Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 9:28
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.
28. Intreat ] Exo 8:8; Exo 8:28, Exo 10:17.
mighty thunderings ] Heb. voices ( v. 23) of God. The addition, ‘of God,’ does sometimes imply worthy to belong to God, i.e. mighty or noble (Gen 23:6, Num 24:6, Psa 36:6; Psa 68:15 RV., Psa 80:10; Psa 104:16); but, in view of the idiom explained on v. 23a, it is doubtful whether that is the case here.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 28. It is enough] There is no need of any farther plague; I submit to the authority of Jehovah and will rebel no more.
Mighty thunderings] koloth Elohim, voices of God; – that is, superlatively loud thunder. So mountains of God (Ps 36:6) means exceeding high mountains. So a prince of God (Ge 23:6) means a mighty prince. See a description of thunder, Ps 29:3-8: “The VOICE OF THE LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth; the Lord is upon many waters. The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty. The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars. The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire. The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness,” &c. The production of rain by the electric spark is alluded to in a very beautiful manner, Jer 10:13: When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens. See Clarke on Ge 7:11, and See Clarke on Ge 8:1.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Or, and let it be enough, (let God content himself that he hath punished me so long, and that I have confessed my sin, and promised amendment,)
that there may be hereafter
no more.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Entreat the Lord, for it is enough,…. Hail, thunder, and lightning enough; or pray that this may be enough, and thought sufficient, and that there may be no more; or “entreat the Lord, and much” l; pray, and pray much, pray earnestly and without intermission until the plague ceases:
that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; or “voices of God” m; for thunder is the voice of God, and these thunderings or voices were very loud, the claps were very terrible to hear, and the hail was very grievous and heavy, and the whole was very amazing and frightful, and the more to Pharaoh, who perhaps had never heard the voice of thunder, or seen an hail storm before, even a common one, these being rare in the land of Egypt:
and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer; go the three days’ journey into the wilderness, directly and immediately; he would not put it off, on any account, and much less refuse to let them go at all, as he had often done.
l – “orate multam”, Rivet. m “voces Dei”, Montanus, Drusius.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Exo 9:28. Mighty thunderings Margin of our BiblesVoices of God. Thunder is called in Scripture, and with great propriety, the voice of God: the voice of the Lord is in power, the voice of the Lord is full of majesty. Psa 29:4.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Observe in this man’s history, how little the correspondence between the mouth and heart.
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Exo 9:28 Intreat 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.
Ver. 28. I will let you go. ] But though he speak thus fair, believe him not: “for there are seven abominations in his heart.” Pro 26:25 No sooner was Pharaoh off the rack, but he bites in his confession, and retracts his promise.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
mighty thunderings = Hebrew “voices of Elohim ” = a strong superlative.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Entreat: Exo 8:8, Exo 8:28, Exo 10:17, Act 8:24
mighty thunderings: Heb. voices of God, Psa 29:3, Psa 29:4
ye shall: Exo 11:1
Reciprocal: Gen 30:8 – great wrestlings Exo 10:24 – Go ye Exo 12:32 – bless me Exo 19:16 – thunders Num 21:7 – We have Jdg 11:8 – the elders 1Sa 5:7 – saw 1Sa 12:19 – Pray for thy 2Sa 24:16 – It is enough 1Ki 13:6 – now 1Ch 21:15 – It is enough Job 1:16 – The fire of God Psa 36:6 – great mountains Psa 78:48 – hot thunderbolts Pro 14:19 – General Jer 34:11 – General Jer 37:3 – Pray Jer 42:2 – and pray Jam 5:16 – The effectual