Exodus 9:13-16 ESV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 9:13-21

Here is, I. A general declaration of the wrath of God against Pharaoh for his obstinacy. Though God has hardened his heart (Exod. 9:12), yet Moses must repeat his applications to him; God suspends his grace and yet demands obedience, to punish him for requiring bricks of the children of Israel when he denied them straw. God would likewise show forth a pattern of long-suffering, and how he waits to be gracious to a rebellious and gainsaying people Six times the demand had been made in vain, yet... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 9:13

And the Lord said unto Moses, rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh ,.... Who it seems used to rise early in the morning, and so was a fit time to meet with him, and converse with him; it might be one of the mornings in which he used to go to the water early, though not mentioned, unless that was every morning: and say unto him, thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, let my people go, that they may serve me ; thus had he line upon line, and precept upon precept, so that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 9:14

For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart ,.... Not meaning particularly the plague of the hail, which next follows, so called, because it consisted of various things, as hail, rain, lightning, and thunder, as Aben Ezra, and who observes, that Pharaoh was more terrified with this plague than with any other; but rather all the plagues yet to come, for by them are not meant all the plagues that were in the power of God to inflict, which how many and great they are none can... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 9:15

For now will I stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence ,.... Which yet we never find was done; for though this by many is referred to the slaying of the firstborn, yet it is not certain that this was done by the pestilence: besides, Pharaoh was not then smitten, nor his people, only their firstborn; wherefore these words are to be rendered, not in the future, but in the imperfect or preterpluperfect tense, thus; "for when now I stretched out my hand, or if... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 9:16

And in very deed, for this cause have I raised thee up ,.... Or but truly or verily F3 ואולם "veruntamen", Junius & Tremellius, Psicator, Drusius, Fagius; so Ainsworth. ; instead of smiting thee with the pestilence, and cutting thee off out of the land of the living, "I have raised thee up"; made thee to stand F4 העמדתיך "stare fecite", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus. , to continue in being; I have preserved thine from perishing by the former plagues, and have reserved thee... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 9:15

For now I will stretch out my hand - In the Hebrew the verbs are in the past tense, and not in the future, as our translation improperly expresses them, by which means a contradiction appears in the text: for neither Pharaoh nor his people were smitten by a pestilence, nor was he by any kind of mortality cut off from the earth. It is true the first-born were slain by a destroying angel, and Pharaoh himself was drowned in the Red Sea; but these judgments do not appear to be referred to in... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 9:16

But truly, on this very account, have I caused thee to subsist - ( העמדחיך heemadticha ), that I might cause thee to see my power, ( כחי את הראתך harotheca eth cochi ), and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth, (or, הארץ בכל becol haarets , in all this land). See Ainsworth and Houbigant. Thus God gave this impious king to know that it was in consequence of his especial providence that both he and his people had not been already destroyed by means of the past... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 9:13

Verse 13 13.And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up. God returns again to threats, to try the mind of the wicked king; not that there is any hope of a cure, but that his obstinacy may be more and more discovered. For it was desirable as an example, that it should be known openly how madly those, who are cast into a reprobate state of feeling, and who are possessed by a spirit of willfulness, rush upon their own destruction. Surely it would be incredible, that any human being should have ever... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 9:14

Verse 14 14.For I will at this time. The unexpressed condition is implied, “unless he should submit himself to God.” The meaning is, that although he had already chastised his pride, yet that this had been done gently and in moderation; but that He now would use a heavier scourge, since the lighter rods had been unavailing. Thus his ingratitude is reproved, because he had not acknowledged that he had been spared, in order that, having suffered only some trifling losses, (108) he might return to... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 9:16

Verse 16 16.And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up. The word, העמדתי, hagnemadthi, is variously explained; it properly signifies “to appoint;” some, therefore, refer it to his eminent position, as if God had placed Pharaoh on the throne, for the purpose of better manifesting His glory. (109) The Greek interpreter extends the meaning, translating it ἐξήγειρά σε, “I have stirred thee up, as much as to say, that Pharaoh had been chosen by the secret counsel and providence of God... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 9:13-21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 9:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 9:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 9:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 9:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 9:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 9:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 9:13

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 9:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 9:16

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