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
Esodo 9
La Nuova Diodati
9 Allora l'Eterno disse a Mosè: «Va' da Faraone e digli: "Così dice l'Eterno, il DIO degli Ebrei: lascia andare il mio popolo, perché mi possa servire.
2 Ma se rifiuti di lasciarlo andare e lo trattieni ancora,
3 ecco, la mano dell'Eterno sarà sul tuo bestiame che è nei campi, sui cavalli, sugli asini, sui cammelli, sulle mandrie e sulle greggi, vi sarà una grande calamità.
4 Ma l'Eterno farà una distinzione fra il bestiame d'Israele ed il bestiame d'Egitto; così nulla morirà di tutto quello che appartiene ai figli d'Israele"».
5 Quindi l'Eterno fissò un tempo, dicendo: «Domani l'Eterno farà questo nel paese».
6 E l'Eterno fece questo il giorno seguente, e tutto il bestiame d'Egitto morì; ma del bestiame dei figli d'Israele non ne morì neppure un capo.
7 Il Faraone mandò a vedere, ed ecco che neppure un capo del bestiame degli Israeliti era morto, Ma il cuore del Faraone si indurì, ed egli non lasciò andare il popolo.
8 Poi l'Eterno disse a Mosè e ad Aaronne: «Prendete delle manciate di cenere di fornace, e la sparga Mosè verso il cielo sotto gli occhi del Faraone.
9 Essa diventerà una polvere minuta su tutto il paese d'Egitto, e causerà delle ulceri che produrranno pustole sulle persone e sugli animali per tutto il paese d'Egitto».
10 Allora essi presero della cenere di fornace e si presentarono davanti al Faraone; e Mosè la sparse verso il cielo, ed essa causò delle ulceri che produssero pustole sulle persone e sugli animali.
11 E i maghi non poterono stare davanti a Mosè a motivo delle ulceri, perché i maghi e tutti gli Egiziani erano stati colpiti da ulceri.
12 Ma l'Eterno indurì il cuore del Faraone, ed egli non diede loro ascolto, come l'Eterno aveva detto a Mosè.
13 Poi l'Eterno disse a Mosè: «Levati al mattino presto, presentati davanti al Faraone e digli: "Così dice l'Eterno, il DIO degli Ebrei: Lascia andare il mio popolo, perché mi possa servire.
14 Poiché questa volta manderò tutte le mie piaghe proprio su di te, sui tuoi servi e sul tuo popolo, affinché tu conosca che non e'è nessuno simile a me su tutta la terra.
15 Infatti se io ora avessi steso la mia mano e avessi percosso di peste te e il tuo popolo, tu saresti stato cancellato dalla terra.
16 Ma, proprio per questa ragione, ti ho risparmiato, per mostrarti la mia potenza e perché il mio nome sia proclamato su tutta la terra.
17 E tu ti opponi ancora al mio popolo per non lasciarlo andare?
18 Ecco, domani verso quest'ora, io farò cadere una grandine così forte, quale non ce fu in Egitto dal giorno della sua fondazione fino ad ora.
19 E adesso manda a far mettere al sicuro il tuo bestiame e tutto quello che hai per i campi. Perché tutti gli uomini ed animali, che si trovano nei campi e non sono stati portati in casa, saranno colpiti dalla grandine e moriranno"».
20 Fra i servi del Faraone, coloro che temettero la parola dell'Eterno fecero rifugiare nelle case i loro servi e il loro bestiame;
21 ma coloro che non fecero conto della parola dell'Eterno lasciarono i loro servi e il loro bestiame nei campi.
22 Allora l'Eterno disse a Mosè: «Stendi la tua mano verso il cielo, perché cada grandine in tutto il paese d'Egitto, sulla gente, sugli animali e sopra ogni sorte di vegetazione dei campi nel paese d'Egitto».
23 E Mosè stese il suo bastone verso il cielo; e l'Eterno mandò tuoni e grandine, e il fuoco cadde saettando sulla terra; e l'Eterno fece piovere grandine sul paese d'Egitto.
24 Così ci fu grandine e fuoco guizzante misto a grandine; e fu così forte, quale non ce n'era stata in tutto il paese d'Egitto, da quando era diventato nazione.
25 E la grandine percosse in tutto il paese d'Egitto tutto quello che era nei campi, tanto uomini che animali; e la grandine percosse ogni sorta di vegetazione dei campi e fece a pezzi ogni albero della campagna.
26 Solamente nel paese di Goscen, dov'erano i figli d'Israele non cadde grandine.
27 Allora il Faraone mandò a chiamare Mosè ed Aaronne e disse loro: «Questa volta io ho peccato; l'Eterno è giusto, mentre io e il mio popolo siamo malvagi.
28 Pregate l'Eterno perché cessino i tuoni di DIO e la grandine; io vi lascerò andare e non dovrete piú rimanere».
29 Mosè gli disse: «Come sarò uscito dalla città, protenderò le mie mani all'Eterno; i tuoni cesseranno e non ci sarà piú grandine, affinché tu sappia che la terra appartiene all'Eterno.
30 Ma quanto a te e ai tuoi servi, io so che non temerete ancora l'Eterno DIO».
31 Ora il lino e l'orzo furono colpiti, perché l'orzo era in spiga e il lino in fiore;
32 ma il grano e il farro non furono colpiti, perché sono tardivi.
33 Mosè dunque, lasciato i Faraone, uscì dalla città e protese le mani all'Eterno; allora i tuoni e la grandine cessarono e non cadde piú pioggia sulla terra.
34 Quando il Faraone vide che la pioggia, la grandine e i tuoni erano cessati, continuò a peccare e indurì il suo cuore, lui e i suoi servi.
35 Così il cuore de Faraone s'indurì ed egli non lasciò andare i figli d'Israele, come l'Eterno aveva detto per mezzo di Mosè.
Exodus 9
King James Version
9 Then the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
2 For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,
3 Behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.
4 And the Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children's of Israel.
5 And the Lord appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the Lord shall do this thing in the land.
6 And the Lord did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.
7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.
8 And the Lord said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.
9 And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.
10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast.
11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.
12 And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had spoken unto Moses.
13 And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
14 For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.
15 For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.
16 And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?
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.
19 Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die.
20 He that feared the word of the Lord among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses:
21 And he that regarded not the word of the Lord left his servants and his cattle in the field.
22 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 beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.
23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
25 And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field.
26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.
27 And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the Lord is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
28 Intreat the Lord (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.
29 And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the Lord; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the Lord's.
30 But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear the Lord God.
31 And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
32 But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they were not grown up.
33 And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the Lord: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.
34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.
35 And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go; as the Lord had spoken by Moses.
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