Exodus 8:9

Exodus 8:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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?
• New International Version (NIV)Moses said to Pharaoh, “I leave to you the honor of setting the time for me to pray for you and your officials and your people that you and your houses may be rid of the frogs, except for those that remain in the Nile.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Moses said to Pharaoh, "Be pleased to command me when I am to plead for you and for your servants and for your people, that the frogs be cut off from you and your houses and be left only in the Nile."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Moses said to Pharaoh, “Accept the honor of saying when I shall intercede for you, for your servants, and for your people, to destroy the frogs from you and your houses, that they may remain in the river only.”

Context of Exodus 8:9

7However, the soothsayer priests did the same with their secret arts, making frogs come up on the land of Egypt. 8Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and said, “Plead with the Lord to remove the frogs from me and from my people; and I will let the people go, so that they may sacrifice to the Lord.” And Moses said to Pharaoh, “The honor is yours to tell me: when shall I plead for you and your servants and your people, that the frogs be destroyed from you and your houses, that they be left only in the Nile?” 10Then he said, “Tomorrow.” So he said, “May it be according to your word, so that you may know that there is no one like the Lord our God. 11The frogs will depart from you and your houses, and from your servants and your people; they will be left only in the Nile.”

Exodus 8:9 word by word

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֣ה לְפַרְעֹה֮ הִתְפָּאֵ֣ר עָלַי֒ לְמָתַ֣י׀ אַעְתִּ֣יר לְךָ֗ וְלַעֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙ וּֽלְעַמְּךָ֔ לְהַכְרִית֙ הַֽצֲפַרְדְּעִ֔ים מִמְּךָ֖ וּמִבָּתֶּ֑יךָ רַ֥ק בַּיְאֹ֖ר תִּשָּׁאַֽרְנָה׃Read the interlinear

• And Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• to Pharaohפַּרְעֹהpar‛ôh · PharaohH6547
• Theפָּאַרpâ'ar · to beautifyH6286
• to tell me: whenמָתַיmâthay · howH4970
• shall I pleadעָתַר‛âthar · to prayH6279
• for you and your servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• and your peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• that the frogsצְפַרְדֵּעַtsephardêa‛ · frogH6854
• be destroyedכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
• from you and your housesבֵּיתbayith · betweenH1004
• they be leftשָׁאַרshâ'ar · to remainH7604
• in the Nileיְאֹרye'ôr · NileH2975

Cross-references for Exodus 8:9

• Judges 7:2And the Lord said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for Me to hand Midian over to them, otherwise Israel would become boastful, saying, ‘My own power has saved me.’
• 1 Kings 18:25So Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose the one ox for yourselves and prepare it first, since there are many of you, and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under the ox.”
• Isaiah 10:15Is the axe to boast itself over the one who chops with it? Is the saw to exalt itself over the one who wields it? That would be like a club wielding those who lift it, Or like a rod lifting the one who is not wood.
• Exodus 8:13The Lord did according to the word of Moses, and the frogs died out of the houses, the courtyards, and the fields.

Commentaries on Exodus 8:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Glory over me - עלי התפאר hithpaer alai . These words have greatly puzzled commentators in general; and it is not easy to assign their true meaning. The Septuagint render the words thus: , etc., Appoint unto me when I shall pray, etc. The constitue mihi quando of the Vulgate is exactly the same; and in this sense almost all the versions understood this place. This countenances the conjectural emendation of Le Clerc, who, by the change of a single letter…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Glory over me - See the margin, “have honor over me,” i. e. have the honor, or advantage over me, directing me when I shall entreat God for thee and thy servants. When - Or by when; i. e. for what exact time. Pharaoh‘s answer in Exodus 5:10 refers to this, by tomorrow. The shortness of the time would, of course, be a test of the supernatural character of the transaction.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9In this instance, the evidence of God’s power was not in the event per se but in the timing. God could keep the frogs alive or he could end their lives. Pharaoh needed only to say when.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-158-15. Pharaoh called, ... Intreat the Lord, that he may take away the frogs from me--The frog, which was now used as an instrument of affliction, whether from reverence or abhorrence, was an object of national superstition with the Egyptians, the god Ptha being represented with a frog's head. But the vast numbers, together with their stench, made them an intolerable nuisance so that the king was so far humbled as to promise that, if Moses would intercede…Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 8:9

• Frogs
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In the dictionaries

• Moses
• Pharaoh
• Euphrates River, the River
• Pharaoh, king of Egypt
• Command
• Division
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• Frog
• Let
• Morrow

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