Exodus 8:13
in Exodus 8And the LORD did as Moses requested, and the frogs in the houses, the courtyards, and the fields died.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Jehovah did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the courts, and out of the fields.
KJV
And 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.
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This verse in Exodus 8
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd the Lord did according to the word of Moses,.... He heard his prayers, and fulfilled what he had promised Pharaoh: and the frogs died out of the houses, and out of the villages, and out of the fields; the word for "villages" signifies "courts" (b), and may be so rendered here; and the sense is, that they not only died out of their dwelling houses, but out of their courtyards, and even out of their gardens, orchards, and fields, so that there were none near them to give any manner of trouble and offence.
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 Nineteenth Century2 voices
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].
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Villages - Literally, enclosures, or courtyards.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
And they did refers to Moses and Aaron. Moses is included because he told Aaron to smite the dust with the rod.
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
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֥עַשׂ | vaiyaas | and he did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| כִּדְבַ֣ר | kidvar | according to [the] word of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֑ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| וַיָּמֻ֙תוּ֙ | vaiyamutu | and they died | H4191 → | 839 times |
| הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֔ים | hatzfardeim | the frogs | H6854 → | 13 times |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הַבָּתִּ֥ים | habatim | the houses | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הַחֲצֵרֹ֖ת | hachatzerot | the villages | H2691 → | 191 times |
| וּמִן־ | umin- | and from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הַשָּׂדֹֽת׃ | hasadot | the fields | H7704 → | 334 times |
וַיַּ֥עַשׂand he did
vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
כִּדְבַ֣רaccording to [the] word of
kidvarH1697 →1440 times
מֹשֶׁ֑הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
וַיָּמֻ֙תוּ֙and they died
vaiyamutuH4191 →839 times
הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֔יםthe frogs
hatzfardeimH6854 →13 times
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
הַבָּתִּ֥יםthe houses
habatimH1004 →2046 times
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
הַחֲצֵרֹ֖תthe villages
hachatzerotH2691 →191 times
וּמִן־and from
umin-H4480 →1188 times
הַשָּׂדֹֽת׃the fields
hasadotH7704 →334 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About Exodus

Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
