Exodus 9
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Fifth Plague: Death of Livestock
9 Then 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. 2 But if you refuse to let them go and keep holding them, 3 then the Lord’s hand will bring a severe plague against your livestock in the field—the horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks. 4 But 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.” 5 And the Lord set a time, saying, “Tomorrow the Lord will do this thing in the land.”(A) 6 The Lord did this the next day. All the Egyptian livestock died,(B) but none among the Israelite livestock died. 7 Pharaoh sent messengers who saw that not a single one of the Israelite livestock was dead. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened,(C) and he did not let the people go.
The Sixth Plague: Boils
8 Then 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. 9 It will become fine dust over the entire land of Egypt. It will become festering boils(D) on man and beast throughout the land of Egypt.” 10 So they took furnace soot and stood before Pharaoh. Moses threw it toward heaven, and it became festering boils on man and beast. 11 The magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils were on the magicians as well as on all the Egyptians.(E) 12 But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart(F) and he did not listen to them, as the Lord had told Moses.
The Seventh Plague: Hail
13 Then 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. 14 Otherwise, I am going to send all My plagues against you,[a] your officials, and your people. Then you will know there is no one like Me in all the earth. 15 By 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.(G) 16 However, I have let you live for this purpose: to show you My power(H) and to make My name known in all the earth. 17 You are still acting arrogantly against[b] My people by not letting them go. 18 Tomorrow at this time I will rain down the worst hail(I) that has ever occurred in Egypt from the day it was founded until now. 19 Therefore 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.” 20 Those among Pharaoh’s officials who feared the word of the Lord made their servants and livestock flee to shelters, 21 but those who didn’t take the Lord’s word seriously left their servants and livestock in the field.
22 Then 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.” 23 So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the Lord sent thunder and hail.(J) Lightning struck the earth, and the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt. 24 The 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. 25 Throughout 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. 26 The only place it didn’t hail was in the land of Goshen where the Israelites were.(K)
27 Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron. “I have sinned this time,” he said to them. “Yahweh is the Righteous(L) One, and I and my people are the guilty ones. 28 Make an appeal to Yahweh. There has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go;(M) you don’t need to stay any longer.”
29 Moses said to him, “When I have left the city, I will extend my hands(N) to Yahweh. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know the earth(O) belongs to Yahweh. 30 But as for you and your officials, I know that you still do not fear Yahweh our God.”
31 The flax and the barley were destroyed because the barley was ripe[c] and the flax was budding,(P) 32 but the wheat and the spelt were not destroyed since they are later crops.[d]
33 Moses 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. 34 When Pharaoh saw that the rain, hail, and thunder had ceased, he sinned again and hardened his heart, he and his officials. 35 So Pharaoh’s heart hardened, and he did not let the Israelites go, as the Lord had said through Moses.
Footnotes
- Exodus 9:14 Lit your heart
- Exodus 9:17 Or still obstructing
- Exodus 9:31 Lit was ears of grain
- Exodus 9:32 Lit are late
Exodus 9
English Standard Version
The Fifth Plague: Egyptian Livestock Die
9 Then the Lord said to Moses, (A)“Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says (B)the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, “Let my people go, that they may serve me. 2 For if you refuse to let them go and still hold them, 3 behold, (C)the hand of the Lord will fall with a very severe plague upon your livestock that are in the field, the horses, the donkeys, the camels, the herds, and the flocks. 4 (D)But the Lord will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that nothing of all that belongs to the people of Israel shall die.”’” 5 And the Lord set a time, saying, “Tomorrow the Lord will do this thing in the land.” 6 And the next day the Lord did this thing. (E)All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one of the livestock of the people of Israel died. 7 And Pharaoh sent, and behold, not one of the livestock of Israel was dead. But (F)the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.
The Sixth Plague: Boils
8 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of soot from the kiln, and let Moses throw them in the air in the sight of Pharaoh. 9 It shall become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and become (G)boils breaking out in sores on man and beast throughout all the land of Egypt.” 10 So they took soot from the kiln and stood before Pharaoh. And Moses threw it in the air, and it became boils breaking out in sores on man and beast. 11 And (H)the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils came upon the magicians and upon all the Egyptians. 12 (I)But the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he did not listen to them, as (J)the Lord had spoken to Moses.
