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class="vheadingv">Verse<a href="/bsb/exodus/9.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><a href="/niv/exodus/9.htm">New International Version</a> Therefore, at this time tomorrow I will send the worst hailstorm that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded till now. <a href="/nlt/exodus/9.htm">New Living Translation</a> So tomorrow at this time I will send a hailstorm more devastating than any in all the history of Egypt. <a href="/esv/exodus/9.htm">English Standard Version</a> Behold, about this time tomorrow I will cause very heavy hail to fall, such as never has been in Egypt from the day it was founded until now. <a href="/bsb/exodus/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Behold, at this time tomorrow I will rain down the worst hail that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded until now. <a href="/kjv/exodus/9.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/exodus/9.htm">New King James Version</a> Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause very heavy hail to rain down, such as has not been in Egypt since its founding until now. <a href="/nasb_/exodus/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Behold, about this time tomorrow, I will send a very heavy hail, such as has not been seen in Egypt from the day it was founded until now. <a href="/nasb/exodus/9.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Behold, about this time tomorrow, I will send a very heavy hail, such as has not been seen in Egypt from the day it was founded until now. <a href="/nasb77/exodus/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Behold, about this time tomorrow, I will send a very heavy hail, such as has not been seen in Egypt from the day it was founded until now. <a href="/lsb/exodus/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Behold, about this time tomorrow, I will rain down very heavy hail, such as has not been seen in Egypt from the day it was founded until now. <a href="/amp/exodus/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a> hear this: tomorrow about this time I will send a very heavy and dreadful hail, such as has not been seen in Egypt from the day it was founded until now. <a href="/csb/exodus/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Tomorrow at this time I will rain down the worst hail that has ever occurred in Egypt from the day it was founded until now. <a href="/hcsb/exodus/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Tomorrow at this time I will rain down the worst hail that has ever occurred in Egypt from the day it was founded until now. <a href="/asv/exodus/9.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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 day it was founded even until now. <a href="/cev/exodus/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> All right. At this time tomorrow, he will bring on Egypt the worst hailstorm in its history. <a href="/erv/exodus/9.htm">English Revised Version</a> Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now. <a href="/gwt/exodus/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> So, at this time tomorrow I will send the worst hailstorm that has ever happened in Egypt since the beginning of its history. <a href="/gnt/exodus/9.htm">Good News Translation</a> This time tomorrow I will cause a heavy hailstorm, such as Egypt has never known in all its history. <a href="/isv/exodus/9.htm">International Standard Version</a> Look! About this time tomorrow, I'll send a severe hail storm, such as has not happened in Egypt from the day it was founded until now. <a href="/msb/exodus/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Behold, at this time tomorrow I will rain down the worst hail that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded until now. <a href="/net/exodus/9.htm">NET Bible</a> I am going to cause very severe hail to rain down about this time tomorrow, such hail as has never occurred in Egypt from the day it was founded until now. <a href="/nheb/exodus/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Look, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as has not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now. <a href="/wbt/exodus/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Behold, to-morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since its foundation even until now. <a href="/web/exodus/9.htm">World English Bible</a> Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as has not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/exodus/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> behold, I am raining very grievous hail about [this] time tomorrow, such as has not been in Egypt from the day of its founding and until now. <a href="/ylt/exodus/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> lo, I am raining about this time to-morrow hail very grievous, such as hath not been in Egypt, even from the day of its being founded, even until now. <a href="/slt/exodus/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Behold, I rain at this time to-morrow, hail exceedingly heavy, which was not as this in Egypt from the day it was founded even now.