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Exodus 4:8

in Exodus 4

And the LORD said, “If they refuse to believe you or heed the witness of the first sign, they may believe that of the second.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.

KJV

And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.

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This verse in Exodus 4

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

the witness of the first sign

on Exodus 4:8-9

The signs are given as a graded series against unbelief, each one held in reserve for the case where the one before it fails. The third is held back until it becomes the first plague at Exodus 7:20.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

If they will not believe - the voice of the first sign, etc. - Probably intimating that some would be more difficult to be persuaded than others: some would yield to the evidence of the first miracle; others would hesitate till they had seen the second; and others would not believe till they had seen the water of the Nile turned into blood, when poured upon the dry land; Exo 4:9.

The words behind it

14 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְהָיָה֙and it will be

    vehayahH1961 →3559 times

  • אִם־if

    ʾim-H518 →1069 times

  • לֹ֣אnot

    lo'H3808 →5168 times

  • יַאֲמִ֣ינוּthey will believe

    yaaminuH539 →106 times

  • לָ֔ךְ<to> <the> you

    lakh

  • וְלֹ֣אand not

    velo'H3808 →5168 times

  • יִשְׁמְע֔וּthey will listen

    yishmeuH8085 →1159 times

  • לְקֹ֖לto [the] voice of

    lekolH6963 →506 times

  • הָאֹ֣תthe sign

    haotH226 →80 times

  • הָרִאשׁ֑וֹן<the> former

    harishonH7223 →182 times

  • וְהֶֽאֱמִ֔ינוּand they will believe

    veheeminuH539 →106 times

  • לְקֹ֖ל<to> [the] voice of

    lekolH6963 →506 times

  • הָאֹ֥תthe sign

    haotH226 →80 times

  • הָאַחֲרֽוֹן׃<the> latter

    haacharonH314 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

8 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Samuel 10:7When these signs have come, do as the occasion demands, for God is with you.4 worksIsaiah 28:10For they hear: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there.”3 worksExodus 4:30–31and Aaron relayed everything the LORD had said to Moses. And Moses performed the signs before the people,3 worksDeuteronomy 32:39See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.3 works2 Kings 5:7When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, “Am I God, killing and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a leper? Surely you can see that he is seeking a quarrel with me!”2 worksJob 5:18For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.2 works
The other 2 cross-references, with their words ▾
John 6:30So they asked Him, “What sign then will You perform, so that we may see it and believe You? What will You do?2 worksJohn 12:37Although Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still did not believe in Him.-1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Deuteronomy 32:39

    See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My…

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 2:6

      The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.

      Reached by 3 separate paths from here.

    • Hosea 6:1

      Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Job 5:18

      For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.

    • Isaiah 45:5

      I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will equip you for battle, though you have not known Me,

    • Isaiah 45:22

      Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.

  • Through

    Job 5:18

    For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 32:39

      See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Isaiah 30:26

      The light of the moon will be as bright as the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days—on the day that the LORD binds…

    • Psalms 147:3

      He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

Where this verse is studied

About Exodus

The Israelites Leaving Egypt, David Roberts, 1829. Public domain.
The Israelites Leaving Egypt, David Roberts, 1829. Public domain.
Exodus: the study guide →Read Exodus 4 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.

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