The Seventh Plague: Hail
13 Then the Lord said to Moses, (K)“Rise up early in the morning and present yourself before Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, “Let my people go, that they may serve me. 14 For this time I will send all my plagues on you yourself,[a] and on your servants and your people, so (L)that you may know that there is none like me in all the earth. 15 For by now I could have put out my hand and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth. 16 (M)But for this purpose I have raised you up, to show you my power, so (N)that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth. 17 (O)You are still exalting yourself against my people and will not let them go. 18 Behold, about this time tomorrow I will cause very heavy hail to fall, such as never has been in Egypt from the day it was founded until now. 19 Now therefore send, (P)get your livestock and all that you have in the field into safe shelter, for every man and beast that is in the field and is not brought home will die when the hail falls on them.”’” 20 Then whoever feared the word of the Lord among the servants of Pharaoh hurried his slaves and his livestock into the houses, 21 but whoever did not pay attention to the word of the Lord left his slaves and his livestock in the field.
22 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that there may be (Q)hail in all the land of Egypt, on man and beast and every plant of the field, in the land of Egypt.” 23 Then Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the (R)Lord sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down to the earth. And the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt. 24 There was hail and fire flashing continually in the midst of the hail, very heavy hail, such as had never been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. 25 The hail struck down everything that was in the field in all the land of Egypt, both man and beast. And the hail (S)struck down every plant of the field and broke every tree of the field. 26 (T)Only in the land of Goshen, where the people of Israel were, was there no hail.
27 Then Pharaoh sent and called Moses and Aaron and said to them, “This time (U)I have sinned; the (V)Lord is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong. 28 (W)Plead with the Lord, for there has been enough of God's thunder and hail. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.” 29 Moses said to him, “As soon as I have gone out of the city, (X)I will stretch out my hands to the Lord. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that (Y)the earth is the Lord's. 30 But as for you and your servants, (Z)I know that you do not yet fear the Lord God.” 31 (The flax and the barley were struck down, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud. 32 But the wheat and the emmer[b] were not struck down, for they are late in coming up.) 33 So Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh and (AA)stretched out his hands to the Lord, and the thunder and the hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured upon the earth. 34 But when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunder had ceased, he sinned yet again and (AB)hardened his heart, (AC)he and his servants. 35 So (AD)the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people of Israel go, just as the Lord had spoken through Moses.
Footnotes
- Exodus 9:14 Hebrew on your heart
- Exodus 9:32 A type of wheat
Exode 9
Louis Segond
9 L'Éternel dit à Moïse: Va vers Pharaon, et tu lui diras: Ainsi parle l'Éternel, le Dieu des Hébreux: Laisse aller mon peuple, afin qu'il me serve.
2 Si tu refuses de le laisser aller, et si tu le retiens encore,
3 voici, la main de l'Éternel sera sur tes troupeaux qui sont dans les champs, sur les chevaux, sur les ânes, sur les chameaux, sur les boeufs et sur les brebis; il y aura une mortalité très grande.
4 L'Éternel distinguera entre les troupeaux d'Israël et les troupeaux des Égyptiens, et il ne périra rien de tout ce qui est aux enfants d'Israël.
5 L'Éternel fixa le temps, et dit: Demain, l'Éternel fera cela dans le pays.
6 Et l'Éternel fit ainsi, dès le lendemain. Tous les troupeaux des Égyptiens périrent, et il ne périt pas une bête des troupeaux des enfants d'Israël.
7 Pharaon s'informa de ce qui était arrivé; et voici, pas une bête des troupeaux d'Israël n'avait péri. Mais le coeur de Pharaon s'endurcit, et il ne laissa point aller le peuple.
8 L'Éternel dit à Moïse et à Aaron: Remplissez vos mains de cendre de fournaise, et que Moïse la jette vers le ciel, sous les yeux de Pharaon.
9 Elle deviendra une poussière qui couvrira tout le pays d'Égypte; et elle produira, dans tout le pays d'Égypte, sur les hommes et sur les animaux, des ulcères formés par une éruption de pustules.
10 Ils prirent de la cendre de fournaise, et se présentèrent devant Pharaon; Moïse la jeta vers le ciel, et elle produisit sur les hommes et sur les animaux des ulcères formés par une éruption de pustules.
