Exodus 8:2

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

1Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Let My people go, that they may serve Me. But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite your whole territory with frogs. 3The Nile will swarm with frogs, which will come up and go into your house and into your bedroom and on your bed, and into the houses of your servants and on your people, and into your ovens and into your kneading bowls. 4So the frogs will come up on you and your people and all your servants.”’”

Exodus 8:2 word by word

וְאִם־מָאֵ֥ן אַתָּ֖ה לְשַׁלֵּ֑חַ הִנֵּ֣ה אָנֹכִ֗י נֹגֵ֛ף אֶת־כָּל־גְּבוּלְךָ֖ בַּֽצְפַרְדְּעִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• But ifאִם'im · ifH518
• you refuseמָאֵןmâ'ên · refusingH3986
• to letשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: let goH7971
• goשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: let goH7971
• beholdהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• I will smiteנָגַףnâgaph · to strikeH5062
• your wholeכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• territoryגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: areaH1366
• with frogsצְפַרְדֵּעַtsephardêa‛ · frogH6854

Cross-references for Exodus 8:2

• Exodus 7:14Then the Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is stubborn; he refuses to let the people go.
• Exodus 9:2For if you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them,
• Psalms 78:45He sent among them swarms of flies which devoured them, And frogs which destroyed them.
• Psalms 105:30Their land swarmed with frogs Even in the chambers of their kings.
• Revelation 16:13And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs;

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

Topics related to Exodus 8:2

• Frogs
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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