Exode 9:30

30 Mais je sais que toi et tes serviteurs, vous ne craindrez pas encore l'Eternel Dieu.

Exode 9:30 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 9:30

But as for thee, and thy servants
Notwithstanding the confession of sin he had made, and his earnest request that the Lord might be entreated to remove this plague, and though he had been assured it would be removed: I know that ye will not yet fear the Lord God:
they had not feared him yet; the confession of sin made did not arise from the true fear of God, but from a dread of punishment, and when delivered from this plague, the goodness of God would have no such effect as to cause him and his servants to fear the Lord; or "I know, that before ye were afraid of the face of the Lord God" ^F14, which Kimchi ^F15 and Ben Melech interpret thus, ``I know that thou and thy servants, before I pray for you, are afraid of the face of the Lord God, but after I have prayed, and the thunders and rain are ceased, ye will sin again;'' and so they did.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 (Nwaryt Mrj) "priusquam timeretis", Tigurine version.
F15 Sepher Shorash, rad. (Mrj) .

Exode 9:30 In-Context

28 Priez l'Eternel, pour qu'il n'y ait plus de tonnerres et de grêle; et je vous laisserai aller, et l'on ne vous retiendra plus.

29 Moïse lui dit: Quand je sortirai de la ville, je lèverai mes mains vers l'Eternel, les tonnerres cesseront et il n'y aura plus de grêle, afin que tu saches que la terre est à l'Eternel.

30 Mais je sais que toi et tes serviteurs, vous ne craindrez pas encore l'Eternel Dieu.

31 Le lin et l'orge avaient été frappés, parce que l'orge était en épis et que c'était la floraison du lin;

32 le froment et l'épeautre n'avaient point été frappés, parce qu'ils sont tardifs.