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/exodus/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Behold I will cause it to rain to morrow at this same hour, an exceeding great hail: such as hath not been in Egypt from the day that it was founded, until this present time. <a href="/cpdv/exodus/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> So then, tomorrow, at this same hour, I will rain down exceedingly great hail, such as has not been in Egypt from the day that it was founded, even until this present time. <a href="/nabre/exodus/9.htm">New American Bible</a> At this time tomorrow, therefore, I am going to rain down such fierce hail as there has never been in Egypt from the day it was founded up to the present. <a href="/nrsvce/exodus/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Tomorrow at this time I will cause the heaviest hail to fall that has ever fallen in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/exodus/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause a severe storm of hail, such as there has not been in Egypt from the day that it was founded even until now. <a href="/hpbt/exodus/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Tomorrow at this time I shall bring very strong hail that is unlike any in Egypt from the day that it was built even until now.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/exodus/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now. <a href="/sep/exodus/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Behold, to-morrow at this hour I will rain a very great hail, such as has not been in Egypt, from the time it was created until this day. <a href="/parallel/exodus/9-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=2100" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/exodus/9.htm">The Seventh Plague: Hail</a> …17Still, you lord it over My people and do not allow them to go. 18<a href="/hebrew/2005.htm" title="2005: hin·nî (Interjection:: 1cs) -- Lo! behold! A primitive particle; lo!; also if.">Behold,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6256.htm" title="6256: kā·‘êṯ (Prep-k, Art:: N-cs) -- Time. From ad; time, especially now, when, etc.">at this time</a> <a href="/hebrew/4279.htm" title="4279: mā·ḥār (Adv) -- Tomorrow, in time to come. Probably from 'achar; properly, deferred, i.e. The morrow; usually tomorrow; indefinitely, hereafter.">tomorrow</a> <a href="/hebrew/4305.htm" title="4305: mam·ṭîr (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-ms) -- To rain. A primitive root; to rain.">I will rain down</a> <a href="/hebrew/3515.htm" title="3515: kā·ḇêḏ (Adj-ms) -- Heavy. From kabad; heavy; figuratively in a good sense or in a bad sense.">the worst</a> <a href="/hebrew/3966.htm" title="3966: mə·’ōḏ (Adv) -- Muchness, force, abundance. From the same as 'uwd; properly, vehemence, i.e. vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1259.htm" title="1259: bā·rāḏ (N-ms) -- Hail. From barad; hail -hail).">hail</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">has ever</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">fallen</a> <a href="/hebrew/3644.htm" title="3644: ḵā·mō·hū (Prep:: 3ms) -- Like, as, when. Or kamow; a form of the prefix k-, but used separately; as, thus, so."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4714.htm" title="4714: bə·miṣ·ra·yim (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- A son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa. Dual of matsowr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt.">on Egypt,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: lə·min- (Prep-l) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: hay·yō·wm (Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">the day</a> <a href="/hebrew/3245.htm" title="3245: hiw·wā·sə·ḏāh (V-Nifal-Inf:: 3fs) -- A primitive root; to set; intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. Settle, consult.">it was founded</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: wə·‘aḏ- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">until</a> <a href="/hebrew/6258.htm" title="6258: ‘āt·tāh (Adv) -- Now. From eth; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive.">now.</a> 19So 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.’ ”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/revelation/16-21.htm">Revelation 16:21</a> And great hailstones weighing almost a hundred pounds each rained down on them from above. And men cursed God for the plague of hail, because it was so horrendous. <a href="/psalms/78-47.htm">Psalm 78:47-48</a> He killed their vines with hailstones and their sycamore-figs with sleet. / He abandoned their cattle to the hail and their livestock to bolts of lightning. <a href="/psalms/105-32.htm">Psalm 105:32-33</a> He gave them hail for rain, with lightning throughout their land. / He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country. <a href="/job/38-22.htm">Job 38:22-23</a> Have you entered the storehouses of snow or observed the storehouses of hail, / which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of war and battle? <a href="/isaiah/28-2.htm">Isaiah 28:2</a> Behold, the Lord has one who is strong and mighty. Like a hailstorm or destructive tempest, like a driving rain or flooding downpour, he will smash that crown to the ground. <a href="/ezekiel/13-11.htm">Ezekiel 13:11-13</a> tell those whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents, I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will burst forth. / Surely when the wall has fallen, you will not be asked, ‘Where is the whitewash with which you covered it?’ / Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: In My wrath I will release a windstorm, and in My anger torrents of rain and hail will fall with destructive fury. <a href="/joshua/10-11.htm">Joshua 10:11</a> As they fled before Israel along the descent from Beth-horon to Azekah, the LORD cast down on them large hailstones from the sky, and more of them were killed by the hailstones than by the swords of the Israelites. <a href="/1_samuel/12-17.htm">1 Samuel 12:17-18</a> Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.” / So Samuel called to the LORD, and on that day the LORD sent thunder and rain. As a result, all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel. <a href="/isaiah/30-30.htm">Isaiah 30:30</a> And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones. <a href="/haggai/2-17.htm">Haggai 2:17</a> I struck you—all the work of your hands—with blight, mildew, and hail, but you did not turn to Me, declares the LORD. <a href="/matthew/24-7.htm">Matthew 24:7</a> Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. <a href="/luke/21-11.htm">Luke 21:11</a> There will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places, along with fearful sights and great signs from heaven. <a href="/mark/13-8.htm">Mark 13:8</a> Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, as well as famines. These are the beginning of birth pains. <a href="/revelation/8-7.htm">Revelation 8:7</a> Then the first angel sounded his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, along with a third of the trees and all the green grass. <a href="/hebrews/12-18.htm">Hebrews 12:18-19</a> For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm; / to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as has not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now.to morrow<a href="/1_kings/19-2.htm">1 Kings 19:2</a> Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.<a href="/1_kings/20-6.htm">1 Kings 20:6</a> Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.<a href="/2_kings/7-1.htm">2 Kings 7:1,18</a> Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria… I will cause.<a href="/exodus/9-22.htm">Exodus 9:22-25</a> And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt… <a href="/psalms/83-15.htm">Psalm 83:15</a> So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/9-16.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/16-15.htm">Earliest</a> <a href="/exodus/9-9.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/exodus/9-3.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/genesis/25-18.htm">Fallen</a> <a href="/revelation/21-19.htm">Foundation</a> <a href="/hebrews/1-10.htm">Founded</a> <a href="/exodus/9-3.htm">Grievous</a> <a href="/revelation/16-21.htm">Hail</a> <a href="/revelation/11-19.htm">Hailstorm</a> <a href="/exodus/5-9.htm">Heavy</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-17.htm">Ice-Storm</a> <a href="/exodus/9-6.htm">Morrow</a> <a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Rain</a> <a href="/exodus/5-8.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/exodus/9-14.htm">Time</a> <a href="/exodus/9-5.htm">Tomorrow</a> <a href="/exodus/9-5.htm">To-Morrow</a> <a href="/1_timothy/1-16.htm">Worst</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/10-7.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/numbers/18-13.htm">Earliest</a> <a href="/exodus/9-22.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/exodus/9-33.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/exodus/19-21.htm">Fallen</a> <a href="/exodus/29-12.htm">Foundation</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-24.htm">Founded</a> <a href="/exodus/9-24.htm">Grievous</a> <a href="/exodus/9-19.htm">Hail</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-2.htm">Hailstorm</a> <a href="/exodus/9-24.htm">Heavy</a> <a href="/exodus/9-24.htm">Ice-Storm</a> <a href="/exodus/10-4.htm">Morrow</a> <a href="/exodus/9-33.htm">Rain</a> <a href="/exodus/10-26.