Exodus 9:28
in Exodus 9Pray to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any longer.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Entreat Jehovah; for there hath been enough of these mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Exodus 9
Commentary
5 notes on this verseIt is enough - There is no need of any farther plague; I submit to the authority of Jehovah and will rebel no more. Mighty thunderings - כלת אלהים koloth Elohim, voices of God; - that is, superlatively loud thunder. So mountains of God (Psa 36:6) means exceeding high mountains. So a prince of God (Gen 23:6) means a mighty prince. See a description of thunder, Psa 29:3-8: “The Voice Of The Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth; the Lord is upon many waters.
This site's exposition
I have sinned this time
on Exodus 9:27-28
I have sinned occurs here for the first time in Scripture and the mouth it comes out of is Pharaoh's. He grants the whole case, that the LORD is righteous and that he and his people are wicked, and then asks for one thing, that the thunder stop. He says it again at 10:16 and takes it back both times, which is why Matthew Henry reads the words as a man conceding the weather rather than repenting.
This site's exposition
there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail
Pharaoh asks Moses to pray and promises that Israel need stay no longer. His word enough shows that the storm has broken his resistance for the moment. Adam Clarke reads the phrase God's thunder, literally the voices of God, as a Hebrew way of saying exceedingly loud thunder, and compares the mountains of God in Psalm 36:6.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Entreat the Lord, for it is enough,....
He condemns himself and his land: " I and my people are wicked, and deserve what is brought upon us." He begs the prayers of Moses: " Entreat the Lord for me, that this direful plague may be removed." And, lastly, he promises to yield up his prisoners: I will let you go. What could one desire more? And yet his heart was hardened all this while.
The words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הַעְתִּ֙ירוּ֙ | ha'tiru | pray | H6279 → | 20 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְרַ֕ב | verav | and [is too] much | H7227 → | 454 times |
| מִֽהְיֹ֛ת | mihyot | for being | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| קֹלֹ֥ת | kolot | [the] thunder claps of | H6963 → | 506 times |
| אֱלֹהִ֖ים | ʾelohim | God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| וּבָרָ֑ד | uvarad | and [the] hail | H1259 → | 29 times |
| וַאֲשַׁלְּחָ֣ה | vaashalechah | and I will let go | H7971 → | 845 times |
| אֶתְכֶ֔ם | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| וְלֹ֥א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תֹסִפ֖וּן | tosifun | you will increase ! | H3254 → | 212 times |
| לַעֲמֹֽד׃ | laamod | to stay | H5975 → | 521 times |
הַעְתִּ֙ירוּ֙pray
ha'tiruH6279 →20 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְרַ֕בand [is too] much
veravH7227 →454 times
מִֽהְיֹ֛תfor being
mihyotH1961 →3559 times
קֹלֹ֥ת[the] thunder claps of
kolotH6963 →506 times
אֱלֹהִ֖יםGod
ʾelohimH430 →2601 times
וּבָרָ֑דand [the] hail
uvaradH1259 →29 times
וַאֲשַׁלְּחָ֣הand I will let go
vaashalechahH7971 →845 times
אֶתְכֶ֔ם<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
וְלֹ֥אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
תֹסִפ֖וּןyou will increase !
tosifunH3254 →212 times
לַעֲמֹֽד׃to stay
laamodH5975 →521 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
Exodus 8:28Pharaoh answered, “I will let you go and sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me.”
it leads to
- Exodus 8:8
Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the…
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 13:6
Then the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the…
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Acts 8:24
Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 8:8
Through
Exodus 8:8Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the…
it leads to
- Exodus 10:17
Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 8:25–28
Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God within this land.”
- Exodus 12:31–32
Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested.
- Exodus 10:17
Through
Acts 8:24Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”
it leads to
- Numbers 21:7
Then the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you. Intercede with the LORD so He will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Job 42:8
So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer…
- Numbers 21:7
About Exodus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.