Exodus 8:9

And Moses said to Pharaoh—Explain thyself unto me: For what time, shall I make entreaty for thee and for thy servants and for thy people, to cause the frogs to be cut off, from thee and from thy houses,—only in the river, shall they remain?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?

In Context

8Then called Pharaoh for Moses and for Aaron and said—Make entreaty unto Yahweh, that he take away the frogs from me and from my people,—and I must let the people go that they may sacrifice to Yahweh.

10And he said—For to-morrow. And he said—According to thy word! that thou mayest know that there is none like Yahweh, our God:

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Cross References

Exodus 8:11so the frogs shall depart—from thee and from thy houses and from thy servants and from thy people,—only in the river, shall they remain.

Judges 7:2And Yahweh said unto Gideon, Too many, are the people that are with thee, for me to deliver the Midianites into their hand,—lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand, hath saved me.

Isaiah 10:15Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? Or, the saw, magnify itself, against him that wieldeth it? As if a rod, could wield, them who lift it up! As if a staff, could raise, what is, not wood!

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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