Psalms 105:30
in Psalms 105Their land teemed with frogs, even in their royal chambers.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Their land swarmed with frogs In the chambers of their kings.
KJV
Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.
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This verse in Psalms 105
Commentary
7 notes on this verseTheir land brought forth frogs in abundance,.... The land of Egypt, the moist, marshy, and watery places of it, the banks of the river Nile, out of the slime and mud of which these sprung; or, as Kimchi observes, wherever there were waters in the land there were frogs, for these came out of the streams, rivers, and ponds; this is the second plague, Exo 8:
This site's exposition
He sent Moses His servant
on Psalms 105:26-31
Darkness comes first in the psalm and ninth in Exodus, where it falls at Exodus 10:21. The frogs are the plague that reaches the king's own rooms. Blood in the water, dead fish, frogs, and swarms of gnats follow the darkness here.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
"He made their land frogs, yea, even in the king's chambers" [Psalm 105:30]: as if he were to say, He turned their land into frogs. For there was so great a multitude of frogs, that this might well be said by hyperbole.
"He made their land frogs, yea, even in the king's chambers" [Psalm 105:30]: as if he were to say, He turned their land into frogs. For there was so great a multitude of frogs, that this might well be said by hyperbole.
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Or, rather, the "darkness" here is figurative (Jer 13:16), the literal plague of darkness (Ex 10:22, 23) being only alluded to as the symbol of God's wrath which overhung Egypt as a dark cloud during all the plagues. Hence, it is placed first, out of the historical order. Thus, "They rebelled not (that is, no longer) against His word," refers to the Egyptians.
Their land brought forth frogs in abundance. If fish could not live frogs might, yea, they multiplied both on land and in the water till they swarmed beyond all count. In the chambers of their kings. They penetrated the choicest rooms of the palace, and were found upon the couches of state. The Lord called for them and they marched forth. Obnoxious and even loathsome their multitudes became, but there was no resisting them; they seemed to spring out of the ground, the very land brought them forth. Their universal presence must have inspired horror and disgust which would cause sickness and make life a burden; their swarming even in the king's own chambers was a rebuke to his face, which his pride must have felt. Kings are no more than other men with God, nay less than others when they are first in rebellion; if the frogs had abounded elsewhere, but had been kept out of his select apartments, the monarch would have cared little, for he was a heartless being, but God took care that there should be a special horde of the invaders for the palace; they were more than ordinarily abundant in the chambers of their kings.
Their land brought forth frogs in abundance. If fish could not live frogs might, yea, they multiplied both on land and in the water till they swarmed beyond all count. In the chambers of their kings. They penetrated the choicest rooms of the palace, and were found upon the couches of state. The Lord called for them and they marched forth. Obnoxious and even loathsome their multitudes became, but there was no resisting them; they seemed to spring out of the ground, the very land brought them forth.
The words behind it
5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שָׁרַ֣ץ | sharatz | it swarmed | H8317 → | |
| אַרְצָ֣ם | ʾartzam | land their | H776 → | 2504 times |
| צְפַרְדְּעִ֑ים | tzefardeim | frogs | H6854 → | |
| בְּ֝חַדְרֵ֗י | bechadrei | in [the] rooms of | H2315 → | |
| מַלְכֵיהֶֽם׃ | malkheihem | kings their | H4428 → | 2525 times |
שָׁרַ֣ץit swarmed
sharatzH8317 →
אַרְצָ֣םland their
ʾartzamH776 →2504 times
צְפַרְדְּעִ֑יםfrogs
tzefardeimH6854 →
בְּ֝חַדְרֵ֗יin [the] rooms of
bechadreiH2315 →
מַלְכֵיהֶֽם׃kings their
malkheihemH4428 →2525 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
4 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
Psalms 78:45He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them.
it leads to
- Exodus 8:21–24
But if you will not let My people go, I will send swarms of flies upon you and your officials and your people and your houses. The houses of the Egyptians and even the…
- Exodus 8:2–15
But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs.
- Psalms 105:30–31
Their land teemed with frogs, even in their royal chambers.
- Revelation 16:3
And the second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it turned to blood like that of the dead, and every living thing in the sea died.
- Exodus 8:21–24
About Psalms
This page draws on Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 105; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 5; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.