Exodus · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Exodus 9 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
1 Εἶπε δὲ Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν, εἴσελθε πρὸς Φαραὼ, καὶ ἐρεῖς αὐτῷ, τάδε λέγει Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς τῶν Ἑβραίων, ἐξαπόστειλον τὸν λαόν μου, ἵνα μοι λατρεύσωσι.
1 Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, ‘This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: “Let my people go, that they may serve me.
2 Εἰ μὲν οὖν μὴ βούλει ἐξαποστεῖλαι τὸν λαόν μου, ἀλλὰ ἔτι ἐγκρατεῖς αὐτοῦ,
2 For if you refuse to let them go, and hold them still,
3 Ἰδοὺ, χεὶρ Κυρίου ἐπέσται ἐν τοῖς κτήνεσί σου τοῖς ἐν τοῖς πεδίοις, ἔν τε τοῖς ἵπποις, καὶ ἐν τοῖς ὑποζυγίοις, καὶ ταῖς καμήλοις, καὶ βουσὶ, καὶ προβάτοις, θάνατος μέγας σφόδρα.
3 behold, Yahweh’s hand is on your livestock which are in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the herds, and on the flocks with a very grievous pestilence.
4 Καὶ παραδοξάσω ἐγὼ ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν κτηνῶν τῶν Αἰγυπτίων, καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν κτηνῶν τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ· οὐ τελευτήσει ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ υἱῶν ῥητόν.
4 Yahweh will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt; and nothing shall die of all that belongs to the children of Israel.”’”
5 Καὶ ἔδωκεν ὁ Θεὸς ὅρον, λέγων, ἐν τῇ αὔριον ποιήσει Κύριος τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
5 Yahweh appointed a set time, saying, “Tomorrow Yahweh shall do this thing in the land.”
6 Καὶ ἐποίησε Κύριος τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο τῇ ἐπαύριον· καὶ ἐτελεύτησε πάντα τὰ κτήνη τῶν Αἰγυπτίων· ἀπὸ δὲ τῶν κτηνῶν τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ οὐκ ἐτελεύτησεν οὐδέν.
6 Yahweh did that thing on the next day; and all the livestock of Egypt died, but of the livestock of the children of Israel, not one died.
7 Ἰδὼν δὲ Φαραὼ ὅτι οὐκ ἐτελεύτησεν ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν κτηνῶν τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ οὐδὲν, ἐβαρύνθη ἡ καρδία Φαραὼ, καὶ οὐκ ἐξαπέστειλε τὸν λαόν.
7 Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not so much as one of the livestock of the Israelites dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was stubborn, and he didn’t let the people go.
8 Εἶπε δὲ Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν καὶ Ἀαρὼν, λέγων, λάβετε ὑμεῖς πληρεῖς τὰς χεῖρας αἰθάλης καμιναίας, καὶ πασάτω Μωυσῆς εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν ἐναντίον Φαραὼ, καὶ ἐναντίον τῶν θεραπόντων αὐτοῦ.
8 Yahweh said to Moses and to Aaron, “Take handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the sky in the sight of Pharaoh.
9 Καὶ γενηθήτω κονιορτὸς ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν Αἰγύπτου· καὶ ἔσται ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους, καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ τετράποδα, ἕλκη, φλυκτίδες ἀναζέουσαι ἔν τε τοῖς ἀνθρώποις, καὶ ἐν τοῖς τετράποσιν, ἐν πάσῃ γῇ Αἰγύπτου.
9 It shall become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and shall be boils and blisters breaking out on man and on animal, throughout all the land of Egypt.”
10 Καὶ ἔλαβεν τὴν αἰθάλην τῆς καμιναίας ἐναντίον Φαραὼ, καὶ ἔπασεν αὐτὴν Μωυσῆς εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν· καὶ ἐγένετο ἕλκη, φλυκτίδες ἀναζέουσαι, ἔν τε τοῖς ἀνθρώποις, καὶ ἐν τοῖς τετράποσι.
10 They took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward the sky; and it became boils and blisters breaking out on man and on animal.
11 Καὶ οὐκ ἠδύναντο οἱ φαρμακοὶ στῆναι ἐναντίον Μωυσῆ διὰ τὰ ἕλκη· ἐγένετο γὰρ τὰ ἕλκη ἐν τοῖς φαρμακοῖς, καὶ ἐν πάσῃ γῇ Αἰγύπτου.
