Exodus 9:5
in Exodus 9The LORD set a time, saying, “Tomorrow the LORD will do this in the land.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Jehovah appointed a set time, saying, To-morrow Jehovah shall do this thing in the land.
KJV
And the Lord appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the Lord shall do this thing in the land.
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This verse in Exodus 9
Commentary
5 notes on this verseTo-morrow the Lord shall do this - By thus foretelling the evil, he showed his prescience and power; and from this both the Egyptians and Hebrews must see that the mortality that ensued was no casualty, but the effect of a predetermined purpose in the Divine justice.
This site's exposition
the Lord appointed a set time
on Exodus 9:5-6
A time is fixed in advance and the plague keeps it, which is the same device used at the frogs, where Pharaoh himself named the hour at 8:9 and 8:10. Verse 6 says all the cattle of Egypt died, and cattle stand in the field again thirteen verses later at 9:19 and 9:25. Verse 3 supplies the limit the summary leaves out, since the hand of the LORD is on the cattle which is in the field, and John Gill and Keil read the all of verse 6 inside that boundary.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
): To-morrow it shall be done. We know not what any day will bring forth, and therefore we cannot say what we will do to-morrow, but it is not so with God.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation+unbalanced-parens
And the Lord appointed a set time,.... For the coming of this plague, that it might plainly appear it came from him, and was not owing to any natural cause: saying, tomorrow the Lord shall do this thing in the land; thus giving him time and space, as he had often done before, to consider the matter well, repent of his obstinacy, and dismiss the people of Israel, and so prevent the plague coming upon the cattle, as threatened.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
As he showed no intention of keeping his promise, he was still a mark for the arrows of the Almighty's quiver, and the threatened plague of which he was forewarned was executed.
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּ֥שֶׂם | vaiyasem | and he set | H7760 → | 584 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| מוֹעֵ֣ד | moed | an appointed time | H4150 → | 223 times |
| לֵאמֹ֑ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| מָחָ֗ר | machar | tomorrow | H4279 → | 52 times |
| יַעֲשֶׂ֧ה | yaaseh | he will do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| יְהוָ֛ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| הַדָּבָ֥ר | hadavar | the thing | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| הַזֶּ֖ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ | baaretz | in the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
וַיָּ֥שֶׂםand he set
vaiyasemH7760 →584 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
מוֹעֵ֣דan appointed time
moedH4150 →223 times
לֵאמֹ֑ר<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
מָחָ֗רtomorrow
macharH4279 →52 times
יַעֲשֶׂ֧הhe will do
yaasehH6213 →2628 times
יְהוָ֛הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
הַדָּבָ֥רthe thing
hadavarH1697 →1440 times
הַזֶּ֖ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
בָּאָֽרֶץ׃in the land
baaretzH776 →2504 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
Job 24:1“Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those who know Him never see His days?
it leads to
- Acts 1:7
Jesus replied, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by His own authority.
- Ecclesiastes 3:17
I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”
- Ecclesiastes 8:6–7
For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him.
- 2 Peter 3:7–8
And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
- Psalms 73:16–19
When I tried to understand all this, it was troublesome in my sight
- Acts 1:7
Through
Exodus 10:4But if you refuse to let My people go, I will bring locusts into your territory tomorrow.
it leads to
- Revelation 9:3
And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth.
- Joel 2:25
I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts—the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust—My great army that I sent against you.
- Revelation 9:3
Through
Exodus 9:18Behold, 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.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 20:6
But about this time tomorrow I will send my servants to search your palace and the houses of your servants. They will seize and carry away all that is precious to you.’”
- 1 Kings 20:6
About Exodus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.