Exodus 4:9

And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
believe	יַאֲמִ֡ינוּ ya.'a.Mi.nu	H539	properly · verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
two	לִשְׁנֵ֨י lish.Nei	H8147	two · preposition + cardinal number, both genders dual construct
signs	הָאֹת֜וֹת ha.'o.Tot	H226	a signal (literally or figuratively) · definite article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
hearken	יִשְׁמְעוּן֙ yish.me.'Un	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nun
voice	לְקֹלֶ֔ךָ le.ko.Le.cha	H6963	a voice or sound · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
take	וְלָקַחְתָּ֙ ve.la.kach.Ta	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
water	מִמֵּימֵ֣י mi.mei.Mei	H4325	water · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
river	הַיְאֹ֔ר hay.'Or	H2975	a channel · definite article + proper noun, a place name
pour	וְשָׁפַכְתָּ֖ ve.sha.fakh.Ta	H8210	to spill forth (blood · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
dry	הַיַּבָּשָׁ֑ה hai.ya.ba.Shah	H3004	dry ground · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
water	הַמַּ֙יִם֙ ha.Ma.yim	H4325	water · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
takest	תִּקַּ֣ח ti.Kach	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
river	הַיְאֹ֔ר hay.'Or	H2975	a channel · definite article + proper noun, a place name
blood	לְדָ֖ם le.Dam	H1818	blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or… · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
dry	בַּיַּבָּֽשֶׁת bai.ya.Ba.shet	H3006	dry ground · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Exodus 1:22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
Exodus 7:19-25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon t…
Matthew 7:2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 4:1-9

It was a very great honour that Moses was called to when God commissioned him to bring Israel out of Egypt; yet he is with difficulty persuaded to accept the commission, and does it at last with great reluctance, which we should rather impute to a humble diffidence of himself and his own sufficiency than to any unbelieving distrust of God and his word and power. Note, Those whom God designs for preferment he clothes with humility; the most fit for service are the least forward. I. Moses objects that in all probability the people would not hearken to his voice (Exo 4:1), that is, they would not take his bare word, unless he showed them some sign, which he had not been yet instructed to do. Th…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 4:9

take of the water of the river--Nile. Those miracles, two of which were wrought then, and the third to be performed on his arrival in Goshen, were at first designed to encourage him as satisfactory proofs of his divine mission, and to be repeated for the special confirmation of his embassy before the Israelites.

Adam Clarke on Exodus 4:8

If they will not believe - the voice of the first sign, etc. - Probably intimating that some would be more difficult to be persuaded than others: some would yield to the evidence of the first miracle; others would hesitate till they had seen the second; and others would not believe till they had seen the water of the Nile turned into blood, when poured upon the dry land; Exo 4:9.

John Gill on Exodus 4:9

And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs,.... Performed before their eyes; for these were done over again when Moses came into Egypt to the Israelites, and yet some of them might still remain unbelievers to his commission, and so to the voice of these signs, which loudly called for their faith: neither hearken unto thy voice; affirming he came from God, and was sent to be the deliverer of them: that thou shalt take of the water of the river; of the river Nile, when he should come into Egypt; wherefore Josephus (q) is mistaken when he intimates that this was done at the same time with the other signs; and was water he took near at hand and poured on the groun…

Dictionary and topics

Call · .MOSES — .MOSES
Condescension Of God · Rea — Rea
Kidney · Burnt offering of the — Burnt offering of the
Miracles Wrought Through Servants Of God · Moses and Aaron: Water turned into blood — Moses and Aaron: Water turned into blood
Moses · ma — ma
Sign · .Moses — .Moses
Token · Miracles of Moses, of the divine authority of his missions — Miracles of Moses, of the divine authority of his missions

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Exodus 4:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 4:1-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 4:9

Adam Clarke on Exodus 4:8

John Gill on Exodus 4:9

Dictionary and topics

Exodus 4:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 4:1-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 4:9

Adam Clarke on Exodus 4:8

John Gill on Exodus 4:9

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Exodus 4:1-9

Keil & Delitzsch on Exodus 4:1-9

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 4:9

Rashi on Exodus 4:9