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/exodus/9-24.htm">Time</a> <a href="/exodus/10-4.htm">Tomorrow</a> <a href="/exodus/10-4.htm">To-Morrow</a> <a href="/exodus/9-24.htm">Worst</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 9</div>1. <a href="/exodus/9-1.htm">The plague on livestock</a> 8. <a href="/exodus/9-8.htm">The plague of boils</a> 13. <a href="/exodus/9-13.htm">The message of Moses about the hail,</a> 22. <a href="/exodus/9-22.htm">The plague of hail</a> 27. <a href="/exodus/9-27.htm">Pharaoh pleads with Moses, but yet is hardened</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The use of "behold" serves as a call to attention, emphasizing the seriousness of the forthcoming event. The specificity of "this time tomorrow" underscores God's control over time and events, a theme consistent throughout Scripture, such as in <a href="/genesis/18-14.htm">Genesis 18:14</a> when God promises Sarah a son.I will rain down The phrase "rain down" suggests divine intervention, as rain is often associated with God's provision or judgment. In this context, it is a form of judgment. This is reminiscent of the flood in <a href="/genesis/7.htm">Genesis 7</a>, where God used rain as a means of judgment. It also foreshadows future divine judgments, such as those described in Revelation.the worst hail that has ever fallen on Egypt Hail is a natural phenomenon, but its unprecedented severity here indicates a supernatural act. This plague is one of the ten plagues that demonstrate God's power over the Egyptian gods, specifically Nut, the sky goddess, and Set, the storm god. The severity of the hail serves to show that the God of Israel is supreme over all creation.from the day it was founded until now This phrase emphasizes the historical significance of the event. Egypt, with its long history and established civilization, had never experienced such a calamity. This highlights the uniqueness of God's intervention. The phrase also serves as a reminder of God's sovereignty over nations and history, as seen in <a href="/daniel/2-21.htm">Daniel 2:21</a>, where God changes times and seasons and deposes kings.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The prophet and leader of the Israelites, chosen by God to confront Pharaoh and lead His people out of Egypt. 2. <a href="/topical/p/pharaoh.htm">Pharaoh</a> The ruler of Egypt, whose heart was hardened against letting the Israelites go, despite witnessing God's power through the plagues. 3. <a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a> The land where the Israelites were enslaved, and the setting for the plagues that God sent as judgments against Pharaoh and the Egyptian gods. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_plagues.htm">The Plagues</a> A series of divine judgments sent by God to demonstrate His power and compel Pharaoh to release the Israelites. The hailstorm is the seventh plague. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_hailstorm.htm">The Hailstorm</a> A supernatural event, described as the worst hailstorm in Egypt's history, demonstrating God's control over nature and His judgment against Egypt.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nature.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nature</a> The hailstorm demonstrates God's control over the natural world, reminding us that He is the Creator and Sustainer of all things. <a href="/topical/j/judgment_and_mercy.htm">Judgment and Mercy</a> While the plagues were acts of judgment, they also served as opportunities for repentance. God's warnings are acts of mercy, giving time to turn back to Him. <a href="/topical/t/the_hardness_of_heart.htm">The Hardness of Heart</a> Pharaoh's refusal to heed God's warnings illustrates the danger of a hardened heart. We must remain open to God's voice and responsive to His guidance. <a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_obedience.htm">The Power of Obedience</a> Moses' obedience in delivering God's message to Pharaoh shows the importance of faithfulness in our calling, even in the face of opposition. <a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_to_his_people.htm">God's Faithfulness to His People</a> Despite the trials, God was faithful to His promise to deliver the Israelites, reminding us of His unwavering commitment to His people.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 9</a> <a href="/q/is_a_hailstorm_like_exodus_9_18-25_likely.htm">How plausible is a widespread hailstorm of the described magnitude in the region (Exodus 9:18–25)? </a> <a href="/q/zechariah_14_12__instant_flesh_decay.htm">Zechariah 14:12 – What scientific basis could explain flesh decaying instantly while people are still on their feet? </a> <a href="/q/is_there_proof_god_uses_weather_to_teach.htm">Job 37:6–7 suggests God commands the weather to teach humans their frailty; is there historical or scientific proof of this divine lesson? </a> <a href="/q/summarize_the_exodus_from_egypt..htm">What is the summary of the Exodus from Egypt?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) Such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof.--Rain, and even hail, are not unknown at the present day in Lower Egypt, though they are, comparatively speaking, rare phenomena. Thunderstorms are especially uncommon, and when they occur are for the most part mild and harmless. A thunderstorm which killed a man in Thevenot's time (Voyages, vol. i., p. 344) was regarded as most extraordinary, and "spread universal consternation." There is hail from time to time between November and March; but it very seldom does any considerable damage.