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Exodus 9:28
New English Translation
Exodus 9:28
New English Translation
28 Pray to the Lord, for the mighty[a] thunderings and hail are too much![b] I will release you and you will stay no longer.”[c]
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- Exodus 9:28 sn The text has Heb “the voices of God.” The divine epithet can be used to express the superlative (cf. Jonah 3:3).
- Exodus 9:28 tn The expression וְרַב מִהְיֹת (verav miheyot, “[the mighty thunder and hail] is much from being”) means essentially “more than enough.” This indicates that the storm was too much, or, as one might say, “It is enough.”
- Exodus 9:28 tn The last clause uses a verbal hendiadys: “you will not add to stand,” meaning “you will no longer stay.”
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