World English Bible
"For if you refuse to let them go, and hold them still,"
— Exodus 9:2, World English Bible
“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, ”
“For if you refuse to release them and continue holding them,”
“But if thou refuse, and withhold them still:”
“For if you will not let them go, but still keep them in your power,”
“For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,”
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.
For if you refuse to let them go, and hold them still,
behold, the hand of Yahweh 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.
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."'"
Yahweh appointed a set time, saying, "Tomorrow Yahweh shall do this thing in the land."