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 18. - To-morrow about this time. As it might have been thought that Moses had done nothing very extraordinary in predicting a storm for the next day, a more exact note of time than usual was here given. Compare <a href="/exodus/8-23.htm">Exodus 8:23</a>; <a href="/exodus/9-5.htm">Exodus 9:5</a>. I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail. Rain, and, still more, hail are comparatively rare in Egypt, though not so rare as stated by some ancient authors (Herod, 3:10; Pomp. Mela, De Situ Orbis, 1:9). A good deal of rain falls in the Lower Country, where the north wind brings air loaded with vapour from the Mediterranean; particularly in the winter months from December to March. Snow, and hail, and thunder are during those months not very uncommon, having been witnessed by many modern travellers, as Pococke, Wansleben, Seetzen, Perry, Tooke, and others. They are seldom, however, of any great severity. Such a storm as here described (see especially vers. 23, 24) would be quite strange and abnormal; no Egyptian would have experienced anything approaching to it, and hence the deep impression that it made (ver. 27). Since the foundation thereof. Not "since the original formation of the country" at the Creation, or by subsequent alluvial deposits, as Herodotus thought (2:5-11), but "since Egypt became a nation" (see ver. 24). Modern Egyptologists, or at any rate a large number of them, carry back this event to a date completely irreconcilable with the Biblical chronology - Bockh to B.C. 5702, Unger to B.C. 5613, Mariette and Lenormant to B.C. 5004, Brugsch to B.C. 4455, Lepsius to B.C. 3852, and Bunsen (in one place) to B.C. 3623. The early Egyptian chronology is, however, altogether uncer-rain, as the variety in these dates sufficiently intimates. Of the dynasties before the (so-called) eighteenth, only seven are proved to be historical, and the time that the Old and Middle Empires lasted is exceedingly doubtful. All the known facts are sufficiently met by such a date as B.C. 2500-2400 for the Pyramid Kings, before whose time we have nothing authentic. This is a date which comes well within the period allowed for the formation of nations by the chronology of the Septuagint and Samaritan versions. <a href="/commentaries/exodus/9-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Behold, הִנְנִ֤י (hin·nî) Interjection | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2005.htm">Strong's 2005: </a> Lo! behold! at this time כָּעֵ֣ת (kā·‘êṯ) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6256.htm">Strong's 6256: </a> Time, now, when tomorrow מָחָ֔ר (mā·ḥār) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4279.htm">Strong's 4279: </a> Deferred, the morrow, tomorrow, hereafter I will rain down מַמְטִיר֙ (mam·ṭîr) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4305.htm">Strong's 4305: </a> To rain the worst כָּבֵ֣ד (kā·ḇêḏ) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3515.htm">Strong's 3515: </a> Heavy hail בָּרָ֖ד (bā·rāḏ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1259.htm">Strong's 1259: </a> Hail that אֲשֶׁ֨ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that has ever לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no fallen הָיָ֤ה (hā·yāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be on Egypt, בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם (bə·miṣ·ra·yim) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4714.htm">Strong's 4714: </a> Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa from לְמִן־ (lə·min-) Preposition-l <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> A part of, from, out of the day הַיּ֥וֹם (hay·yō·wm) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day it was founded הִוָּסְדָ֖ה (hiw·wā·sə·ḏāh) Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3245.htm">Strong's 3245: </a> To set, to found, to sit down together, settle, consult until וְעַד־ (wə·‘aḏ-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> As far as, even to, up to, until, while now. עָֽתָּה׃ (‘āt·tāh) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6258.htm">Strong's 6258: </a> At this time <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/9-18.htm">Exodus 9:18 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/exodus/9-18.htm">Exodus 9:18 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/exodus/9-18.htm">Exodus 9:18 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/exodus/9-18.htm">Exodus 9:18 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/exodus/9-18.htm">Exodus 9:18 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/9-18.htm">Exodus 9:18 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/9-18.htm">Exodus 9:18 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/9-18.htm">Exodus 9:18 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/9-18.htm">Exodus 9:18 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/exodus/9-18.htm">Exodus 9:18 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/exodus/9-18.htm">OT Law: Exodus 9:18 Behold tomorrow about this time I will (Exo. 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