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◄ Exodus 9:28►

New International Version
Pray to the LORD, for we have had enough thunder and hail. I will let you go; you don’t have to stay any longer.”

New Living Translation
Please beg the LORD to end this terrifying thunder and hail. We’ve had enough. I will let you go; you don’t need to stay any longer.”

English Standard Version
Plead with the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.”

Berean Standard Bible
Pray to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any longer.”

King James Bible
Intreat the LORD (forit is enough) that there be nomore mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.

New King James Version
Entreat the LORD, that there may be nomore mighty thundering and hail, forit is enough. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.”

New American Standard Bible
Plead with the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail; and I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.”

NASB 1995
“Make supplication to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail; and I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.”

NASB 1977
“Make supplication to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail; and I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.”

Legacy Standard Bible
Entreat Yahweh, for God’s thunder and hail are too much; and I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.”

Amplified Bible
Prayand entreat the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail; I will let you go, and you shall stay here no longer.”

Christian Standard Bible
Make an appeal to the LORD. There has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you don’t need to stay any longer.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Make an appeal to Yahweh. There has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you don’t need to stay any longer.”

American Standard Version
Entreat Jehovah; for there hath been enough of these mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.

Contemporary English Version
We can't stand any more of this thunder and hail. Please ask the LORD to make it stop. Your people can go--you don't have to stay in Egypt any longer."

English Revised Version
Entreat the LORD; for there hath been enough of these mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Pray to the LORD. We've had enough of God's thunder and hail. I'll let you go; you don't have to stay here any longer."

Good News Translation
Pray to the LORD! We have had enough of this thunder and hail! I promise to let you go; you don't have to stay here any longer."

International Standard Version
Pray to the LORD! There has been enough of God's thunder and hail! I'll let you go, and you need not stay any longer."

NET Bible
Pray to the LORD, for the mighty thunderings and hail are too much! I will release you and you will stay no longer."

New Heart English Bible
Pray to the LORD; for there has been enough of God's thunder and hail and fire. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer."

Webster's Bible Translation
Entreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.

Majority Text Translations

Majority Standard Bible
Pray to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any longer.”

World English Bible
Pray to Yahweh; for there has been enough of mighty thunderings and hail. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.”

Literal Translations

Literal Standard Version
make supplication to YHWH, and plead that there be no voices of God and hail, and I send you away, and you do not add to remain.”

Young's Literal Translation
make ye supplication unto Jehovah, and plead that there be no voices of God and hail, and I send you away, and ye add not to remain.'

Smith's Literal Translation
Pray ye to Jehovah and much, from there being voices of God and hail; and I will send you forth, and ye shall not add to stand.

Catholic Translations

Douay-Rheims Bible
Pray ye to the Lord, that the thunderings of God and the hail may cease: that I may let you go, and that you may stay here no longer.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Pray to the Lord, so that the thundering of God and the hail may cease, so that I may release you, and so that you may by no means remain here any longer.”

New American Bible
Pray to the LORD! Enough of the thunder and hail! I will let you go; you need stay no longer.”

New Revised Standard Version
Pray to the LORD! Enough of God’s thunder and hail! I will let you go; you need stay no longer.”

Translations from Aramaic

Lamsa Bible
Pray before the LORD, for there is yet a chance for forgiveness in his presence that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Pray before LORD JEHOVAH and there is much room before him that there will not be the voice of God and hail, and I shall send you out and you will not stay any longer!”

OT Translations

JPS Tanakh 1917
Entreat the LORD, and let there be enough of these mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.'

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Pray then for me to the Lord, and let him cause the thunderings of God to cease, and the hail and the fire, and I will send you forth and ye shall remain no longer.

Additional Translations ...

Audio Bible

Context

The Seventh Plague: Hail
…27Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said. “The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.28Pray to the LORD,for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail.I will let you go;you do not need to stay any longer.”29Moses said to him, “When I have left the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the LORD’s.…

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Cross References

Exodus 8:8
Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.”

Exodus 10:17
Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”

Exodus 12:31-32
Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested. / Take your flocks and herds as well, just as you have said, and depart! And bless me also.”

Exodus 14:5
When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.”

1 Samuel 6:5
Make images of your tumors and of the rats that are ravaging the land. Give glory to the God of Israel, and perhaps He will lift His hand from you and your gods and your land.

1 Samuel 12:19
They pleaded with Samuel, “Pray to the LORD your God for your servants so that we will not die! For we have added to all our sins the evil of asking for a king.”

1 Kings 13:6
Then the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray for me that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him as it was before.

