Exodus 8:4

Exodus 8:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your servants."'"
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the frogs shall come up on you, on your people, and on all your servants.” ’ ”
• New Living Translation (NLT)Frogs will jump on you, your people, and all your officials.’”

Context of Exodus 8:4

2If you refuse to let them go, I will send a plague of frogs on your whole country. 3The Nile will teem with frogs. They will come up into your palace and your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and on your people, and into your ovens and kneading troughs. The frogs will come up on you and your people and all your officials.’ ” 5Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the streams and canals and ponds, and make frogs come up on the land of Egypt.’ ” 6So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land.

Exodus 8:4 word by word

וּבְכָ֥ה וּֽבְעַמְּךָ֖ וּבְכָל־עֲבָדֶ֑יךָ יַעֲל֖וּ הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the frogsצְפַרְדֵּעַtsephardêa‛ · frogH6854
• shall come upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• both on thee, and upon thy peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• and upon all thy servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650

Cross-references for Exodus 8:4

• Psalms 107:40he who pours contempt on nobles made them wander in a trackless waste.
• Isaiah 19:11The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools; the wise counselors of Pharaoh give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise men, a disciple of the ancient kings”?
• Isaiah 23:9The Lord Almighty planned it, to bring down her pride in all her splendor and to humble all who are renowned on the earth.
• Daniel 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, because everything he does is right and all his ways are just. And those who walk in pride he is able to humble.
• Acts 12:22They shouted, “This is the voice of a god, not of a man.”

Commentaries on Exodus 8:4

• 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. 1-151. the Lord spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh--The duration of the first plague for a whole week must have satisfied all that it was produced not by any accidental causes, but by the agency of omnipotent power. As a judgment of God, however, it produced no good effect, and Moses was commanded to wait on the king and threaten him, in the event of his continued obstinacy, with the infliction of a new and different plague. As Pharaoh's answer is not given…Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 8:4

• 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