Exodus 8:11
in Exodus 8The frogs will depart from you and your houses and your officials and your people; they will remain only in the Nile.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only.
KJV
And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only.
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This verse in Exodus 8
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
“Tomorrow,” Pharaoh answered
on Exodus 8:10-11
Given the choice of any hour, Pharaoh chooses one more night with the frogs. Moses states the reason, “so that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God”. The same purpose is given at 7:17, 8:22 and 9:14.
This site's exposition
they will remain only in the Nile
Moses promises that the frogs will leave every place Pharaoh named: his houses, his officials and his people. The exact promise serves the purpose stated in verse 10, that Pharaoh may know there is no one like the LORD our God.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people,.... Signifying there should be a full and clear riddance of them: they shall remain in the river only; the river Nile.
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
On the verses either side of this one
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
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְסָר֣וּ | vesaru | and they will depart | H5493 → | 299 times |
| הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֗ים | hatzfardeim | the frogs | H6854 → | 13 times |
| מִמְּךָ֙ | mimekha | from you | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| וּמִבָּ֣תֶּ֔יךָ | umibbateikha | and from houses your | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| וּמֵעֲבָדֶ֖יךָ | umeavadeikha | and from servants your | H5650 → | 799 times |
| וּמֵעַמֶּ֑ךָ | umeamekha | and from people your | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| רַ֥ק | rak | only | H7535 → | 109 times |
| בַּיְאֹ֖ר | bayor | in the River | H2975 → | 65 times |
| תִּשָּׁאַֽרְנָה׃ | tishaarnah | they will remain | H7604 → | 133 times |
וְסָר֣וּand they will depart
vesaruH5493 →299 times
הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֗יםthe frogs
hatzfardeimH6854 →13 times
מִמְּךָ֙from you
mimekhaH4480 →1188 times
וּמִבָּ֣תֶּ֔יךָand from houses your
umibbateikhaH1004 →2046 times
וּמֵעֲבָדֶ֖יךָand from servants your
umeavadeikhaH5650 →799 times
וּמֵעַמֶּ֑ךָand from people your
umeamekhaH5971 →1873 times
רַ֥קonly
rakH7535 →109 times
בַּיְאֹ֖רin the River
bayorH2975 →65 times
תִּשָּׁאַֽרְנָה׃they will remain
tishaarnahH7604 →133 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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
Exodus 8:3The 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…
it leads to
- Psalms 105:30
Their land teemed with frogs, even in their royal chambers.
- Exodus 12:34
So the people took their dough before it was leavened, carrying it on their shoulders in kneading bowls wrapped in clothing.
- Psalms 105:30
Through
Exodus 8:9Moses said to Pharaoh, “You may have the honor over me. When shall I pray for you and your officials and your people that the frogs (except for those in the Nile) may be…
it leads to
- 1 Kings 18:25
Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Since you are so numerous, choose for yourselves one bull and prepare it first. Then call on the name of your god, but do not light…
- Judges 7:2
Then the LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many people for Me to deliver Midian into their hands, lest Israel glorify themselves over Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’
- Isaiah 10:15
Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or…
- 1 Kings 18:25
Where this verse is studied
About Exodus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; 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.