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Wednesday, August 20th, 2025
the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
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Contemporary English Version
Exodus 9:2
If you keep refusing,
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Hebrew Names Version
For if you refuse to let them go, and hold them still,
For if you refuse to let them go, and hold them still,
King James Version
For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,
For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,
Lexham English Bible
But if you are refusing to release and you still are keeping hold of them,
But if you are refusing to release and you still are keeping hold of them,
New Century Version
If you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them,
If you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them,
New English Translation
For if you refuse to release them and continue holding them,
For if you refuse to release them and continue holding them,
Amplified Bible
"But if you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them,
"But if you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them,
New American Standard Bible
"For if you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them,
"For if you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them,
Geneva Bible (1587)
But if thou refuse to let them goe, and wilt yet holde them still,
But if thou refuse to let them goe, and wilt yet holde them still,
Legacy Standard Bible
For if you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them,
For if you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them,
Complete Jewish Bible
If you refuse to let them go and persist in holding on to them,
If you refuse to let them go and persist in holding on to them,
Darby Translation
For if thou refuse to let them go, and shalt retain them still,
For if thou refuse to let them go, and shalt retain them still,
Easy-to-Read Version
If you continue to hold them and refuse to let them go,
If you continue to hold them and refuse to let them go,
English Standard Version
For if you refuse to let them go and still hold them,
For if you refuse to let them go and still hold them,
George Lamsa Translation
For if you refuse to let them go (and until now you have withheld them),
For if you refuse to let them go (and until now you have withheld them),
Good News Translation
If you again refuse to let them go,
If you again refuse to let them go,
Christian Standard Bible®
But if you refuse to let them go and keep holding them,
But if you refuse to let them go and keep holding them,
Literal Translation
And if you refuse to send away, and you still hold onto them,
And if you refuse to send away, and you still hold onto them,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yf thou wilt not, but holde them longer,
Yf thou wilt not, but holde them longer,
American Standard Version
For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,
For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,
Bible in Basic English
For if you will not let them go, but still keep them in your power,
For if you will not let them go, but still keep them in your power,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
If thou refuse to let them go, and wylt holde them styll,
If thou refuse to let them go, and wylt holde them styll,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,
For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,
King James Version (1611)
For if thou refuse to let them goe, and wilt hold them still,
For if thou refuse to let them goe, and wilt hold them still,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
If however thou wilt not send my people away, but yet detainest them:
If however thou wilt not send my people away, but yet detainest them:
English Revised Version
For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,
For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,
Berean Standard Bible
But if you refuse to let them go and continue to restrain them,
But if you refuse to let them go and continue to restrain them,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
that if thou forsakist yit, and withholdist hem, lo!
that if thou forsakist yit, and withholdist hem, lo!
Young's Literal Translation
for, if thou art refusing to send away, and art still keeping hold upon them,
for, if thou art refusing to send away, and art still keeping hold upon them,
Update Bible Version
For if you refuse to let them go, and will still hold them,
For if you refuse to let them go, and will still hold them,
Webster's Bible Translation
For if thou shalt refuse to let [them] go, and wilt hold them still,
For if thou shalt refuse to let [them] go, and wilt hold them still,
World English Bible
For if you refuse to let them go, and hold them still,
For if you refuse to let them go, and hold them still,
New King James Version
For if you refuse to let them go, and still hold them,
For if you refuse to let them go, and still hold them,
New Living Translation
If you continue to hold them and refuse to let them go,
If you continue to hold them and refuse to let them go,
New Life Bible
For if you will not let them go, and still hold them,
For if you will not let them go, and still hold them,
New Revised Standard
For if you refuse to let them go and still hold them,
For if you refuse to let them go and still hold them,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, if, refusing, thou art to let them go, - and still art holding them fast,
But, if, refusing, thou art to let them go, - and still art holding them fast,
Douay-Rheims Bible
But if thou refuse, and withhold them still:
But if thou refuse, and withhold them still:
Revised Standard Version
For if you refuse to let them go and still hold them,
For if you refuse to let them go and still hold them,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For if you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them,
"For if you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them,
Contextual Overview
1 The Lord sent Moses with this message for the king of Egypt: The Lord God of the Hebrews commands you to let his people go, so they can worship him. 2 If you keep refusing, 3 he will bring a terrible disease on your horses and donkeys, your camels and cattle, and your sheep and goats. 4 But the Lord will protect the animals that belong to the people of Israel, and none of theirs will die. 5 Tomorrow is the day the Lord has set to do this. 6 It happened the next day—all of the animals belonging to the Egyptians died, but the Israelites did not lose even one. 7 When the king found out, he was still too stubborn to let the people go.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Exodus 4:23, Exodus 8:2, Exodus 10:4, Leviticus 26:14-16, Leviticus 26:23, Leviticus 26:24, Leviticus 26:27, Leviticus 26:28, Psalms 7:11, Psalms 7:12, Psalms 68:21, Isaiah 1:20, Romans 2:8, Revelation 2:21, Revelation 2:22, Revelation 16:9
Reciprocal: Genesis 24:5 - Peradventure Exodus 7:14 - he refuseth Job 20:10 - his hands Jeremiah 50:33 - they refused
Cross-References
Genesis 1:28
God gave them his blessing and said: Have a lot of children! Fill the earth with people and bring it under your control. Rule over the fish in the ocean, the birds in the sky, and every animal on the earth.
God gave them his blessing and said: Have a lot of children! Fill the earth with people and bring it under your control. Rule over the fish in the ocean, the birds in the sky, and every animal on the earth.
Genesis 2:19
So the Lord took some soil and made animals and birds. He brought them to the man to see what names he would give each of them. Then the man named the tame animals and the birds and the wild animals. That's how they got their names. None of these was the right kind of partner for the man.
So the Lord took some soil and made animals and birds. He brought them to the man to see what names he would give each of them. Then the man named the tame animals and the birds and the wild animals. That's how they got their names. None of these was the right kind of partner for the man.
Genesis 9:4
But life is in the blood, and you must not eat any meat that still has blood in it.
But life is in the blood, and you must not eat any meat that still has blood in it.
Genesis 9:8
Again, God said to Noah and his sons:
Again, God said to Noah and his sons:
Genesis 9:20
Noah farmed the land and was the first to plant a vineyard.
Noah farmed the land and was the first to plant a vineyard.
Genesis 9:22
Ham entered the tent and saw him naked, then went back outside and told his brothers.
Ham entered the tent and saw him naked, then went back outside and told his brothers.
Genesis 9:23
Shem and Japheth put a robe over their shoulders and walked backwards into the tent. Without looking at their father, they placed it over his body.
Shem and Japheth put a robe over their shoulders and walked backwards into the tent. Without looking at their father, they placed it over his body.
Genesis 35:5
While Jacob and his family were traveling through Canaan, God terrified the people in the towns so much that no one dared bother them.
While Jacob and his family were traveling through Canaan, God terrified the people in the towns so much that no one dared bother them.
Leviticus 26:6
I will bless your country with peace, and you will rest without fear. I will wipe out the dangerous animals and protect you from enemy attacks.
I will bless your country with peace, and you will rest without fear. I will wipe out the dangerous animals and protect you from enemy attacks.
Leviticus 26:22
I'll send wild animals to attack you, and they will gobble down your children and livestock. So few of you will be left that your roads will be deserted.
I'll send wild animals to attack you, and they will gobble down your children and livestock. So few of you will be left that your roads will be deserted.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For if thou refuse to let them go,.... Continue to refuse, as he had done:
and wilt hold them still; in the land, and under his dominion and oppression.