Exodus 9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
The Fifth Plague: Livestock Diseased
9 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: Let my people go, so that they may serve me.(A) 2 For if you refuse to let them go and still hold them,(B) 3 the hand of the Lord will strike with a deadly pestilence your livestock in the field: the horses, the donkeys, the camels, the herds, and the flocks. 4 But the Lord will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that nothing shall die of all that belongs to the Israelites.’ ”(C) 5 The Lord set a time, saying, “Tomorrow the Lord will do this thing in the land.” 6 And on the next day the Lord did so; all of the Egyptians’ livestock died, but none of the Israelites’ livestock died.(D) 7 Pharaoh inquired and found that not even one of the Israelites’ livestock had died. But the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he would not let the people go.(E)
The Sixth Plague: Boils
8 Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of soot from the kiln, and let Moses throw it in the air in the sight of Pharaoh. 9 It shall become dust all over the land of Egypt and shall cause festering boils on humans and animals throughout the whole land of Egypt.”(F) 10 So they took soot from the kiln and stood before Pharaoh, and Moses threw it in the air, and it caused festering boils on humans and animals. 11 The magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils afflicted the magicians as well as all the Egyptians. 12 But the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he would not listen to them, just as the Lord had spoken to Moses.(G)
The Seventh Plague: Thunder and Hail
13 Then the Lord said to Moses, “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, so that they may serve me.(H) 14 For this time I will send all my plagues upon you yourself, your officials, and your people, so that you may know that there is no one like me in all the earth.(I) 15 Indeed, by now I could have stretched out my hand and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth.(J) 16 But this is why I have let you live: to show you my power and to make my name resound through all the earth.(K) 17 You are still exalting yourself against my people by not letting them go. 18 Tomorrow at this time I will cause the heaviest hail to fall that has ever fallen in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.(L) 19 Send, therefore, and have your livestock and everything that you have in the open field brought to a secure place; every human or animal that is in the open field and is not brought under shelter will die when the hail comes down upon them.’ ” 20 Those officials of Pharaoh who feared the word of the Lord hurried their slaves and livestock off to a secure place,(M) 21 but those who did not regard the word of the Lord left their slaves and livestock in the open field.
22 The Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven so that hail may fall on the whole land of Egypt, on humans and animals and all the plants of the field in the land of Egypt.”(N) 23 Then Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and fire came down on the earth. And the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt;(O) 24 there was hail with fire flashing continually in the midst of it, such heavy hail as had never fallen in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. 25 The hail struck down everything that was in the open field throughout all the land of Egypt, both human and animal; the hail also struck down all the plants of the field and shattered every tree in the field.(P) 26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites were, was there no hail.(Q)
27 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said to them, “This time I have sinned; the Lord is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong.(R) 28 Pray to the Lord! Enough of God’s thunder and hail! I will let you go; you need stay no longer.”(S) 29 Moses said to him, “As soon as I have gone out of the city, 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 the earth is the Lord’s.(T) 30 But as for you and your officials, I know that you do not yet fear the Lord God.” 31 (Now the flax and the barley were ruined, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud. 32 But the wheat and the spelt were not ruined, for they are late in coming up.) 33 So Moses left Pharaoh, went out of the city, and stretched out his hands to the Lord; then the thunder and the hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured down on the earth. 34 But when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunder had ceased, he sinned once more and hardened his heart, he and his officials. 35 So the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the Lord had spoken through Moses.(U)
Exodus 9
New King James Version
The Fifth Plague: Livestock Diseased
9 Then the Lord said to Moses, (A)“Go in to Pharaoh and tell him, ‘Thus says the Lord God of the Hebrews: “Let My people go, that they may (B)serve Me. 2 For if you (C)refuse to let them go, and still hold them, 3 behold, the (D)hand of the Lord will be on your cattle in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the oxen, and on the sheep—a very severe pestilence. 4 And (E)the Lord will make a difference between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt. So nothing shall die of all that belongs to the children of Israel.” ’ ” 5 Then the Lord appointed a set time, saying, “Tomorrow the Lord will do this thing in the land.”
6 So the Lord did this thing on the next day, and (F)all the livestock of Egypt died; but of the livestock of the children of Israel, not one died. 7 Then Pharaoh sent, and indeed, not even one of the livestock of the Israelites was dead. But the (G)heart of Pharaoh became hard, and he did not let the people go.
