Exodus 4:9

It will happen, if they will not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river, and pour it on the dry land. The water which you take out of the river will become blood on the dry land.”

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WEBBE

It will happen, if they will not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river, and pour it on the dry land. The water which you take out of the river will become blood on the dry land.”

BSB

But if they do not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. Then the water you take from the Nile will become blood on the ground.”

ASV

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

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וְהָיָה ve·ha·yah and it will be H1961 אִם־ 'im- if H518 לֹא lo' not H3808 יַאֲמִינוּ ya·'a·mi·nu they will believe H539 גַּם gam also H1571 לִשְׁנֵי lish·nei (to) [the] two H8147 הָאֹתוֹת ha·'o·tot the signs H226 הָאֵלֶּה ha·'e·leh (the) these H428 וְלֹא ve·lo' and not H3808 יִשְׁמְעוּן yish·me·'un they will listen H8085 לְקֹלֶךָ le·ko·le·cha to voice your H6963 וְלָקַחְתָּ ve·la·kach·ta and you will take H3947 מִמֵּימֵי mi·mei·mei some of [the] water of H4325 הַיְאֹר hay·'or the River H2975 וְשָׁפַכְתָּ ve·sha·fakh·ta and you will pour [it] out H8210 הַיַּבָּשָׁה hai·ya·ba·shah the dry ground H3004 וְהָיוּ ve·ha·yu and they will become H1961 הַמַּיִם ha·ma·yim the waters H4325 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher which H834 תִּקַּח ti·kach you will take H3947 מִן־ min- from H4480 הַיְאֹר hay·'or the River H2975 וְהָיוּ ve·ha·yu and they will become H1961 לְדָם le·dam (into) blood H1818 בַּיַּבָּשֶׁת bai·ya·ba·shet on the dry ground H3006

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–9

Moses objects, that the people would not take his word, unless he showed them some sign. God gives him power to work miracles. But those who are now employed to deliver God's messages to men, need not the power to work miracles: their character and their doctrines are to be tried by that word of God to which they appeal. These miracles especially referred to the miracles of the Lord Jesus Christ. It belonged to Him only, to cast the power of the devil out of the soul, and to heal the soul of the leprosy of sin; and so it was for Him first to cast the devil out of the body, and to heal the leprosy of the body.

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Nile

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