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Exodus 8:12

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After Moses and Aaron had left Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the LORD for help with the frogs that He had brought against Pharaoh.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto Jehovah concerning the frogs which he had brought upon Pharaoh.

KJV

And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the Lord because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.

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This verse in Exodus 8

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

Moses cried unto the Lord because of the frogs

on Exodus 8:12-14

Moses prays for the man who is holding his people, and Henry takes it as praying for a persecutor. The frogs die where they stand, in the houses and the courts and the fields, and the people gather them into heaps until the land stinks. The relief leaves the evidence lying in the open, so Egypt has to handle what it asked to be rid of.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And Moses and Aaron went from Pharaoh,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Note, We must pray for our enemies and persecutors, even the worst as Christ did. In answer to the prayer of Moses, the frogs that came up one day perished the next, or the next but one.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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

On the verses either side of this one

And they did refers to Moses and Aaron. Moses is included because he told Aaron to smite the dust with the rod.
Ibn Ezra: Spain, 1089–1167 · Ibn Ezra on Exodus 8:13:1, via Sefaria, Ibn Ezra's commentary on the Pentateuch, tran. and annot. by H. Norman Strickman and Arthur M. Silver. Menorah Pub., 1988-2004

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

15 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיֵּצֵ֥אand he went out

    vaiyetze'H3318 →1067 times

  • מֹשֶׁ֛הMoses

    moshehH4872 →765 times

  • וְאַהֲרֹ֖ןand Aaron

    veaharonH175 →347 times

  • מֵעִ֣םfrom with

    meimH5973 →1050 times

  • פַּרְעֹ֑הPharaoh

    parohH6547 →274 times

  • וַיִּצְעַ֤קand he cried out

    vaiyitzakH6817 →55 times

  • מֹשֶׁה֙Moses

    moshehH4872 →765 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • יְהוָ֔הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • דְּבַ֥ר[the] matter of

    devarH1697 →1440 times

  • הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֖יםthe frogs

    hatzfardeimH6854 →13 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־which

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • שָׂ֥םhe had appointed

    samH7760 →584 times

  • לְפַרְעֹֽה׃for Pharaoh

    lefarohH6547 →274 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

9 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

James 5:16–18Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.6 worksExodus 32:11But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?5 worksEzekiel 36:37This is what the Lord GOD says: Once again I will hear the plea of the house of Israel and do for them this: I will multiply their people like a flock.5 worksExodus 10:18So Moses left Pharaoh’s presence and appealed to the LORD.5 worksExodus 8:30Then Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD,5 works1 Samuel 12:23As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the good and right way.5 works
The other 3 cross-references, with their words ▾
Exodus 8:8Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.”5 worksExodus 9:33Then Moses departed from Pharaoh, went out of the city, and spread out his hands to the LORD. The thunder and hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured down on the land.5 worksDeuteronomy 29:2Moses summoned all Israel and proclaimed to them, “You have seen with your own eyes everything the LORD did in Egypt to Pharaoh, to all his officials, and to all his land.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Ezekiel 36:37

    This is what the Lord GOD says: Once again I will hear the plea of the house of Israel and do for them this: I will multiply their people like a flock.

    it leads to

    • Hebrews 10:21–22

      and since we have a great priest over the house of God,

    • 1 John 5:14

      And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

    • Ezekiel 14:3

      “Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before their faces. Should I consult with them in any way?

    • Zechariah 10:9

      Though I sow them among the nations, they will remember Me in distant lands; they and their children will live and return.

    • Zechariah 10:6

      I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had not rejected them.…

  • Through

    Exodus 32:11

    But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and…

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 9:18–20

      Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you…

    • Deuteronomy 9:26–29

      And I prayed to the LORD and said, “O Lord GOD, do not destroy Your people, Your inheritance, whom You redeemed through Your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

    • Psalms 106:23

      So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.

About Exodus

The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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