The Sixth Plague: Boils(H)
8 So the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Take for yourselves handfuls of ashes from a furnace, and let Moses scatter it toward the heavens in the sight of Pharaoh. 9 And it will become fine dust in all the land of Egypt, and it will cause (I)boils that break out in sores on man and beast throughout all the land of Egypt.” 10 Then they took ashes from the furnace and stood before Pharaoh, and Moses scattered them toward heaven. And they caused (J)boils that break out in sores on man and beast. 11 And the (K)magicians could not stand before Moses because of the (L)boils, for the boils were on the magicians and on all the Egyptians. 12 But the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh; and he (M)did not heed them, just (N)as the Lord had spoken to Moses.
The Seventh Plague: Hail
13 Then the Lord said to Moses, (O)“Rise early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh, and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord God of the Hebrews: “Let My people go, that they may (P)serve Me, 14 for at this time I will send all My plagues to your very heart, and on your servants and on your people, (Q)that you may know that there is none like Me in all the earth. 15 Now if I had (R)stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with (S)pestilence, then you would have been cut off from the earth. 16 But indeed for (T)this purpose I have raised you up, that I may (U)show My power in you, and that My (V)name may be declared in all the earth. 17 As yet you exalt yourself against My people in that you will not let them go. 18 Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause very heavy hail to rain down, such as has not been in Egypt since its founding until now. 19 Therefore send now and gather your livestock and all that you have in the field, for the hail shall come down on every man and every animal which is found in the field and is not brought home; and they shall die.” ’ ”
20 He who (W)feared the word of the Lord among the (X)servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his livestock flee to the houses. 21 But he who did not regard the word of the Lord left his servants and his livestock in the field.
22 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be (Y)hail in all the land of Egypt—on man, on beast, and on every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.” 23 And Moses stretched out his rod toward heaven; and (Z)the Lord sent thunder and hail, and fire darted to the ground. And the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt. 24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, so very heavy that there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. 25 And the (AA)hail struck throughout the whole land of Egypt, all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail struck every herb of the field and broke every tree of the field. 26 (AB)Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, there was no hail.
27 And Pharaoh sent and (AC)called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, (AD)“I have sinned this time. (AE)The Lord is righteous, and my people and I are wicked. 28 (AF)Entreat[a] the Lord, that there may be no more [b]mighty thundering and hail, for it is enough. I will let you (AG)go, and you shall stay no longer.”
29 So Moses said to him, “As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will (AH)spread out my hands to the Lord; the thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, that you may know that the (AI)earth is the Lord’s. 30 But as for you and your servants, (AJ)I know that you will not yet fear the Lord God.”
31 Now the flax and the barley were struck, (AK)for the barley was in the head and the flax was in bud. 32 But the wheat and the spelt were not struck, for they are [c]late crops.
33 So Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh and (AL)spread out his hands to the Lord; then the thunder and the hail ceased, and the rain was not poured on the earth. 34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain, the hail, and the thunder had ceased, he sinned yet more; and he hardened his heart, he and his servants. 35 So (AM)the heart of Pharaoh was hard; neither would he let the children of Israel go, as the Lord had spoken by Moses.
Footnotes
- Exodus 9:28 Pray to, Make supplication to
- Exodus 9:28 Lit. voices of God or sounds of God
- Exodus 9:32 Lit. darkened
Éxodo 9
Nueva Versión Internacional (Castilian)
La plaga en el ganado
9 El Señor le ordenó a Moisés que fuera a hablar con el faraón y le advirtiera: «Así dice el Señor y Dios de los hebreos: “Deja ir a mi pueblo para que me rinda culto”. 2 Si te niegas a dejarlos ir y sigues reteniéndolos, 3 la mano del Señor provocará una terrible plaga entre los ganados que tienes en el campo, y entre tus caballos, asnos, camellos, vacas y ovejas. 4 Pero el Señor hará distinción entre el ganado de Israel y el de Egipto, de modo que no morirá un solo animal que pertenezca a los israelitas».
