Exodus 9 · Verse 19

Exodus 9:19

Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die.
Exodus 9:19, King James Version

Exodus 9:19 in other translations

BSBSo give orders now to shelter your livestock and everything you have in the field. Every man or beast that remains in the field and is not brought inside will die when the hail comes down upon them.’”
WEBNow 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.”’”
ASVNow therefore send, hasten in thy cattle and all that thou hast in the field; for every man and beast that shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die.
YLT‘And, now, send, strengthen thy cattle and all that thou hast in the field; every man and beast which is found in the field, and is not gathered into the house--come down on them hath the hail, and they have died.'
DARBYAnd now send, and secure thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field: all the men and the cattle that are found in the field, and are not brought home — on them the hail shall come down, and they shall die.
BBEThen send quickly and get in your cattle and all you have from the fields; for if any man or beast in the field has not been put under cover, the ice-storm will come down on them with destruction.
WebsterSend therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field: for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die.

What does Exodus 9:19 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 Send - now, and gather thy cattle - So in the midst of judgment, God remembered mercy. The miracle should be wrought that they might know he was the Lord; but all the lives both of men and beasts might have been saved, had Pharaoh and his servants taken the warning so mercifully given them. While some regarded not the word of the Lord, others feared it, and their cattle and their servants were saved, See Exo 9:20, Exo 9:21.

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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 9:19 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.

וְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.Tahand thereforeH6258
שְׁלַ֤חshe.LachsendH7971
הָעֵז֙ha.'Ezbring to refugeH5756
אֶֽת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מִקְנְךָ֔mik.ne.Chalivestock yourH4735
וְאֵ֛תve.'Etand <obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherthatH834
לְךָ֖le.Kha[belongs] to <the> you
בַּשָּׂדֶ֑הba.sa.Dehin the fieldH7704
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הָאָדָ֨םha.'a.Damthe humankindH120
וְהַבְּהֵמָ֜הve.ha.be.he.Mahand the livestockH929
אֲשֶֽׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
יִמָּצֵ֣אyi.ma.Tze'it will be foundH4672
בַשָּׂדֶ֗הva.sa.Dehin the fieldH7704
וְלֹ֤אve.Lo'and notH3808
יֵֽאָסֵף֙ye.'a.Sefit will be gatheredH622
הַבַּ֔יְתָהha.Bay.tahthe house towardsH1004
וְיָרַ֧דve.ya.Radand it will come downH3381
עֲלֵהֶ֛ם'a.le.Hemon themH5921
הַבָּרָ֖דha.ba.Radthe hailH1259
וָמֵֽתוּ\׃va.Me.tuand they will dieH4191

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 9:19

  • Habakkuk 3:2

    O Lord, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.

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and gather.
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Context

  • 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.

  • Exodus 9:19

    Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die.

  • Exodus 9:20

    He that feared the word of the Lord among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses:

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Exodus 9:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Envía, pues, á recoger tu ganado, y todo lo que tienes en el campo; porque todo hombre ó animal que se hallare en el campo, y no fuere recogido á casa, el granizo descenderá sobre él, y morirá.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et maintenant, envoie, fais mettre en sûreté tes troupeaux et tout ce que tu as dans les champs; car la grêle tombera sur tout homme et toute bête qui se trouveront dans les champs et qu’on n’aura pas recueillis dans les maisons, et ils mourront.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und nun sende hin, und bringe dein Vieh in Sicherheit und alles, was du auf dem Felde hast. Alle Menschen und alles Vieh, die auf dem Felde gefunden und nicht ins Haus aufgenommen werden, auf die fällt der Hagel herab, und sie werden sterben. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Mitte ergo jam nunc, et congrega jumenta tua, et omnia quæ habes in agro: homines enim, et jumenta, et universa quæ inventa fuerint foris, nec congregata de agris, cecideritque super ea grando, morientur.