When I have gone out of the city, I will spread out my hands in prayer to the LORD. The thunder will stop and there will be no more hail, so you may know that the earth is the LORD's.

30But as for you and your officials, I know that you still do not fear Yahweh our God."

30But I know that you and your officials still do not fear the LORD God."

31The flax and the barley were destroyed because the barley was ripe and the flax was budding,

31(The flax and barley were destroyed, since the barley had headed and the flax was in bloom.

32but the wheat and the spelt were not destroyed since they are later crops.

32The wheat and spelt, however, were not destroyed, because they ripen later.)

33Moses went out from Pharaoh and the city, and extended his hands to the LORD. Then the thunder and hail ceased, and rain no longer poured down on the land.

33Then Moses left Pharaoh and went out of the city. He spread out his hands toward the LORD; the thunder and hail stopped, and the rain no longer poured down on the land.

34When Pharaoh saw that the rain, hail, and thunder had ceased, he sinned again and hardened his heart, he and his officials.

34When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had stopped, he sinned again: He and his officials hardened their hearts.

35So Pharaoh's heart hardened, and he did not let the Israelites go, as the LORD had said through Moses.

35So Pharaoh's heart was hard and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the LORD had said through Moses.

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