Logos Bible Study

Exodus 11:2

The NET BibleOther versions

English

Arabic

Czech

French

German

Hebrew

Hungarian

Italian

Korean

Latin

Portuguese

Russian

Simplified Chinese

Spanish

Traditional Chinese

11:2Instruct4 the people that each man and each woman is to request5 from his or her neighbor6 items of silver and gold.”7

Read in Logos

Footnotes

  1. 4 Heb “Speak now in the ears of the people.” The expression is emphatic; it seeks to ensure that the Israelites hear the instruction.
  2. 5 The verb translated “request” is וְיִשְׁאֲלוּ (véyish’alu), the Qal jussive: “let them ask.” This is the point introduced in Exod 3:22. The meaning of the verb might be stronger than simply “ask”; it might have something of the idea of “implore” (see also its use in the naming of Samuel, who was “asked” from Yahweh [1 Sam 1:20]).
  3. 6 “each man is to request from his neighbor and each woman from her neighbor.” Here neighbor refers to Egyptian neighbors, who are glad to see them go (12:33) and so willingly give their jewelry and vessels.
  4. 7 See D. Skinner, “Some Major Themes of Exodus,” Mid-America Theological Journal 1 (1977): 31–42.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Speak now in the hearing of the people, that they ask, every man of his neighbor and every woman of her neighbor, for silver and gold jewelry.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Tell the people that men and women alike are to ask their neighbors for articles of silver and gold.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Now announce to the people that both men and women should ask their neighbors for silver and gold items.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Tell all the Israelite men and women to ask their Egyptian neighbors for articles of silver and gold.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Speak in the ears of the people, and let them ask, a man from his neighbor and a woman from her neighbor, for objects of silver and objects of gold.”

KJV 1900King James Version

Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.