Exodus 9:18
in Exodus 9Behold, at this time tomorrow I will rain down the worst hail that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded until now.
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ASV
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 day it was founded even until now.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Exodus 9
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
It was the more appalling because hailstones in Egypt are small and of little force; lightning also is scarcely ever known to produce fatal effects; and to enhance the wonder, not a trace of any storm was found in Goshen [Ex 9:26].
This site's exposition
to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain
on Exodus 9:18-19
The word hail occurs here for the first time in Scripture, and the plague is dated a day ahead as the murrain was at verse 5. Then comes something none of the earlier plagues carried, an instruction to Egyptians on how to get out from under it, since cattle and servants brought home under a roof will live. The judgment announces its own exit before it falls.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
A commentator
Isidore of SevilleQUESTIONS ON THE OLD TESTAMENT, EX 14:12-13 · Written before 636.
proposed
After these plagues come blows from on high: voices, thunder and hail, and flashing fire. Thunder means reproaches and divine rebukes, because it does not strike in silence. It makes sounds and sends its teaching down from heaven. By its teaching the world is castigated …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Behold, tomorrow about this time,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
To-morrow about this time - The time of this plague is marked thus circumstantially to show Pharaoh that Jehovah was Lord of heaven and earth, and that the water, the fire, the earth, and the air, which were all objects of Egyptian idolatry, were the creatures of his power; and subservient to his will; and that, far from being able to help them, they were now, in the hands of God, instruments of their destruction.
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הִנְנִ֤י | hini | here I | H2005 → | 316 times |
| מַמְטִיר֙ | mamtir | [am] about to rain down | H4305 → | 17 times |
| כָּעֵ֣ת | kaet | about <the> this time | H6256 → | 296 times |
| מָחָ֔ר | machar | tomorrow | H4279 → | 52 times |
| בָּרָ֖ד | barad | hail | H1259 → | 29 times |
| כָּבֵ֣ד | kaved | heavy | H3515 → | 41 times |
| מְאֹ֑ד | meod | very | H3966 → | 300 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| הָיָ֤ה | hayah | it has been | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| כָמֹ֙הוּ֙ | khamohu | like it | H3644 → | 143 times |
| בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם | bemitzrayim | in Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| לְמִן־ | lemin- | <to> from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הַיּ֥וֹם | haiyom | the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הִוָּסְדָ֖ה | hivasedah | was founded it | H3245 → | |
| וְעַד־ | vead- | and until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| עָֽתָּה׃ | ʾatah | now | H6258 → | 433 times |
הִנְנִ֤יhere I
hiniH2005 →316 times
מַמְטִיר֙[am] about to rain down
mamtirH4305 →17 times
כָּעֵ֣תabout <the> this time
kaetH6256 →296 times
מָחָ֔רtomorrow
macharH4279 →52 times
בָּרָ֖דhail
baradH1259 →29 times
כָּבֵ֣דheavy
kavedH3515 →41 times
מְאֹ֑דvery
meodH3966 →300 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
הָיָ֤הit has been
hayahH1961 →3559 times
כָמֹ֙הוּ֙like it
khamohuH3644 →143 times
בְּמִצְרַ֔יִםin Egypt
bemitzrayimH4714 →641 times
לְמִן־<to> from
lemin-H4480 →1188 times
הַיּ֥וֹםthe day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
הִוָּסְדָ֖הwas founded it
hivasedahH3245 →
וְעַד־and until
vead-H5704 →1261 times
עָֽתָּה׃now
ʾatahH6258 →433 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Kings 7:1Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the LORD says: ‘About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel,…
it leads to
- Joshua 3:5
Then Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.”
- Exodus 16:12
“I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the…
- Ezekiel 37:4
And He said to me, “Prophesy concerning these bones and tell them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD!
- 1 Samuel 11:9
So they said to the messengers who had come, “Tell the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Deliverance will be yours tomorrow by the time the sun is hot.’” And when the messengers relayed this to the…
- Exodus 9:5–6
The LORD set a time, saying, “Tomorrow the LORD will do this in the land.”
- Joshua 3:5
Through
1 Kings 19:2So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those…
it leads to
- Ruth 1:17
Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”
- 2 Kings 6:31
He announced, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders through this day!”
- 1 Kings 20:10
Then Ben-hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if enough dust remains of Samaria for each of my men to have a handful.”
- Ruth 1:17
About Exodus
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Isidore of Seville, QUESTIONS ON THE OLD TESTAMENT, EX 14:12-13; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.