2 Chronicles 12:6-7
So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.” / When the LORD saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, but will soon grant them deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.

Psalm 78:34-35
When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God. / And they remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer.

Psalm 106:44-45
Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress. / And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.

Jeremiah 37:3
Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet with the message, “Please pray to the LORD our God for us!”

Jeremiah 42:2
Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes.

Jonah 1:14
So they cried out to the LORD: “Please, O LORD, do not let us perish on account of this man’s life! Do not charge us with innocent blood! For You, O LORD, have done as You pleased.”

Matthew 27:4
“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”

Luke 23:41
We are punished justly, for we are receiving what our actions deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”

Treasury of Scripture

Entreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunder and hail; and I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.

intreat

Exodus 8:8,28
Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD…

Exodus 10:17
Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.

Acts 8:24
Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.

mighty thunderings.

Psalm 29:3,4
The voice of the LORDis upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORDis upon many waters…

ye shall

Exodus 11:1
And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plaguemore upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall letyou go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.

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Exodus 9

1.The plague on livestock
8.The plague of boils
13.The message of Moses about the hail,
22.The plague of hail
27.Pharaoh pleads with Moses, but yet is hardened

Study Bible

Book ◦ Chapter

Pray to the LORD
This phrase indicates Pharaoh's recognition of the power and authority of the LORD, the God of Israel, over the natural elements. In the context of the plagues, it shows a momentary acknowledgment of God's supremacy, though not a genuine conversion. The act of asking for prayer suggests an understanding of intercession, a theme seen throughout the Bible, such as in the role of Jesus as the intercessor (Hebrews 7:25).

for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail.
The thunder and hail are part of the seventh plague, demonstrating God's control over creation and His ability to use it as a tool of judgment. This plague specifically targeted the Egyptian gods associated with the weather, such as Nut, the sky goddess, and Set, the storm god, showing their impotence. The severity of the plague is a reminder of God's power and the consequences of hardening one's heart against Him, as seen in Pharaoh's repeated refusals.

I will let you go;
Pharaoh's statement here is a temporary concession under duress, reflecting a pattern of insincere promises. This mirrors the human tendency to make vows to God in times of crisis without true repentance. The phrase foreshadows the eventual Exodus, a pivotal event in Israel's history that prefigures the deliverance from sin through Christ (1 Corinthians 10:1-4).

you do not need to stay any longer.”
This phrase signifies a momentary release from bondage, symbolizing the greater spiritual liberation that God offers. The Israelites' eventual departure from Egypt is a type of the believer's deliverance from the bondage of sin. This anticipates the ultimate freedom found in Christ, who sets captives free (Luke 4:18). The temporary nature of Pharaoh's promise highlights the need for genuine repentance and the futility of resisting God's will.

Persons / Places / Events

1.Pharaoh
The ruler of Egypt who is speaking in this verse. He is negotiating with Moses during the plagues.

2.Moses
The prophet and leader of the Israelites, who is acting as God's messenger to Pharaoh.

3.The LORD (Yahweh)
The God of Israel, who is executing judgment on Egypt through the plagues.

4.Egypt
The land where the Israelites are enslaved and where the plagues are taking place.

5.The Plague of Hail
One of the ten plagues sent by God to persuade Pharaoh to release the Israelites.

Teaching Points

The Nature of Repentance
Pharaoh's plea for relief without true repentance serves as a warning against insincere promises to God. True repentance involves a change of heart and actions.

The Role of Intercessory Prayer
Moses' willingness to pray for Pharaoh despite his hardened heart demonstrates the importance and power of intercessory prayer. Believers are called to pray for others, even those who oppose them.

God's Sovereignty and Judgment
The plagues reveal God's control over nature and His authority over earthly rulers. This serves as a reminder of God's ultimate power and the futility of resisting His will.

Temporary Relief vs. Lasting Change
Pharaoh's request for the removal of the plague highlights the human tendency to seek temporary relief from consequences rather than pursuing lasting spiritual transformation.

Bible Study Questions and Answers

1.What is the meaning of Exodus 9:28?

2.How does Pharaoh's plea in Exodus 9:28 reveal his understanding of God's power?

3.What does Pharaoh's request teach us about seeking God's mercy in difficult times?

4.How can Exodus 9:28 guide us in responding to God's discipline today?

5.What scriptural connections exist between Pharaoh's plea and repentance in the New Testament?

6.How can we apply Pharaoh's acknowledgment of sin to our personal prayer life?

7.How does Exodus 9:28 reflect God's power and authority over nature?

8.What is the significance of Pharaoh's plea in Exodus 9:28?