11 Les magiciens ne purent paraître devant Moïse, à cause des ulcères; car les ulcères étaient sur les magiciens, comme sur tous les Égyptiens.
12 L'Éternel endurcit le coeur de Pharaon, et Pharaon n'écouta point Moïse et Aaron, selon ce que l'Éternel avait dit à Moïse.
13 L'Éternel dit à Moïse: Lève-toi de bon matin, et présente-toi devant Pharaon. Tu lui diras: Ainsi parle l'Éternel, le Dieu des Hébreux: Laisse aller mon peuple, afin qu'il me serve.
14 Car, cette fois, je vais envoyer toutes mes plaies contre ton coeur, contre tes serviteurs et contre ton peuple, afin que tu saches que nul n'est semblable à moi sur toute la terre.
15 Si j'avais étendu ma main, et que je t'eusse frappé par la mortalité, toi et ton peuple, tu aurais disparu de la terre.
16 Mais, je t'ai laissé subsister, afin que tu voies ma puissance, et que l'on publie mon nom par toute la terre.
17 Si tu t'élèves encore contre mon peuple, et si tu ne le laisses point aller,
18 voici, je ferai pleuvoir demain, à cette heure, une grêle tellement forte, qu'il n'y en a point eu de semblable en Égypte depuis le jour où elle a été fondée jusqu'à présent.
19 Fais donc mettre en sûreté tes troupeaux et tout ce qui est à toi dans les champs. La grêle tombera sur tous les hommes et sur tous les animaux qui se trouveront dans les champs et qui n'auront pas été recueillis dans les maisons, et ils périront.
20 Ceux des serviteurs de Pharaon qui craignirent la parole de l'Éternel firent retirer dans les maisons leurs serviteurs et leurs troupeaux.
21 Mais ceux qui ne prirent point à coeur la parole de l'Éternel laissèrent leurs serviteurs et leurs troupeaux dans les champs.
22 L'Éternel dit à Moïse: Étends ta main vers le ciel; et qu'il tombe de la grêle dans tout le pays d'Égypte sur les hommes, sur les animaux, et sur toutes les herbes des champs, dans le pays d'Égypte.
23 Moïse étendit sa verge vers le ciel; et l'Éternel envoya des tonnerres et de la grêle, et le feu se promenait sur la terre. L'Éternel fit pleuvoir de la grêle sur le pays d'Égypte.
24 Il tomba de la grêle, et le feu se mêlait avec la grêle; elle était tellement forte qu'il n'y en avait point eu de semblable dans tout le pays d'Égypte depuis qu'il existe comme nation.
25 La grêle frappa, dans tout le pays d'Égypte, tout ce qui était dans les champs, depuis les hommes jusqu'aux animaux; la grêle frappa aussi toutes les herbes des champs, et brisa tous les arbres des champs.
26 Ce fut seulement dans le pays de Gosen, où étaient les enfants d'Israël, qu'il n'y eut point de grêle.
27 Pharaon fit appeler Moïse et Aaron, et leur dit: Cette fois, j'ai péché; c'est l'Éternel qui est le juste, et moi et mon peuple nous sommes les coupables.
28 Priez l'Éternel, pour qu'il n'y ait plus de tonnerres ni de grêle; et je vous laisserai aller, et l'on ne vous retiendra plus.
29 Moïse lui dit: Quand je sortirai de la ville, je lèverai mes mains vers l'Éternel, les tonnerres cesseront et il n'y aura plus de grêle, afin que tu saches que la terre est à l'Éternel.
30 Mais je sais que toi et tes serviteurs, vous ne craindrez pas encore l'Éternel Dieu.
31 Le lin et l'orge avaient été frappés, parce que l'orge était en épis et que c'était la floraison du lin;
32 le froment et l'épeautre n'avaient point été frappés, parce qu'ils sont tardifs.
33 Moïse sortit de chez Pharaon, pour aller hors de la ville; il leva ses mains vers l'Éternel, les tonnerres et la grêle cessèrent, et la pluie ne tomba plus sur la terre.
34 Pharaon, voyant que la pluie, la grêle et les tonnerres avaient cessé, continua de pécher, et il endurcit son coeur, lui et ses serviteurs.
35 Le coeur de Pharaon s'endurcit, et il ne laissa point aller les enfants d'Israël, selon ce que l'Éternel avait dit par l'intermédiaire de Moïse.
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