11 The magicians couldn’t stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were on the magicians and on all the Egyptians.
12 Ἐσκλήρυνε δὲ Κύριος τὴν καρδίαν Φαραὼ, καὶ οὐκ εἰσήκουσεν αὐτῶν, καθὰ συνέταξε Κύριος.
12 Yahweh hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he didn’t listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken to Moses.
13 Εἶπε δὲ Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν, ὄρθρισον τὸ πρωῒ, καὶ στῆθι ἐναντίον Φαραὼ, καὶ ἐρεῖς πρὸς αὐτὸν, τάδε λέγει Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς τῶν Ἑβραίων, ἐξαπόστειλον τὸν λαόν μου, ἵνα λατρεύσωσί μοι.
13 Yahweh said to Moses, “Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and tell him, ‘This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: “Let my people go, that they may serve me.
14 Ἐν τῷ γὰρ νῦν καιρῷ ἐγὼ ἐξαποστέλλω πάντα τὰ συναντήματά μου εἰς τὴν καρδίαν σου, καὶ τῶν θεραπόντων σου, καὶ τοῦ λαοῦ σου, ἵνα εἴδῇς ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν, ὡς ἐγὼ, ἄλλος ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ.
14 For this time I will send all my plagues against your heart, against your officials, and against your people; that you may know that there is no one like me in all the earth.
15 Νῦν γὰρ ἀποστείλας τὴν χεῖρα πατάξω σε, καὶ τὸν λαόν σου θανατώσω, καὶ ἐκτριβήσῃ ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς.
15 For now I would have stretched out my hand, and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth;
16 Καὶ ἕνεκεν τούτου διετηρήθης, ἵνα ἐνδείξωμαι ἐν σοὶ τὴν ἰσχύν μου, καὶ ὅπως διαγγελῇ τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ.
16 but indeed for this cause I have made you stand: to show you my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth,
17 Ἔτι οὖν σὺ ἐνποιῇ τοῦ λαοῦ μου, τοῦ μὴ ἐξαποστεῖλαι αὐτούς;
17 because you still exalt yourself against my people, that you won’t let them go.
18 Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ὕω ταύτην τὴν ὥραν αὔριον χάλαζαν πολλὴν σφόδρα, ἥτις τοιαύτη οὐ γέγονεν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ, ἀφʼ ἧς ἡμέρας ἔκτισται, ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης.
18 Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as has not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now.
19 Νῦν οὖν κατάσπευσον συναγαγεῖν τὰ κτήνη σου, καὶ ὅσα σοι ἐστὶν ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ· πάντες γὰρ οἱ ἄνθρωποι, καὶ τὰ κτήνη, ὅσα σοί ἐστιν ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ· πὰντες γὰρ οἱ ἄνθρωποι, καὶ τὰ κτήνη, ὅσα ἐὰν εὑρεθῇ ἐν τοῖς πεδίοις, καὶ μὴ εἰσέλθῃ εἰς οἰκίαν, πεσῇ δὲ ἐπʼ αὐτὰ ἡ χάλαζα, τελευτήσει.
19 Now therefore command that all of your livestock and all that you have in the field be brought into shelter. The hail will come down on every man and animal that is found in the field, and isn’t brought home, and they will die.”’”
20 Ὁ φοβούμενος τὸ ῥῆμα Κυρίου τῶν θεραπόντων Φαραὼ, συνήγαγε τὰ κτήνη αὐτοῦ εἰς τοὺς οἴκους.
20 Those who feared Yahweh’s word among the servants of Pharaoh made their servants and their livestock flee into the houses.
21 Ὃς δὲ μὴ πρόσεσχεν τῇ διανοίᾳ εἰς τὸ ῥῆμα Κυρίου, ἀφῆκε τὰ κτήνη ἐν τοῖς πεδίοις.
21 Whoever didn’t respect Yahweh’s word left his servants and his livestock in the field.
22 Εἶπε δὲ Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν, ἔκτεινον τὴν χεῖρά σου εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν, καὶ ἔσται χάλαζα ἐπὶ πᾶσαν γῆν Αἰγύπτου, ἐπί τε τοὺς ἀνθρώπους, καὶ τὰ κτήνη, καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσαν βοτάνην τὴν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
22 Yahweh said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, on man, and on animal, and on every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.”
23 Ἐξέτεινε δὲ Μωυσῆς τὴν χεῖρα εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν, καὶ Κύριος ἔδωκε φωνὰς καὶ χάλαζαν· καὶ διέτρεχε τὸ πῦρ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς· καὶ ἔβρεξε Κύριος χάλαζαν ἐπὶ πᾶσαν γῆν Αἰγύπτου.