9.How does Exodus 9:28 demonstrate the theme of repentance and forgiveness?

10.What are the top 10 Lessons from Exodus 9?

11.How does Job 28:25's statement about God 'weighing the wind' square with earlier biblical passages that treat weather as solely divine intervention?

12.How plausible is a widespread hailstorm of the described magnitude in the region (Exodus 9:18-25)?

13.How does the destruction caused by the locusts (Exodus 10:15) align with the later plague of hail in Exodus 9, which supposedly ruined crops earlier?

14.Who were Nadab and Abihu in the Bible?

What Does Exodus 9:28 Mean

Pray to the LORD,

“Pray to the LORD…” (Exodus 9:28)

• Pharaoh once again turns to Moses as intercessor, mirroring earlier pleas inExodus 8:8 and 8:28.

• Scripture consistently shows the power of righteous intercession (Genesis 18:23-33;Numbers 14:13-19;James 5:16).

• Even a rebellious ruler recognizes that only Israel’s God can stop the plagues (1 Kings 18:39).

• The request underscores the relational nature of prayer: God’s people approach Him, and He answers (Psalm 34:15-17).

for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail.

“…for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail.” (Exodus 9:28)

• The seventh plague (Exodus 9:23-26) combines fire and ice, leaving Egypt’s crops ruined while sparing Goshen—clear evidence of divine distinction (Exodus 9:4).

• Thunder, lightning, and hail often symbolize God’s majesty and judgment (Psalm 29:3-11;Revelation 8:5; 16:18-21).

• Pharaoh concedes that the devastation is “enough,” confessing—though not repenting—that the calamity comes from God (Exodus 9:27).

• God’s mercy shines through judgment: He warned in advance (Exodus 9:18-19) and preserved life for any who heeded (compare2 Peter 3:9).

I will let you go;

“I will let you go;…” (Exodus 9:28)

• Pharaoh repeats a promise he has broken before (Exodus 8:15, 32).

• The phrase anticipates the ultimate command, “Let My people go” (Exodus 5:1; 7:16; 9:1).

• God foretold Pharaoh’s vacillating heart (Exodus 4:21), turning it into a stage for His glory (Romans 9:17).

• The believer can trust that divine deliverance is certain even when human authorities waver (Acts 5:29).

you do not need to stay any longer.

“…you do not need to stay any longer.” (Exodus 9:28)

• Pharaoh’s words echo God’s own promise of release (Exodus 6:6-8).

• Though spoken by an unfaithful king, the statement foreshadows the midnight exodus (Exodus 12:31-33).

• Spiritually, it prefigures the freedom Christ secures from the bondage of sin (John 8:36;Colossians 1:13-14).

• The moment also illustrates that true liberation comes only when God breaks the oppressor’s grip (Isaiah 52:3;Galatians 5:1).

summary

Exodus 9:28 reveals a reluctant monarch acknowledging the Almighty’s power, begging Moses to intercede, and promising release he cannot uphold. The verse highlights the efficacy of prayer, the undeniability of divine judgment, the weakness of human resolve against God’s purposes, and the certainty of the deliverance God has ordained for His people.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 28. -Mighty thunderings. Literally, as in the margin, "voices of God." Thunder was regarded by many nations of antiquity as the actual voice of a god. In the Vedic theology, Indra spoke in thunder. The Egyptian view on the subject has not been ascertained.

Parallel Commentaries ...

Hebrew

Pray
הַעְתִּ֙ירוּ֙(ha‘·tî·rū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 6279:To burn incense in worship, intercede

to
אֶל־(’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413:Near, with, among, to

the LORD,
יְהוָ֔ה(Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068:LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

for there has been
מִֽהְיֹ֛ת(mih·yōṯ)
Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1961:To fall out, come to pass, become, be

enough
וְרַ֕ב(wə·raḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 7227:Much, many, great

of God’s
אֱלֹהִ֖ים(’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430:gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

thunder
קֹלֹ֥ת(qō·lōṯ)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 6963:A voice, sound

and hail.
וּבָרָ֑ד(ū·ḇā·rāḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1259:Hail

I will let you go;
וַאֲשַׁלְּחָ֣ה(wa·’ă·šal·lə·ḥāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's 7971:To send away, for, out

you do not
וְלֹ֥א(wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808:Not, no

need to stay
לַעֲמֹֽד׃(la·‘ă·mōḏ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5975:To stand, in various relations

any longer.”
תֹסִפ֖וּן(ṯō·si·p̄ūn)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's 3254:To add, augment

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