Exodus 8:4

The frogs will jump up on you and your officials and all the rest of your people.’”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.

In Context

3Not only will the Nile River be full of frogs, but the frogs will come up out of the river into your palace. They will come into your bedroom and onto your bed. They will be in the houses of your officials and all the rest of your people. They will even get into your ovens and your pans for mixing the materials for baking bread.

5Yahweh also said to Moses/me, “Say this to Aaron: ‘Hold your stick in your hand and stretch it out as though you were stretching it over the river, the canals, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come up from all this water and cover the land of Egypt.’”

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Cross References

Exodus 8:24Early the next morning, Moses/I told that to the king, but the king would not pay any attention. So Yahweh did what he said he would do. He sent great swarms of flies into the palace of the king and into the houses of his officials. The whole country of Egypt was ruined by the flies.

Exodus 10:17So now I ask you to forgive me this one time for having sinned, and pray to Yahweh your god to stop these locusts [MTY] from causing everything to die.”

1 Kings 13:6Then the king said to the prophet, “Please pray that Yahweh will be merciful to me and heal my arm!” So the prophet prayed, and Yahweh completely healed the king’s arm.

Isaiah 19:11The officials in Zoan city in northern Egypt are foolish. The advice that they gave to the king was worthless. Why do they continue to tell the king that they are wise, that they are descendants of wise kings who lived long ago [RHQ]?

Isaiah 23:9It was the Commander of the armies of angels who did it; he did it in order to cause you people in Tyre not to be proud any more, to humiliate you men who are honored all over the world.

Acts 12:22Those who were listening to him shouted repeatedly, “ This man who is speaking is a god, not a man!”

Matthew Henry on Exodus 8:2-16

The Plagues of Egypt. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord , Let my people go, that they may serve me. 2 And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs: 3 And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs: 4 And the frogs… Read the whole commentary →

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