Exodus 8:6

Exodus 8:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.
• New International Version (NIV)So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.

Context of Exodus 8:6

4The frogs will come up on you, your people, and all your officials.” 5The Lord then said to Moses, “Tell Aaron: Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, canals, and ponds, and cause the frogs to come up onto the land of Egypt.” When Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt. 7But the magicians did the same thing by their occult practices and brought frogs up onto the land of Egypt. 8Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Appeal to the Lord to remove the frogs from me and my people. Then I will let the people go and they can sacrifice to the Lord.”

Exodus 8:6 word by word

וַיֵּ֤ט אַהֲרֹן֙ אֶת־יָד֔וֹ עַ֖ל מֵימֵ֣י מִצְרָ֑יִם וַתַּ֙עַל֙ הַצְּפַרְדֵּ֔עַ וַתְּכַ֖ס אֶת־אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Aaronאַהֲרֹן'ahărôn · AaronH175
• stretched outנָטָהnâţâh · to stretchH5186
• his handיָדyâd · handH3027
• over the watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• and the frogsצְפַרְדֵּעַtsephardêa‛ · frogH6854
• came upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• and coveredכָּסָהkâsâh · to coverH3680
• the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776

Cross-references for Exodus 8:6

• Leviticus 11:12Everything in the water that does not have fins and scales will be abhorrent to you.
• Psalms 78:45He sent among them swarms of flies, which fed on them, and frogs, which devastated them.
• Psalms 105:30Their land was overrun with frogs, even in their royal chambers.
• Revelation 16:13Then I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming from the dragon’s mouth, from the beast’s mouth, and from the mouth of the false prophet.

Commentaries on Exodus 8:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6The frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt - In some ancient writers we have examples of a similar plague. The Abderites, according to Orosius, and the inhabitants of Paeonia and Dardania, according to Athenaeus, were obliged to abandon their country on account of the great numbers of frogs by which their land was infested.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-15The second plague was the plague of frogs (8:2). The Egyptians gave special honor to amphibians such as frogs. These animals can live both in water and on land. Because of this, Egyptians connected them with life and survival. Egyptians were very concerned about life after death. Through this plague, God showed that frogs do not control life. They do not have special power over survival. Some people suggest that this plague happened naturally after the…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-65-6. Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, &c. The miracle consisted in the reptiles leaving their marshes at the very time he commanded them.Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 8:6

• Frogs
• Plague

In the dictionaries

• Aaron
• Egypt
• Egypt, Egyptian
• Command
• Division
• Finger
• Frog
• Let
• Morrow
• Plague

Commentaries on Exodus 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings