Exodus 11 · Verse 8

Exodus 11:8

And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.
Exodus 11:8, King James Version

Exodus 11:8 in other translations

BSBAnd all these officials of yours will come and bow before me, saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow you!’ After that, I will depart.” And hot with anger, Moses left Pharaoh’s presence.
WEBAll these servants of yours will come down to me, and bow down themselves to me, saying, “Get out, with all the people who follow you;” and after that I will go out.’” He went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.
ASVAnd all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.
YLTand all these thy servants have come down unto me, and bowed themselves to me, saying, Go out, thou and all the people who are at thy feet; and afterwards I do go out;' --and he goeth out from Pharaoh in the heat of anger.
DARBYAnd all these thy bondmen shall come down unto me, and bow down to me, saying, Go out, thou, and all the people that follow thee; and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a glowing anger.
BBEAnd all these your servants will come to me, going down on their faces before me and saying, Go out, and all your people with you: and after that I will go out. And he went away from Pharaoh burning with wrath.
WebsterAnd all these thy servants shall come down to me, and bow down themselves to me, saying, Depart thou, and all the people that follow thee; and after that I will depart: and he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.

What does Exodus 11:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. all these thy servants shall ... bow down themselves unto me--This would be the effect of the universal terror; the hearts of the proudest would be humbled and do reverential homage to God, in the person of His representative. went out ... in a great anger--Holy and righteous indignation at the duplicity, repeated falsehood, and hardened impenitence of the king; and this strong emotion was stirred in the bosom of Moses, not at the ill reception given to himself, but the dishonor done to God (Mt 19:8; Ep 4:26).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 And all these thy servants shall come - A prediction of what actually took place. See Exo 12:31-33.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 11:4-10

The death of all the first-born in Egypt at once: this plague had been the first threatened, but is last executed. See how slow God is to wrath. The plague is foretold, the time is fixed; all their first-born should sleep the sleep of death, not silently, but so as to rouse the families at midnight. The prince was not too high to be reached by it, nor the slaves at the mill too low to be noticed. While angels slew…

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Exodus 11:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְיָרְד֣וּve.ya.re.Duand they will come downH3381
כָל\־khol-allH3605
עֲבָדֶיךָ֩'a.va.dei.Khaservants yourH5650
אֵ֨לֶּה'E.lehtheseH428
אֵלַ֜י'e.Laito meH413
וְהִשְׁתַּֽחֲוּוּ\־ve.hish.ta.cha.vu-and they will bow downH7812
לִ֣יlito <the> me
לֵאמֹ֗רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
צֵ֤אtze'go outH3318
אַתָּה֙'a.TahyouH859
וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
הָעָ֣םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
בְּרַגְלֶ֔יךָbe.rag.Lei.kha[is] at feet yourH7272
וְאַחֲרֵי\־ve.'a.cha.rei-and afterH310
כֵ֖ןkhenthusH3651
אֵצֵ֑א'e.Tze'I will go outH3318
וַיֵּצֵ֥אvai.ye.Tze'and he went outH3318
מֵֽעִם\־me.'im-from withH5973
פַּרְעֹ֖הpar.'OhPharaohH6547
בָּחֳרִי\־bo.cho.ri-with heat ofH2750
אָֽף\׃\ \ס'AfangerH639

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Cross references for Exodus 11:8

  • Exodus 12:31-33

    And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the Lord, as ye have said. Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also. And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men.

  • Daniel 3:19

    Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.

  • Ezekiel 3:14

    So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the Lord was strong upon me.

  • Deuteronomy 32:24

    They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.

  • Revelation 3:9

    Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.

  • Mark 3:5

    And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

  • 1 Kings 20:10

    And Ben–hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.

  • Judges 8:5

    And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.

  • 2 Kings 3:9

    So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days’ journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.

  • Isaiah 49:23

    And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

  • Deuteronomy 29:24

    Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?

  • Psalms 6:1

    To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And all.
12:31-33; Isa 49:23,26; Re 3:9
follow thee. Heb. is at they feet.
Jud 4:10; 8:5; 1Ki 20:10; 2Ki 3:9; *marg:
a great anger. Heb. heat of anger.
Nu 12:3; De 29:24; 32:24; Ps 6:1; Eze 3:14; Da 3:19; Mr 3:5

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Context

  • Exodus 11:7

    But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the Lord doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.

  • Exodus 11:8

    And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.

  • Exodus 11:9

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.

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Exodus 11:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y descenderán á mí todos estos tus siervos, é inclinados delante de mí dirán: Sal tú, y todo el pueblo que está bajo de ti; y después de esto yo saldré. Y salióse muy enojado de con Faraón.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et tous ces tiens serviteurs descendront vers moi, et se prosterneront devant moi, disant: Sors, toi, et tout le peuple qui est à tes pieds. Et après cela je sortirai. Et Moïse sortit d’auprès du Pharaon dans une ardente colère.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und alle diese deine Knechte werden zu mir herabkommen und sich vor mir niederbeugen und sagen: Ziehe aus, du und alles Volk, das dir folgt! Und danach werde ich ausziehen. -Und er ging von dem Pharao hinaus in glühendem Zorn.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Descendentque omnes servi tui isti ad me, et adorabunt me, dicentes: Egredere tu, et omnis populus qui subjectus est tibi: post hæc egrediemur.