Exodus 9:30

30 But I knowe that thou and thy servauntes yet feare not the Lord God.

Exodus 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) .

Exodus 9:30 In-Context

28 Praye ye vnto the Lorde, that the thonder of God and hayle maye cease, and I will let you goo, and ye shall tarie no longer.

29 And Moses sayde vnto him: assoone as I am out of the citie, I will sprede abrode my handes vnto the Lorde, and the thunder shall ceasse, nether shall there be any moare hayle: that thou mayst knowe, howe that the erth ys the Lordes,

30 But I knowe that thou and thy servauntes yet feare not the Lord God.

31 The flaxe ad the barly were smytte, for the barly was shott vp ad the flaxe was boulled:

32 but the whete and the rye were not smeten, for they were late sowne.