KJV King James Version
And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all [that is] the children’s of Israel.
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Exodus 9:4
And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all [that is] the children’s of Israel.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But the LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die.’”
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt; and nothing shall die of all that belongs to the children of Israel.”’”
ASV American Standard Version
And Jehovah shall make a distinction between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt; and there shall nothing die of all that belongeth to the children of Israel.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And Jehovah hath separated between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt, and there doth not die a thing of all the sons of Israel’s;
Surrounding context — Exodus 9
1 Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
2 For if thou refuse to let [them] go, and wilt hold them still,
3 Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which [is] in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: [there shall be] a very grievous murrain.
4 And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all [that is] the children’s of Israel.
5 And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land.
6 And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.
7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְהִפְלָ֣הH6395 · pa.lahbe distinguishedיְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDבֵּ֚יןH996 · ba.yinbetweenמִקְנֵ֣הH4735 · miq.nehlivestockיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelוּבֵ֖יןH996 · ba.yinbetweenמִקְנֵ֣הH4735 · miq.nehlivestockמִצְרָ֑יִםH4714 · mits.ra.yimEgyptוְלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotיָמ֛וּתH4191 · mutto dieמִכָּל־H3605 · kolallלִבְנֵ֥יH1121 · benson: childיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelדָּבָֽר׃H1697 · da.varword
Cross-references
Exodus 8:22And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms [of flies] shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I [am] the LORD in the midst of the earth.Exodus 12:13And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye [are]: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy [you], when I smite the land of Egypt.Malachi 3:18Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.Exodus 10:23They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.Isaiah 65:13-14Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:
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