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JPS Old Testament

Exodus 11:2

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Borrowing;   Gold;   Israel;   Jewels;   Thompson Chain Reference - Commands;   Divine;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ornaments;   Pharaoh;   Easton Bible Dictionary - First-Born;   Goshen;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Exodus, Book of;   Jewels, Jewelry;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Exodus;   Moses;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Demon, Demoniacal Possession, Demoniacs;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Borrow, to;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Plagues of egypt;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Exodus, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gold;   Harden;   Jewel;   Ruth;   Silver;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Borrowing;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Menahem B. Solomon B. Isaac;   Metals;   Repentance;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Speak now in the ears of the people, and let them ask every man of his neighbor, and every woman of her neighbor, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold."
King 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.
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."
New Century Version
Tell the men and women of Israel to ask their neighbors for things made of silver and gold."
New English Translation
Instruct the people that each man and each woman is to request from his or her neighbor items of silver and gold."
Amplified Bible
"Speak so that all of the people [of Israel] may hear, and tell every man to ask from his neighbor, and every woman to ask from her neighbor, articles of silver, and articles of gold."
New American Standard Bible
"Speak now so that the people hear, that each man is to ask of his neighbor, and each woman of her neighbor, articles of silver and articles of gold."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Speake thou nowe to the people, that euery man require of his neighbour, & euery woman of her neighbour iewels of siluer & iewels of gold.
Legacy Standard Bible
Speak now in the hearing of the people so that each man may ask from his neighbor and each woman from her neighbor for articles of silver and articles of gold."
Contemporary English Version
Now go and tell my people to ask their Egyptian neighbors for gold and silver jewelry.
Complete Jewish Bible
Now tell the people that every man is to ask his neighbor and every woman her neighbor for gold and silver jewelry."
Darby Translation
Speak now in the ears of the people, that they ask every man of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, utensils of silver and utensils of gold.
Easy-to-Read Version
You must give this message to the Israelites: ‘Men and women, you must ask your neighbors to give you things made of silver and gold.'"
English 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."
George Lamsa Translation
Speak now in the presence of the people that they ask every man of his neighbor, and every woman of her neighbor, jewels of silver and jewels of gold.
Good News Translation
Now speak to the people of Israel and tell all of them to ask their neighbors for gold and silver jewelry."
Christian Standard Bible®
Now announce to the people that both men and women should ask their neighbors for silver and gold items.”
Literal Translation
Now speak in the ears of the people, and let them ask, each man from his neighbor, articles of silver and articles of gold.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore saye now vnto the people, yt euery man borowe of his neghboure, & euery woman of his neghbouresse, Iewels of syluer & golde:
American Standard Version
Speak now in the ears of the people, and let them ask every man of his neighbor, and every woman of her neighbor, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.
Bible in Basic English
So go now and give orders to the people that every man and every woman is to get from his or her neighbour ornaments of silver and of gold.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Speake thou therfore in the eares of the people, that euery man borowe of his neighbour, and euery woman of her neighbour, iewels of syluer, and iewels of golde.
King James Version (1611)
Speake now in the eares of the people, and let euery man borrowe of his neighbour, and euery woman of her neighbour, iewels of siluer, and iewels of gold.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Speak therefore secretly in the ears of the people, and let every one ask of his neighbour jewels of silver and gold, and raiment.
English Revised Version
Speak now in the ears of the people, and let them ask every man of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.
Berean Standard Bible
Now announce to the people that men and women alike should ask their neighbors for articles of silver and gold."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor thou schalt seie to al the puple, that a man axe of his freend, and a womman of hir neiyboresse, silueren vessels and goldun, and clothis;
Young's Literal Translation
speak, I pray thee, in the ears of the people, and they ask -- each man from his neighbour, and each woman from her neighbour, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold.'
Update Bible Version
Speak now in the ears of the people, and let them ask every man of his neighbor, and every woman of her neighbor, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.
Webster's Bible Translation
Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbor, and every woman of her neighbor, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.
World English Bible
Speak now in the ears of the people, and let them ask every man of his neighbor, and every woman of her neighbor, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold."
New King James Version
Speak now in the hearing of the people, and let every man ask from his neighbor and every woman from her neighbor, articles of silver and articles of gold."
New Living Translation
Tell all the Israelite men and women to ask their Egyptian neighbors for articles of silver and gold."
New Life Bible
Tell the people that each man should ask his neighbor and each woman ask her neighbor for things made of silver and gold."
New Revised Standard
Tell the people that every man is to ask his neighbor and every woman is to ask her neighbor for objects of silver and gold."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Speak, I pray you, in the ears of the people, - and let them ask - every man of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, articles of silver and articles of gold.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore thou shalt tell all the people, that every man ask of his friend, and every woman of her neighbour, vessels of silver and of gold.
Revised Standard Version
Speak now in the hearing of the people, that they ask, every man of his neighbor and every woman of her neighbor, jewelry of silver and of gold."
THE MESSAGE
"So here's what you do. Tell the people to ask, each man from his neighbor and each woman from her neighbor, for things made of silver and gold." God saw to it that the Egyptians liked the people. Also, Moses was greatly admired by the Egyptians, a respected public figure among both Pharaoh's servants and the people at large.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Speak now in the hearing of the people that each man ask from his neighbor and each woman from her neighbor for articles of silver and articles of gold."

Contextual Overview

1 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Yet one plague more will I bring upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence; when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether. 2 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let them ask every man of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.' 3 And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

borrow: Exodus 3:22, Exodus 12:1, Exodus 12:2, Exodus 12:35, Exodus 12:36, Genesis 31:9, Job 27:16, Job 27:17, Psalms 24:1, Psalms 105:37, Proverbs 13:22, Haggai 2:8, Matthew 20:15

jewels: Exodus 32:2-4, Exodus 32:24, Exodus 35:22, Ezekiel 16:10-13

Reciprocal: Genesis 24:53 - jewels

Cross-References

Genesis 10:10
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Genesis 11:9
Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth; and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Genesis 13:11
So Lot chose him all the plain of the Jordan; and Lot journeyed east; and they separated themselves the one from the other.
Genesis 14:1
And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim,
Isaiah 11:11
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord will set His hand again the second time to recover the remnant of His people, that shall remain from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
Daniel 1:2
And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God; and he carried them into the land of Shinar to the house of his god, and the vessels he brought into the treasure-house of his god.
Zechariah 5:11
And he said unto me: 'To build her a house in the land of Shinar; and when it is prepared, she shall be set there in her own place.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Speak now in the ears of the people,.... This cannot be understood of the whole body of the people being gathered together, but of some of the principal ones, who should communicate it to others, and so from one to another, until all the heads and masters of families became acquainted with it:

and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold; to ornament themselves with at the feast they were going to keep: the Samaritan and Septuagint versions add, and clothing or raiment, and such it is certain they did borrow, Exodus 12:35 or vessels p of different forms, made of gold and silver, such as were fit and proper to be used at sacrifices and feasts, and which will account for the vessels given by princes, Numbers 7:1 for the doing of which the divine authority was sufficient; though there seems to be a reason for it in justice, that they might be paid for their hard service they had been made to serve for so many years, without having a proper reward for it: the word may be rendered, "let every man ask", c.

p כלי σκευη Sept. "vasa", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version, Piscator, Drusius "instrumenta", Junius & Tremellius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Every man - In Exodus 3:22 only women were named; the command is more explicit when the time has come for its execution.

Borrow - “ask.” See Exodus 3:22 note.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 11:2. Let every man borrow — For a proper correction of the strange mistranslation of the word שאל shaal in this verse, Exodus 3:22.


 
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