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Exodus 4:9 KJV
Exodus · chapter 4 · verse 9
And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.Exodus 4:9 · King James Version
Exodus 4:9 in context
7And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.
8And 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.
9And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.
10And Moses said unto the LORD, O my LORD, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
11And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- believeʼâmanproperly, to build up or supportH539 →
- hearkenshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- signsʼôwtha signal , as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etcH226 →
- voiceqôwla voice or soundH6963 →
- watermayimwaterH4325 →
- riveryᵉʼôra channel, e.g. a fosse, canal, shaftH2975 →
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It was a very great honour that Moses was called to when God commissioned him to bring Israel out of Egypt; yet he is with difficulty persuaded to accept the commission, and does it at last with great reluctance, which we should rather impute to a humble diffidence of himself and his own sufficiency than to any…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9