Tree of Life Version
Exodus 8:4
4Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to Adonai, that He would take the frogs away from me and from my people. Then I will let the people go, so they may sacrifice to Adonai.”
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.
- New International Version (NIV)The frogs will come up on you and your people and all your officials.’ ”
- 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.” ’ ”
Context of Exodus 8:4
2So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land. 3But the magicians did the same with their secret arts and brought up frogs over the land of Egypt. Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to Adonai, that He would take the frogs away from me and from my people. Then I will let the people go, so they may sacrifice to Adonai.” 5Moses answered Pharaoh, “Boast about me after I pray for you. When am I to pray for you, your servants and your people, that the frogs would be cut off from you and your houses, and remain only in the Nile?” 6“Tomorrow,” he said. So he said, “Let it happen according to your word, so that you may know that there is none like Adonai our God.
Read all of Exodus 8Exodus 8:4 word by word
וּבְכָ֥ה וּֽבְעַמְּךָ֖ וּבְכָל־עֲבָדֶ֑יךָ יַעֲל֖וּ הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Exodus 8:4
- Psalms 107:40He pours contempt on princes, making them wander in trackless waste.
- Isaiah 19:11The princes of Zoan are utter fools. Pharaoh’s wisest counselors are stupid. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am the son of the wise, a son of ancient kings”?
- Isaiah 23:9Adonai-Tzva’ot has planned it, to defile the pride of all glory, to shame all the honored of earth.
- Acts 12:22The people were shouting, “The voice of a god and not a human!”
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
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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
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