Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version But if they do not believe these two signs or listen to you, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. The water you take from the river will become blood on the ground.” New Living Translation And if they don’t believe you or listen to you even after these two signs, then take some water from the Nile River and pour it out on the dry ground. When you do, the water from the Nile will turn to blood on the ground.” English Standard Version If they will not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, you shall take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground, and the water that you shall take from the Nile will become blood on the dry ground.” Berean Standard Bible But if they do not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. Then the water you take from the Nile will become blood on the ground.” King James Bible And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land. New King James Version And it shall be, if they do not believe even these two signs, or listen to your voice, that you shall take water from the river and pour it on the dry land. The water which you take from the river will become blood on the dry land.” New American Standard Bible But if they will not believe even these two signs nor pay attention to what you say, then you shall take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground; and the water which you take from the Nile will turn into blood on the dry ground.” NASB 1995 “But if they will not believe even these two signs or heed what you say, then you shall take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground; and the water which you take from the Nile will become blood on the dry ground.” NASB 1977 “But it shall be that if they will not believe even these two signs or heed what you say, then you shall take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground; and the water which you take from the Nile will become blood on the dry ground.” Legacy Standard Bible But if it will be that they will not believe even these two signs and that they will not listen to your voice, then you shall take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry land; and the water which you take from the Nile will become blood on the dry land.” Amplified Bible But if they will not believe these two signs or pay attention to what you say, you are to take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground; and the water which you take out of the river will turn into blood on the dry ground.” Christian Standard Bible And if they don’t believe even these two signs or listen to what you say, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. The water you take from the Nile will become blood on the ground.” Holman Christian Standard Bible And if they don’t believe even these two signs or listen to what you say, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. The water you take from the Nile will become blood on the ground.” American Standard Version And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land. English Revised Version And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land. GOD'S WORD® Translation But if they won't believe these two miraculous signs or listen to you, take some water from the Nile River and pour it on the ground. The water you take from the Nile will turn into blood on the ground." Good News Translation If in spite of these two miracles they still will not believe you, and if they refuse to listen to what you say, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the ground. The water will turn into blood." International Standard Version But if they don't believe even these two signs, and won't listen to you, then take some water out of the Nile River and pour it on the dry ground. The water you took from the Nile River will turn into blood on the dry ground." Majority Standard Bible But if they do not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. Then the water you take from the Nile will become blood on the ground.” NET Bible And if they do not believe even these two signs or listen to you, then take some water from the Nile and pour it out on the dry ground. The water you take out of the Nile will become blood on the dry ground." New Heart English Bible It will happen, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither listen to your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river, and pour it on the dry land. The water which you take out of the river will become blood on the dry land." Webster's Bible Translation And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken to thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land. World English Bible It will happen, if they will not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river, and pour it on the dry land. The water which you take out of the river will become blood on the dry land.” Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd it has come to pass, if they do not give credence even to these two signs, nor listen to your voice, that you have taken of the waters of the River, and have poured [it] on the dry land, and the waters which you take from the River have been, indeed, they have become blood on the dry land.” Young's Literal Translation 'And it hath come to pass, if they do not give credence even to these two signs, nor hearken to thy voice, that thou hast taken of the waters of the River, and hast poured on the dry land, and the waters which thou takest from the River have been, yea, they have become -- blood on the dry land.' Smith's Literal Translation And it shall be, if they will not believe in the two signs, and will not hear to thy voice, and take thou from the water of the river and pour out upon the dry; and the water which thou shalt take from the river shall be and shall be for blood upon the dry. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBut if they will not even believe these two signs, nor hear thy voice: take of the river water, and pour it out upon the dry land, and whatsoever thou drawest out of the river shall be turned into blood. Catholic Public Domain Version But if they will not believe even these two signs, and they will not listen to your voice: take from the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land, and whatever you will have drawn from the river will be turned into blood.” New American Bible And if they do not believe even these two signs and do not listen to you, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry land. The water you take from the Nile will become blood on the dry land. New Revised Standard Version If they will not believe even these two signs or heed you, you shall take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground; and the water that you shall take from the Nile will become blood on the dry ground.” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd if they will not believe also these two signs, neither listen to you voice, you shall take some of the water of the river and pour it upon the dry land; and the water which you take from the river shall become blood upon the dry land. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And if they should not believe these two signs and they will not hear your voice, take some water of the river and pour it on the land, and those waters that you took from the river shall be blood on the ground.” OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land; and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.' Brenton Septuagint Translation And it shall come to pass if they will not believe thee for these two signs, and will not hearken to thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river and pour it upon the dry land, and the water which thou shalt take from the river shall be blood upon the dry land. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Moses' Hand…8And the LORD said, “If they refuse to believe you or heed the witness of the first sign, they may believe that of the second. 9But if they do not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. Then the water you take from the Nile will become blood on the ground.” Cross References Exodus 7:17-20 This is what the LORD says: By this you will know that I am the LORD. Behold, with the staff in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will turn to blood. / The fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink its water.’” / And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and all the reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.” ... Exodus 14:21-22 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided, / and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left. Numbers 20:8-11 “Take the staff and assemble the congregation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from the rock and provide drink for the congregation and their livestock.” / So Moses took the staff from the LORD’s presence, just as he had been commanded. / Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, “Listen now, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?” ... Joshua 3:13-17 When the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the LORD—the Lord of all the earth—touch down in the waters of the Jordan, its flowing waters will be cut off and will stand up in a heap.” / So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carried the ark of the covenant ahead of them. / Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge, ... 2 Kings 2:8 And Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the waters, which parted to the right and to the left, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground. 2 Kings 5:10-14 Then Elisha sent him a messenger, who said, “Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored, and you will be clean.” / But Naaman went away angry, saying, “I thought that he would surely come out, stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the spot to cure my leprosy. / Are not the Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not have washed in them and been cleansed?” So he turned and went away in a rage. ... Psalm 78:13 He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall. Psalm 105:29 He turned their waters to blood and caused their fish to die. Isaiah 11:15 The LORD will devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt; with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand over the Euphrates. He will split it into seven streams for men to cross with dry sandals. Isaiah 19:5 The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty. John 2:7-9 Jesus told the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them to the brim. / “Now draw some out,” He said, “and take it to the master of the banquet.” They did so, / and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not know where it was from, but the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside John 4:14 But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.” John 7:38 Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’” John 9:6-7 When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes. / Then He told him, “Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing. Acts 2:19 I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke. Treasury of Scripture And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither listen to your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river, and pour it on the dry land: and the water which you take out of the river shall become blood on the dry land. the water. Exodus 7:19 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone. shall become. Exodus 1:22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive. Exodus 7:19-25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone… Matthew 7:2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. Jump to Previous Believe Blood Dry Hearken Heed Pour River Signs Voice WaterJump to Next Believe Blood Dry Hearken Heed Pour River Signs Voice WaterExodus 4 1. Moses's rod is turned into a serpent.6. His hand is leprous. 10. He loathes his calling. 13. Aaron is appointed to assist him. 18. Moses departs from Jethro. 21. God's message to Pharaoh. 24. Zipporah circumcises her son. 27. Aaron is sent to meet Moses. 29. The people believe them. But if they do not believe This phrase introduces a conditional scenario, emphasizing the potential disbelief of the Israelites. The Hebrew root for "believe" is "aman," which conveys trust, faithfulness, and reliability. In the context of Exodus, this highlights the challenge Moses faces in convincing a skeptical people. Historically, the Israelites had been in Egypt for centuries, and their faith in God's deliverance might have waned, making belief in miraculous signs crucial. even these two signs or listen to your voice you are to take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground The water you take from the river will become blood on the ground Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew But ifאִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not they do not לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no believe יַאֲמִ֡ינוּ (ya·’ă·mî·nū) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 539: To confirm, support even גַּם֩ (gam) Conjunction Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and these הָאֵ֗לֶּה (hā·’êl·leh) Article | Pronoun - common plural Strong's 428: These, those two לִשְׁנֵ֨י (liš·nê) Preposition-l | Number - mdc Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number) signs הָאֹת֜וֹת (hā·’ō·ṯō·wṯ) Article | Noun - common plural Strong's 226: A signal, as a, flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence or listen יִשְׁמְעוּן֙ (yiš·mə·‘ūn) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently to your voice, לְקֹלֶ֔ךָ (lə·qō·le·ḵā) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 6963: A voice, sound take וְלָקַחְתָּ֙ (wə·lā·qaḥ·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 3947: To take some water מִמֵּימֵ֣י (mim·mê·mê) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen from the Nile הַיְאֹ֔ר (hay·’ōr) Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 2975: Nile -- a channel, a fosse, canal, shaft, the Nile, the Tigris and pour וְשָׁפַכְתָּ֖ (wə·šā·p̄aḵ·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 8210: To spill forth, to expend, to sprawl out it on the dry ground. הַיַּבָּשָׁ֑ה (hay·yab·bā·šāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 3004: Dry land, dry ground Then וְהָי֤וּ (wə·hā·yū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be the water הַמַּ֙יִם֙ (ham·ma·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen you take תִּקַּ֣ח (tiq·qaḥ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 3947: To take from מִן־ (min-) Preposition Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of the Nile הַיְאֹ֔ר (hay·’ōr) Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 2975: Nile -- a channel, a fosse, canal, shaft, the Nile, the Tigris will become וְהָיָ֡ה (wə·hā·yāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be blood לְדָ֖ם (lə·ḏām) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed on the ground.” בַּיַּבָּֽשֶׁת׃ (bay·yab·bā·šeṯ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 3006: Dry land, dry ground Links Exodus 4:9 NIVExodus 4:9 NLT Exodus 4:9 ESV Exodus 4:9 NASB Exodus 4:9 KJV Exodus 4:9 BibleApps.com Exodus 4:9 Biblia Paralela Exodus 4:9 Chinese Bible Exodus 4:9 French Bible Exodus 4:9 Catholic Bible OT Law: Exodus 4:9 It will happen if they will not (Exo. 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