Exodus 9:2 “But if you continue to restrain them and refuse to let them go,”

Exodus 9:2

But if you continue to restrain them and refuse to let them go,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,

World English Bible

For if you refuse to let them go, and hold them still,

American Standard Version

For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,

Geneva Bible 1599

But if thou refuse to let them goe, and wilt yet holde them still,

Darby Translation

For if thou refuse to let them go, and shalt retain them still,

Young's Literal Translation

for, if thou art refusing to send away, and art still keeping hold upon them,

Bible in Basic English

For if you will not let them go, but still keep them in your power,

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Cross references

“For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,”

Exodus 8:2 Exodus 4:23 Exodus 10:4 Leviticus 26:14–16 Psalm 68:21 Isaiah 1:20

Exodus 8:2 · BSB

But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs.

Exodus 4:23 · BSB

and I told you to let My son go so that he may worship Me. But since you have refused to let him go, behold, I will kill your firstborn son!’”

Exodus 10:4 · BSB

But if you refuse to let My people go, I will bring locusts into your territory tomorrow.

Leviticus 26:14–16 · BSB

If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments,

Psalm 68:21 · BSB

Surely God will crush the heads of His enemies, the hairy crowns of those who persist in guilty ways.

Isaiah 1:20 · BSB

But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go 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 worship Me.

3then the hand of the LORD will bring a severe plague on your livestock in the field—on your horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks.

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