Exodus 9:18

Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
morrow	מָחָ֔ר ma.Char	H4279	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
time	כָּעֵ֣ת ka.'Et	H6256	time · preposition with the article + noun, common both genders singular absolute
rain	מַמְטִיר֙ mam.Tir	H4305	to rain · verb, hiphil active participle, masculine singular absolute
very	מְאֹ֑ד me.'Od	H3966	properly · cardinal number, masculine singular absolute
grievous	כָּבֵ֣ד ka.Ved	H3515	heavy · adjective, masculine singular absolute
hail	בָּרָ֖ד ba.Rad	H1259	hail · noun, common masculine singular absolute
been	כָמֹ֙הוּ֙ kha.Mo.hu	H3644	a form of the prefix 'k-' · preposition with the article + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
Egypt	בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם be.mitz.Ra.yim	H4714	Mitsrajim · preposition + proper noun, a place name
since	לְמִן le.min-	H4480	properly · preposition + preposition
foundation	הַיּ֥וֹם hai.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Exodus 9:22-25 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon be…
1 Kings 19:2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of the…
1 Kings 20:6 Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it s…
2 Kings 7:1 Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a s…
Psalms 83:15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
2 Kings 7:18 And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 9:13-21

Here is, I. A general declaration of the wrath of God against Pharaoh for his obstinacy. Though God has hardened his heart (Exo 9:12), yet Moses must repeat his applications to him; God suspends his grace and yet demands obedience, to punish him for requiring bricks of the children of Israel when he denied them straw. God would likewise show forth a pattern of long-suffering, and how he waits to be gracious to a rebellious and gainsaying people Six times the demand had been made in vain, yet Moses must make it the seventh time: Let my people go, Exo 9:13. A most dreadful message Moses is here ordered to deliver to him, whether he will hear or whether he will forbear. 1. He must tell him that…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 9:18

PLAGUE OF HAIL. (Exo. 9:18-35) I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, &c.--The seventh plague which Pharaoh's hardened heart provoked was that of hail, a phenomenon which must have produced the greatest astonishment and consternation in Egypt as rain and hailstones, accompanied by thunder and lightning, were very rare occurrences. such as hath not been in Egypt--In the Delta, or lower Egypt, where the scene is laid, rain occasionally falls between January and March--hail is not unknown, and thunder sometimes heard. But a storm, not only exhibiting all these elements, but so terrific that hailstones of immense size fell, thunder pealed in awful volleys, and lightning swept the groun…

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Adam Clarke on Exodus 9:18

To-morrow about this time - The time of this plague is marked thus circumstantially to show Pharaoh that Jehovah was Lord of heaven and earth, and that the water, the fire, the earth, and the air, which were all objects of Egyptian idolatry, were the creatures of his power; and subservient to his will; and that, far from being able to help them, they were now, in the hands of God, instruments of their destruction. To rain a very grievous hail - To rain hail may appear to some superficial observers as an unphilosophical mode of expression, but nothing can be more correct. "Drops of rain falling through a cold region of the atmosphere are frozen and converted into hail;" and thus the hail is p…

The Church Fathers

After these plagues come blows from on high: voices, thunder and hail, and flashing fire. Thunder means reproaches and divine rebukes, because it does not strike in silence. It makes sounds and sends its teaching down from heaven. By its teaching the world is castigated and can acknowledge its guilt.And he sends hail, which destroys the young vices that are still tender. He sends fire, too, knowing that there are thorns and spiny plants which that fire might feed on. The Lord says of them, "I came to cast fire on the earth." This fire consumes the incentives to pleasure and lust.
— Isidore of Seville, QUESTIONS ON THE OLD TESTAMENT, EX 14:12-13

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Dictionary and topics

Plague — A “stroke” of affliction, or disease. Sent as a divine chastisement (Num. 11:33; 14:37; 16:46-49; 2 Sam. 24:21). Painful afflictions or diseases, (Lev. 13:3, 5, 30; 1 Kings 8:37), or severe calamity…
Plagues, The Ten — The occasion on which the plagues were sent is described in Exod 3-12.
Foundation · Figuratively applied to: Kingdoms — Figuratively applied to: Kingdoms
Hail · Plague of, in Egypt — Plague of, in Egypt
Plague · Hail — Hail
Rain · Instances of extraordinary: Plague of, upon Egypt — Instances of extraordinary: Plague of, upon Egypt

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 9:18

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 9:13-21

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 9:18

Adam Clarke on Exodus 9:18

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Exodus 9:18

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 9:13-21

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 9:18

Adam Clarke on Exodus 9:18

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Exodus 9:18

John Calvin on Exodus 9:13-26

Keil & Delitzsch on Exodus 9:17-18

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 9:16

Rashi on Exodus 9:18