King James Version
Exodus 10:4 in the King James Version says “Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:”
Exodus 10:4 · KJV
And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the LORD.
And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:
And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field: face: Heb. eye
And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh.
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“Else”
H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“to let my people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“behold to morrow”
H4279properly, deferred, i.e., the morrow; usually (adverbially) tomorrow; indefinitely, hereafter
“into thy coast”
H1366properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e., (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed
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