Exodus 8:12
in Exodus 8After 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 verseThis site's exposition
Moses cried out to the LORD for help with 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 relief leaves the dead frogs in heaps 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,....
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 & 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
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
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּצֵ֥א | vaiyetze' | and he went out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֛ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| וְאַהֲרֹ֖ן | veaharon | and Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| מֵעִ֣ם | meim | from with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| פַּרְעֹ֑ה | paroh | Pharaoh | H6547 → | 274 times |
| וַיִּצְעַ֤ק | vaiyitzak | and he cried out | H6817 → | 55 times |
| מֹשֶׁה֙ | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| דְּבַ֥ר | devar | [the] matter of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֖ים | hatzfardeim | the frogs | H6854 → | 13 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| שָׂ֥ם | sam | he had appointed | H7760 → | 584 times |
| לְפַרְעֹֽה׃ | lefaroh | for Pharaoh | H6547 → | 274 times |
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.
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
Ezekiel 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.
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.…
- Hebrews 10:21–22
Through
Exodus 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…
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.
- Deuteronomy 9:18–20
Where this verse is studied
About Exodus
Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
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.