23 Moses stretched out his rod toward the heavens, and Yahweh sent thunder and hail; and lightning flashed down to the earth. Yahweh rained hail on the land of Egypt.
24 Ἦν δὲ ἡ χάλαζα καὶ τὸ πῦρ φλογίζον ἐν τῇ χαλάζῃ· ἡ δὲ χάλαζα πολλὴ σφόδρα, ἥτις τοιαύτη οὐ γέγονεν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ, ἀφʼ ἧς ἡμέρας γεγένηται ἐπʼ αὐτῆς ἔθνος.
24 So there was very severe hail, and lightning mixed with the hail, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
25 Ἐπάταξε δὲ ἡ χάλαζα ἐν πάσῃ γῇ Αἰγύπτου, ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπου ἕως κτήνους· καὶ πᾶσαν βοτάνην τὴν ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ ἐπάταξεν ἡ χάλαζα· καὶ πάντα τὰ ξύλα τὰ ἐν τοῖς πεδίοις συνέτριψεν ἡ χάλαζα.
25 The hail struck throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and animal; and the hail struck every herb of the field, and broke every tree of the field.
26 Πλὴν ἐν γῇ Γεσὲμ, οὗ ἦσαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ, οὐκ ἐγένετο ἡ χάλαζα.
26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, there was no hail.
27 Ἀποστείλας δὲ Φαραὼ ἐκάλεσε Μωυσῆν καὶ Ἀαρὼν, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, ἡμάρτηκα τὸ νῦν· ὁ Κύριος δίκαιος, ἐγὼ δὲ καὶ ὁ λαός μου ἀσεβεῖς.
27 Pharaoh sent and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “I have sinned this time. Yahweh is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
28 Εὔξασθε οὖν περὶ ἐμοῦ πρὸς Κύριον, καὶ παυσάσθω τοῦ γενηθῆναι φωνὰς Θεοῦ, καὶ χάλαζαν, καὶ πῦρ· καὶ ἐξαποστελῶ ὑμᾶς, καὶ οὐκέτι προστεθήσεσθε μένειν.
28 Pray to Yahweh; for there has been enough of mighty thunderings and hail. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.”
29 Εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ Μωυσῆς, ὡς ἂν ἐξέλθω τὴν πόλιν, ἐκπετάσω τὰς χεῖράς μου πρὸς τὸν Κύριον, καὶ αἱ φωναὶ παύσονται, καὶ ἡ χὰλαζα καὶ ὁ ὑετὸς οὐκ ἔσται ἔτι, ἵνα γνῷς ὅτι τοῦ Κυρίου ἡ γῆ.
29 Moses said to him, “As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will spread out my hands to Yahweh. The thunders shall cease, and there will not be any more hail; that you may know that the earth is Yahweh’s.
30 Καὶ σὺ καὶ οἱ θεράποντές σου, ἐπίσταμαι ὅτι οὐδέπω πεφόβησθε τὸν Κύριον.
30 But as for you and your servants, I know that you don’t yet fear Yahweh God.”
31 Τὸ δὲ λίνον καὶ ἡ κριθὴ ἐπλήγη· ἡ γὰρ κριθὴ παρεστηκυῖα, τὸ δὲ λίνον σπερματίζον.
31 The flax and the barley were struck, for the barley had ripened and the flax was blooming.
32 Ὁ δὲ πυρὸς καὶ ἡ ὀλύρα οὐκ ἐπληγησαν, ὄψιμα γὰρ ἦν.
32 But the wheat and the spelt were not struck, for they had not grown up.
33 Ἐξῆλθε δὲ Μωυσῆς ἀπὸ Φαραὼ ἐκτὸς τῆς πόλεως, καὶ ἐξέτεινε τὰς χεῖρας πρὸς Κύριον· καὶ αἱ φωναὶ ἐπαύσαντο, καὶ ἡ χάλαζα καὶ ὁ ὑετὸς οὐκ ἔσταξεν ἔτι ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν.
33 Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread out his hands to Yahweh; and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured on the earth.
34 Ἰδὼν δὲ Φαραὼ ὅτι πέπαυται ὁ ὑετὸς καὶ ἡ χάλαζα καὶ αἱ φωναὶ, προσέθετο τοῦ ἁμαρτάνειν· καὶ ἐβάρυνεν αὐτοῦ τὴν καρδίαν, καὶ τῶν θεραπόντων αὐτοῦ.