5 Además, el Señor fijó un plazo y dijo: «Mañana yo, el Señor, haré esto en el país». 6 En efecto, al día siguiente murió todo el ganado de los egipcios, pero del ganado de los israelitas no murió ni un solo animal. 7 Envió el faraón gente a ver los ganados de los israelitas, y se encontraron con que ni un solo animal había muerto. Sin embargo, el faraón endureció su corazón y no quiso dejar ir al pueblo.
La plaga de úlceras
8 Entonces el Señor les dijo a Moisés y a Aarón: «Tomad de algún horno puñados de ceniza, y que la arroje Moisés al aire en presencia del faraón. 9 La ceniza se convertirá en polvo fino, y caerá sobre todo Egipto y abrirá úlceras en personas y animales en todo el país».
10 Moisés y Aarón tomaron ceniza de un horno y se plantaron ante el faraón. Allí Moisés la arrojó al aire, y se abrieron úlceras purulentas en personas y animales. 11 Los magos no pudieron enfrentarse a Moisés, pues ellos y todos los egipcios tenían úlceras. 12 Pero el Señor endureció el corazón del faraón y, tal como el Señor se lo había advertido a Moisés, no quiso el faraón saber nada de Moisés ni de Aarón.
La plaga de granizo
13 El Señor le ordenó a Moisés madrugar al día siguiente, y salirle al paso al faraón para advertirle: «Así dice el Señor y Dios de los hebreos: “Deja ir a mi pueblo para que me rinda culto. 14 Porque esta vez voy a enviar el grueso de mis plagas contra ti, y contra tus funcionarios y tu pueblo, para que sepas que no hay en toda la tierra nadie como yo. 15 Si en este momento desplegara yo mi poder, y a ti y a tu pueblo os azotara con una plaga, desapareceríais de la tierra. 16 Pero te he dejado con vida precisamente para mostrarte mi poder, y para que mi nombre sea proclamado por toda la tierra. 17 Tú, sin embargo, sigues enfrentándote a mi pueblo y no quieres dejarlo ir. 18 Por eso mañana a esta hora enviaré la peor granizada que haya caído en Egipto desde su fundación. 19 Ordena inmediatamente que se pongan bajo techo tus ganados y todo lo que tengas en el campo, lo mismo personas que animales, porque el granizo caerá sobre los que anden al aire libre y los matará”».
20 Algunos funcionarios del faraón temieron la palabra del Señor y se apresuraron a poner bajo techo a sus esclavos y ganados, 21 pero otros no hicieron caso de la palabra del Señor y dejaron en el campo a sus esclavos y ganados.
22 Entonces el Señor le dijo a Moisés: «Levanta los brazos al cielo, para que en todo Egipto caiga granizo sobre la gente y los animales, y sobre todo lo que crece en el campo».
23 Moisés levantó su vara hacia el cielo, y el Señor hizo que cayera granizo sobre todo Egipto: envió truenos, granizo y rayos sobre toda la tierra. 24 Llovió granizo, y con el granizo caían rayos zigzagueantes. Nunca en toda la historia de Egipto como nación hubo una tormenta peor que esta. 25 El granizo arrasó con todo lo que había en los campos de Egipto, y con personas y animales; acabó con todos los cultivos y derribó todos los árboles. 26 El único lugar en donde no granizó fue en la tierra de Gosén, donde estaban los israelitas.
27 Entonces el faraón mandó llamar a Moisés y a Aarón, y les dijo:
―Esta vez reconozco mi pecado. El Señor ha actuado con justicia, mientras que yo y mi pueblo hemos actuado mal. 28 No voy a deteneros más tiempo; voy a dejaros ir. Pero rogad por mí al Señor, que truenos y granizo los hemos tenido de sobra.
29 ―En cuanto yo salga de la ciudad —le contestó Moisés—, elevaré mis manos en oración al Señor, y cesarán los truenos y dejará de granizar. Así sabrás que la tierra es del Señor. 30 Sin embargo, yo sé que tú y tus funcionarios aún no tenéis temor de Dios el Señor.
31 El lino y la cebada fueron destruidos, ya que la cebada estaba en espiga, y el lino en flor. 32 Sin embargo, el trigo y la espelta no se echaron a perder porque maduran más tarde.
