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Exodus 8:2
2If you refuse to let them go, I will send thousands of frogs to bring trouble to your whole country.
Exodus 8:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs:
- New International Version (NIV)If you refuse to let them go, I will send a plague of frogs on your whole country.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your country with frogs.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all your territory with frogs.
Context of Exodus 8:2
1The Lord said to Moses, ‘Go to Pharaoh and say to him, “This is the message from the Lord: Let my people go so that they may worship me. If you refuse to let them go, I will send thousands of frogs to bring trouble to your whole country. 3The Nile river will be full of frogs. The frogs will go into your house. They will jump into your bed. They will go into the houses of your servants. They will go into the houses of your people. They will jump into your ovens and into your dishes. 4The frogs will jump all over you. They will jump on your people and on all your servants.” ’
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וְאִם־מָאֵ֥ן אַתָּ֖ה לְשַׁלֵּ֑חַ הִנֵּ֣ה אָנֹכִ֗י נֹגֵ֛ף אֶת־כָּל־גְּבוּלְךָ֖ בַּֽצְפַרְדְּעִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Exodus 8:2
- Exodus 7:14Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Pharaoh's mind is still hard. He refuses to let the people go.
- Exodus 9:2If you refuse to let them go, you will have more trouble. If you still keep them in Egypt,
- Psalms 78:45He sent large numbers of flies to bite them. He sent frogs that destroyed their land.
- Psalms 105:30Frogs covered all their land. They even went into the bedrooms of the palace!
- Revelation 16:13Then I saw three bad spirits that looked like frogs. One bad spirit came out of the dragon's mouth. Another one came out of the first wild animal's mouth. The third one came out of the false prophet's mouth.
Commentaries on Exodus 8:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2If thou refuse - Nothing can be plainer than that Pharaoh had it still in his power to have dismissed the people, and that his refusal was the mere effect of his own wilful obstinacy. With frogs - צפרדעים tsepardeim . This word is of doubtful etymology: almost all interpreters, both ancient and modern, agree to render it as we do, though some mentioned by Aben Ezra think the crocodile is meant; but these can never weigh against the conjoint testimony of…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2With frogs - Some months appear to have elapsed between this and the former plague, if the frogs made their appearance at the usual time, that is in September. The special species mentioned here is of Egyptian origin. This plague was, like the preceding, in general accordance with natural phenomena, but marvelous both for its extent and intensity, and for its direct connection with the words and acts of God‘s messengers. It had also apparently, like the…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. 22. I will smite all thy borders with frogs--Those animals, though the natural spawn of the river, and therefore objects familiar to the people, were on this occasion miraculously multiplied to an amazing extent, and it is probable that the ova of the frogs, which had been previously deposited in the mire and marshes, were miraculously brought to perfection at once.Read the comment
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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
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