34 When Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders had ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.
35 Καὶ ἐσκληρύνθη ἡ καρδία Φαραὼ, καὶ οὐκ ἐξαπέστειλε τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰσραὴλ, καθάπερ ἐλάλησε Κύριος τῷ Μωυσῇ.
35 The heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he didn’t let the children of Israel go, just as Yahweh had spoken through Moses.
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People
Aaron
Moses' brother and spokesman, Israel's first high priest.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 4–40; Leviticus 8–10
Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Cross references (35)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Exodus 8:1; Exodus 10:3; Exodus 9:13; Exodus 8:20; Exodus 3:18
- 2 Exodus 8:2; Leviticus 26:23–24; Isaiah 1:20; Psalm 68:21; Exodus 4:23
- 3 Exodus 7:4; Acts 13:11; 1 Samuel 6:9; 1 Samuel 5:6–11; Exodus 8:19
- 4 Exodus 8:22; Exodus 12:13; Malachi 3:18; Isaiah 65:13–14; Exodus 10:23
- 5 Exodus 8:23; Jeremiah 28:16–17; Numbers 16:5; Job 24:1; Exodus 9:18
- 6 Psalm 78:48; Exodus 9:25; Psalm 78:50; Exodus 9:19–20
- 7 Exodus 7:14; Exodus 8:32; Job 9:4; Proverbs 29:1; Romans 9:18
- 8 Exodus 8:16
- 9 Revelation 16:2; Deuteronomy 28:27; Deuteronomy 28:35; Job 2:7; Leviticus 13:18–20
- 10 Deuteronomy 28:27
- 11 2 Timothy 3:8–9; Isaiah 47:12–14; Exodus 7:11–12; Revelation 16:2; Exodus 8:18–19
- 12 Exodus 4:21; Psalm 81:11–12; Exodus 7:13–14; Revelation 16:10–11
- 13 Exodus 8:20; Exodus 7:15; Exodus 9:1
- 14 Exodus 8:10; Leviticus 26:18; Leviticus 26:28; Leviticus 26:21; Deuteronomy 32:39–42
- 15 Exodus 3:20; Exodus 12:29–30; Exodus 9:3; Exodus 9:6; Exodus 11:4–6
- 16 Romans 9:17; Proverbs 16:4; Psalm 83:17–18; Psalm 64:9; 1 Chronicles 16:24
- 17 1 Corinthians 10:22; Isaiah 37:29; Isaiah 37:23–24; Job 9:4; Isaiah 45:9
- 18 1 Kings 20:6; 1 Kings 19:2; 2 Kings 7:1; Psalm 83:15; Exodus 9:22–25
- 19 Habakkuk 3:2
- 20 Proverbs 13:13; Proverbs 22:3; Hebrews 11:7; Mark 13:14–16; Jonah 3:5–6
- 21 1 Chronicles 22:19; Job 7:17; Exodus 7:23; Daniel 10:12; Proverbs 24:32
- 22 Revelation 16:21; Exodus 7:19; Exodus 8:16; Exodus 8:5
- 23 Joshua 10:11; Psalm 18:13; Ezekiel 38:22; Isaiah 30:30; Revelation 8:7
- 24 Exodus 9:23; Matthew 24:21; Exodus 10:6
- 25 Psalm 105:32–33; Psalm 78:47
- 26 Exodus 11:7; Exodus 9:4; Exodus 10:23; Exodus 9:6; Exodus 12:13
- 27 2 Chronicles 12:6; Exodus 10:16; Lamentations 1:18; Psalm 129:4; Psalm 145:17
- 28 Exodus 8:8; Exodus 10:17; Exodus 8:28; Acts 8:24; Psalm 29:3–4
- 29 Psalm 143:6; 1 Kings 8:38; 1 Kings 8:22; 1 Corinthians 10:26; Isaiah 1:15
- 30 Isaiah 26:10; Proverbs 16:6; Isaiah 63:17
- 31 Ruth 1:22; Ruth 2:23; Habakkuk 3:17; Amos 4:9
- 32 Exodus 10:22
- 33 Exodus 9:29; Exodus 8:12; James 5:17–18; Exodus 10:18–19
- 34 Exodus 7:14; 2 Chronicles 28:22; Exodus 8:15; 2 Chronicles 36:13; Exodus 4:21
- 35 Exodus 4:21
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