Exodus 8:3
1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
2 But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs.
The Nile will teem with frogs, and they will come into your palace and up to your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and your people, and into your ovens and kneading bowls.
4 The frogs will come up on you and your people and all your officials.’”
5 And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers and canals and ponds, and cause the frogs to come up onto the land of Egypt.’”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The Nile will teem with frogs, and they will come into your palace and up to your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and your people, and into your ovens and kneading bowls.
- KJV
- And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:
- WEB
- The river will swarm with frogs, which will go up and come into your house, and into your bedroom, and on your bed, and into the house of your servants, and on your people, and into your ovens, and into your kneading troughs.
- ASV
- and the river shall swarm with frogs, 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 thine ovens, and into thy kneading-troughs:
- DARBY
- And the river shall swarm with frogs, and they shall go up and come into thy house, and into thy bedroom, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy bondmen, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneading-troughs.
- BLB
- And the River shall teem [with] frogs, and they shall go up and come into your house, and into your bedroom, and onto your bed, and into the house of your servants, and on your people, and into your ovens, and into your kneading bowls.
- ÅB
- Og elven skal vrimle av frosk, og de skal krype opp og komme inn i ditt hus og i ditt sengkammer og opp i din seng og i dine tjeneres hus og på ditt folk og i dine bakerovner og i dine deigtrau.
- OTB
- Nilen vil vrimle av frosker, som vil komme opp og gå inn i ditt palass, ditt soverom og din seng, og inn i husene til dine embetsmenn og ditt folk, og inn i dine ovner og baketrau.
- B1930
- Og elven skal vrimle av frosk, og de skal krype op og komme inn i ditt hus og i ditt sengkammer og op i din seng og i dine tjeneres hus og på ditt folk og i dine bakerovner og i dine deigtrau.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 105:30
Their land teemed with frogs, even in their royal chambers.
Read in contextExodus 12:34
So the people took their dough before it was leavened, carrying it on their shoulders in kneading bowls wrapped in clothing.
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