Exodus 9 · Verse 17

Exodus 9:17

As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?
Exodus 9:17, King James Version

Exodus 9:17 in other translations

BSBStill, you lord it over My people and do not allow them to go.
WEBbecause you still exalt yourself against my people, that you won’t let them go.
ASVAs yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?
YLTstill thou art exalting thyself against My people--so as not to send them away;
DARBYDost thou still exalt thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?
BBEAre you still uplifted in pride against my people so that you will not let them go?
WebsterAs yet dost thou exalt thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?

What does Exodus 9:17 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people - So it appears that at this time he might have submitted, and thus prevented his own destruction.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 9:13-21

Moses is here ordered to deliver a dreadful message to Pharaoh. Providence ordered it, that Moses should have a man of such a fierce and stubborn spirit as this Pharaoh to deal with; and every thing made it a most signal instance of the power of God has to humble and bring down the proudest of his enemies. When God's justice threatens ruin, his mercy at the same time shows a way of escape from it. God not only…

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Exodus 9:17 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עוֹדְךָ֖'od.Khastill youH5750
מִסְתּוֹלֵ֣לmis.to.Lel[are] exalting yourselfH5549
בְּעַמִּ֑יbe.'a.Mion people myH5971
לְבִלְתִּ֖יle.vil.Tito notH1115
שַׁלְּחָֽם\׃sha.le.Chamto let go themH7971

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Cross references for Exodus 9:17

  • 1 Corinthians 10:22

    Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

  • Isaiah 37:29

    Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

  • Isaiah 37:23-24

    Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel. By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.

  • Job 9:4

    He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?

  • Isaiah 45:9

    Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

  • Isaiah 10:15

    Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.

  • Acts 12:23

    And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

  • Job 40:9

    Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

  • Isaiah 26:11

    Lord, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.

  • Job 15:25-26

    For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty. He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Job 9:4; 15:25,26; 40:9; Isa 10:15; 26:11; 37:23,24,29; 45:9
Ac 12:23; 1Co 10:22

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Exodus 9:16

    And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.

  • Exodus 9:17

    As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?

  • Exodus 9:18

    Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now.

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Exodus 9:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¿Todavía te ensalzas tú contra mi pueblo, para no dejarlos ir?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
T’élèves-tu encore contre mon peuple, pour ne pas les laisser aller,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Erhebst du dich noch wider mein Volk, daß du sie nicht ziehen lässest,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Adhuc retines populum meum, et non vis dimittere eum?