Exodus 8:15

Exodus 8:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had said.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart and would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and did not heed them, as the Lord had said.
• New Living Translation (NLT)But when Pharaoh saw that relief had come, he became stubborn. He refused to listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had predicted.

Context of Exodus 8:15

13And the Lord did what Moses asked. The frogs died in the houses, in the courtyards and in the fields. 14They were piled into heaps, and the land reeked of them. But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said. 16Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the ground,’ and throughout the land of Egypt the dust will become gnats.” 17They did this, and when Aaron stretched out his hand with the staff and struck the dust of the ground, gnats came on people and animals. All the dust throughout the land of Egypt became gnats.

Exodus 8:15 word by word

וַיַּ֣רְא פַּרְעֹ֗ה כִּ֤י הָֽיְתָה֙ הָֽרְוָחָ֔ה וְהַכְבֵּד֙ אֶת־לִבּ֔וֹ וְלֹ֥א שָׁמַ֖ע אֲלֵהֶ֑ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But when Pharaohפַּרְעֹהpar‛ôh · PharaohH6547
• sawרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• that there was respiteרְוָחָהrevâchâh · reliefH7309
• he hardenedכָּבֵדkâbad kâbêd · to honor: heavyH3513
• his heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• and hearkenedשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• not unto them; as the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• had saidדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696

Cross-references for Exodus 8:15

• Exodus 14:5When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have let the Israelites go and have lost their services!”
• Ecclesiastes 8:11When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, people’s hearts are filled with schemes to do wrong.
• Isaiah 26:10But when grace is shown to the wicked, they do not learn righteousness; even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil and do not regard the majesty of the Lord.
• Jeremiah 34:7while the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and the other cities of Judah that were still holding out—Lachish and Azekah. These were the only fortified cities left in Judah.
• Hosea 6:4“What can I do with you, Ephraim? What can I do with you, Judah? Your love is like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears.
• Exodus 4:21The Lord said to Moses, “When you return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders I have given you the power to do. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.
• Exodus 7:4he will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and with mighty acts of judgment I will bring out my divisions, my people the Israelites.
• Proverbs 29:1Whoever remains stiff-necked after many rebukes will suddenly be destroyed—without remedy.
• Zechariah 7:11“But they refused to pay attention; stubbornly they turned their backs and covered their ears.
• Hebrews 3:8do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion, during the time of testing in the wilderness,
• Revelation 16:9They were seared by the intense heat and they cursed the name of God, who had control over these plagues, but they refused to repent and glorify him.

Commentaries on Exodus 8:15

• 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. 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 8:15

• Character
• Disobedience to God
• Heart
• Hypocrisy
• Instability
• Intercession
• Plague

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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