Exodus 8:10
in Exodus 8“Tomorrow,” Pharaoh answered. “May it be as you say,” Moses replied, “so that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he said, Against to-morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word; that thou mayest know that there is none like unto Jehovah our God.
KJV
And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the Lord our God.
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This verse in Exodus 8
Commentary
5 notes on this verseBut Pharaoh, who was devoted to beliefs and vain superstitions (Egypt being filled with frogs, which produced empty sounds and noisy clamor), when Moses said to him: 'Appoint a time for me to pray for you, and for your servants, and for your people, so that the Lord may exterminate the frogs' (Exod. VIII, 9); though he should have been compelled by such great necessity to pray, and not delay any longer, he replied: 'Tomorrow'; idle and negligent, intending to destroy Egypt by incurring the punishment of delay.
This site's exposition
And he said, To morrow
on Exodus 8:10-11
Given the choice of any hour, Pharaoh chooses one more night with the frogs. Moses grants the day and states the reason for the whole exchange, that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God, which is the same purpose given at 7:17, 8:22 and 9:14. Each stroke in this contest is aimed at knowledge before it is aimed at damage.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
None has such a command as he has over all the creatures, nor is any one so ready to forgive those that humble themselves before him." Note, The great design both of judgments and mercies is to convince us that there is none like the Lord our God, none so wise, so mighty, so good, no enemy so formidable, no friend so desirable, so valuable.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — odd-straight-quotes
And he said, tomorrow,.... Which according to Bishop Usher was the twenty sixth day of Adar, or February.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
But many, while suffering the consequences of their sins, make promises of amendment and obedience which they afterwards forget; and so Pharaoh, when he saw there was a respite, was again hardened [Ex 8:15].
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
They gathered them into [many] heaps, and the land was [ they became ] polluted [ decayed upon the land ].
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֖אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| לְמָחָ֑ר | lemachar | to tomorrow | H4279 → | 52 times |
| וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| כִּדְבָ֣רְךָ֔ | kidvarekha | according to word your | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| לְמַ֣עַן | lemaan | so that | H4616 → | 272 times |
| תֵּדַ֔ע | teda' | you may know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| כִּי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אֵ֖ין | ʾein | there not | H369 → | 789 times |
| כַּיהוָ֥ה | kayahweh | [is] like Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ | ʾeloheinu | God our | H430 → | 2601 times |
וַיֹּ֖אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
לְמָחָ֑רto tomorrow
lemacharH4279 →52 times
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙and he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
כִּדְבָ֣רְךָ֔according to word your
kidvarekhaH1697 →1440 times
לְמַ֣עַןso that
lemaanH4616 →272 times
תֵּדַ֔עyou may know
teda'H3045 →945 times
כִּי־that
ki-H3588 →4482 times
אֵ֖יןthere not
ʾeinH369 →789 times
כַּיהוָ֥ה[is] like Yahweh
kayahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃God our
ʾeloheinuH430 →2601 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Samuel 7:22How great You are, O Lord GOD! For there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears.
it leads to
- Exodus 15:11
Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 86:10
For You are great and perform wonders; You alone are God.
- Psalms 86:8
O Lord, there is none like You among the gods, nor any works like Yours.
- Micah 7:18
Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
- Exodus 15:11
Through
Isaiah 46:9Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me.
it leads to
- Isaiah 45:21–22
Speak up and present your case—yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but…
- Isaiah 42:9
Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”
- Psalms 111:4
He has caused His wonders to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and compassionate.
- Isaiah 46:5
To whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike?
- Isaiah 45:21–22
About Exodus
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Ambrose of Milan, On Cain and Abel 1.9.33; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.