Exodus 8:11

Exodus 8:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only.
• New International Version (NIV)The frogs will leave you and your houses, your officials and your people; they will remain only in the Nile.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)The frogs shall go away from you and your houses and your servants and your people. They shall be left only in the Nile."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the frogs shall depart from you, from your houses, from your servants, and from your people. They shall remain in the river only.”

Context of Exodus 8:11

9And Moses said to Pharaoh, Command me: when shall I entreat 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? 10And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like the LORD our God. And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only. 12And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried to the LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh. 13And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.

Exodus 8:11 word by word

וְסָר֣וּ הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֗ים מִמְּךָ֙ וּמִבָּ֣תֶּ֔יךָ וּמֵעֲבָדֶ֖יךָ וּמֵעַמֶּ֑ךָ רַ֥ק בַּיְאֹ֖ר תִּשָּׁאַֽרְנָה׃Read the interlinear

• frogsצְפַרְדֵּעַtsephardêa‛ · frogH6854
• departסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: departH5493
• housesבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• remainשָׁאַרshâ'ar · to remainH7604
• riverיְאֹרye'ôr · NileH2975

Cross-references for Exodus 8:11

• Exodus 8:3And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thy house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:

Commentaries on Exodus 8:11

• 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 8:11

• Frogs
• 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