Exodus 9:2

For if you refuse to release them ¹  and continue holding them, ² 

biblegateway Exo 9:2

If you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them back,

biblegateway Exo 9:2

"For if you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them,

biblegateway Exo 9:2

If you continue to oppress them and refuse to let them go,

biblegateway Exo 9:2

If you refuse to release them and continue to hold on to them,

SABDAweb Exo 9:2

For if you will not let them go, but still keep them in your power,

bibleoremus Exo 9:2

For if you refuse to let them go and still hold them,

biblegateway Exo 9:2

"For if you refuse to let them go, and still hold them,

biblegateway Exo 9:2

For if you refuse to release them ¹  and continue holding them, ² 

¹ tn The object “them” is implied in the context.

² tn עוֹד (’od), an adverb meaning “yet, still,” can be inflected with suffixes and used as a predicator of existence, with the nuance “to still be, yet be” (T. O. Lambdin, Introduction to Biblical Hebrew, 171-72, §137). Then, it is joined here with the Hiphil participle מַחֲזִיק (makhaziq) to form the sentence “you are still holding them.”