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Exodus 4:8

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4:8“If15 they do not believe you or pay attention to16 the former sign, then they may17 believe the latter sign.18

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Footnotes

  1. 15 Heb “and it will be if.”
  2. 16 Heb “listen to the voice of,” meaning listen so as to respond appropriately.
  3. 17 The nuance of this perfect tense with a vav (ו) consecutive will be equal to the imperfect of possibility—“they may believe.”
  4. 18 Heb “believe the voice of the latter sign,” so as to understand and accept the meaning of the event.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“If they will not believe you,” God said, “or listen to the first sign, they may believe the latter sign.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then the Lord said, “If they do not believe you or pay attention to the first sign, they may believe the second.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“If they will not believe you and will not respond to the evidence of the first sign, they may believe the evidence of the second sign.

NLTNew Living Translation

The Lord said to Moses, “If they do not believe you and are not convinced by the first miraculous sign, they will be convinced by the second sign.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“And if they do not believe you and they will not listen to the voice of the former sign, then they will believe the voice of the latter sign.

KJV 1900King James Version

And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.