33 Tan pronto como Moisés dejó al faraón y salió de la ciudad, elevó sus manos en oración al Señor y, en seguida, cesaron los truenos y dejó de granizar y de llover sobre la tierra. 34 Pero, en cuanto vio el faraón que habían cesado la lluvia, el granizo y los truenos, reincidió en su pecado, y tanto él como sus funcionarios endurecieron su corazón. 35 Tal como el Señor lo había advertido por medio de Moisés, el faraón endureció su corazón y ya no dejó que los israelitas se fueran.
Exodus 9
Evangelical Heritage Version
The Fifth Plague: Death of Livestock
9 Then 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 serve me. 2 But if you refuse to let them go and keep holding them back, 3 watch out, because the hand of the Lord will bring a very severe disease on your livestock which is in the field. It will be on the horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks. 4 But the Lord will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of the Egyptians so that not one of the Israelites’ livestock will die.’” 5 The Lord appointed a set time by saying, “Tomorrow the Lord will do this in the land.” 6 So the next day, that is what the Lord did, and all the livestock of the Egyptians died, but none of the livestock of the Israelites died. 7 Pharaoh checked and found out that not even one of the livestock of the Israelites had died. But Pharaoh’s heart was unyielding, and he did not let the people go.
The Sixth Plague: Boils
8 Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of soot from a kiln, and have Moses toss it toward the sky in the sight of Pharaoh. 9 It will become fine dust over the entire land of Egypt, and festering boils will break out on people and animals in the entire land of Egypt.”
10 So they took soot from a kiln and stood before Pharaoh. Moses tossed it toward the sky, and festering boils broke out on people and animals. 11 The magicians could not stand in front of Moses because of the boils, since the boils were on the magicians and all the Egyptians. 12 But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had said to Moses.
The Seventh Plague: Hail
13 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning. Present yourself to Pharaoh, and tell him that this is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go so that they may serve me. 14 For at this time I will send all my plagues against you yourself, your servants, and your people, so that you will know that there is no one like me in all the earth. 15 For by now I could have stretched out my hand and struck you and your people with a plague so that you would have been wiped off the earth. 16 However, for this very reason, I caused you to stand:[a] so that I could show you my power, and that my name would be made known over the entire earth. 17 You still are acting arrogantly against my people by not letting them go. 18 Watch out. At this time tomorrow I will rain down a very severe hailstorm, unlike any other in Egypt from the day it was founded until now. 19 Now give orders to bring your livestock and everything of yours that is in the open field into shelters. Every person and animal out in the open that is not brought inside will die when the hail falls down on them.”
20 Those among Pharaoh’s officials who feared the word of the Lord made their servants and livestock take refuge inside. 21 But those who did not take the word of the Lord to heart left their servants and livestock in the field.
22 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, and let there be hail in the entire land of Egypt: on the people, on the animals, and on every plant in the field throughout the land of Egypt.”
23 Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, and the Lord sent thunder and hail. Lightning also flashed down to the ground. The Lord rained down hail upon the land of Egypt. 24 The hail, with lightning flashing through it, was very severe. Nothing like it had happened in the entire land of Egypt since it became a nation. 25 Throughout the entire land, the hail struck everything that was in the field, both people and animals. The hail also struck every plant in the field and shattered every tree in the field. 26 But in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites were, there was no hail.
27 Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. He said to them, “I have sinned this time. The Lord is the one who is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong. 28 Plead to the Lord, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go, and you do not have to stay here any longer.”
29 Moses said to him, “When I have gone out of the city, I will spread out my hands to the Lord. The thunder will stop, and there will no longer be any hail, so that you may know that the earth belongs to the Lord. 30 But as for you and your officials, I know that you still do not fear the Lord God.”
31 (The flax and the barley were destroyed, because the barley was ripe and the flax was in bloom. 32 But the wheat and the spelt were not destroyed, because they ripen later.)
33 Moses went out from Pharaoh and from the city. He spread out his hands to the Lord. The thunder and hail stopped, and the rain no longer poured down on the ground. 34 But when Pharaoh saw that the rain, hail, and thunder had stopped, he sinned again. He and his officials made their hearts unyielding.[b] 35 Pharaoh’s heart was hard, and he did not let the Israelites go, just as the Lord had said through Moses.
Footnotes
- Exodus 9:16 The literal rendering of the Hebrew, caused you to stand, may mean “raised you to power” or “let you remain for so long.” Verse 15 suggests the latter.
- Exodus 9:34 Or unresponsive or calloused
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