Exodus 8 · Verse 14

Exodus 8:14

And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.
Exodus 8:14, King James Version

Exodus 8:14 in other translations

BSBThey were piled into countless heaps, and there was a terrible stench in the land.
WEBThey gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank.
ASVAnd they gathered them together in heaps; and the land stank.
YLTand they heap them up together, and the land stinketh.
DARBYAnd they gathered them in heaps; and the land stank.
BBEAnd they put them together in masses, and a bad smell went up from the land.
WebsterAnd they gathered them into heaps: and the land was offensive in smell.

What does Exodus 8:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 8:8-15

8-15. Pharaoh called, ... Intreat the Lord, that he may take away the frogs from me--The frog, which was now used as an instrument of affliction, whether from reverence or abhorrence, was an object of national superstition with the Egyptians, the god Ptha being represented with a frog's head. But the vast numbers, together with their stench, made them an intolerable nuisance so that the king was so far humbled as to…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 They gathered them together upon heaps - The killing of the frogs was a mitigation of the punishment; but the leaving them to rot in the land was a continual proof that such a plague had taken place, and that the displeasure of the Lord still continued. The conjecture of Calmet is at least rational: he supposes that the plague of flies originated from the plague of frogs; that the former deposited their ova in the putrid masses, and that from these the innumerable swarms afterwards mentioned were hatched. In vindication of this supposition it may be observed, that God never works a miracle when the end can be accomplished by merely natural means; and in the operations of Divine providence we always find that the greatest number of effects possible are accomplished by the fewest causes. As therefore the natural means for this fourth plague had been miraculously provided by the second, the Divine Being had a right to use the instruments which he had already prepared.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 8:1-15

Pharaoh is plagued with frogs; their vast numbers made them sore plagues to the Egyptians. God could have plagued Egypt with lions, or bears, or wolves, or with birds of prey, but he chose to do it by these despicable creatures. God, when he pleases, can arm the smallest parts of the creation against us. He thereby humbled Pharaoh. They should neither eat, nor drink, nor sleep in quiet; but wherever they were, they…

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Exodus 8:14 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.

וַיִּצְבְּר֥וּvai.yitz.be.Ruand people piled upH6651
אֹתָ֖ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853
חֳמָרִ֣םcho.ma.RimheapsH2563
חֳמָרִ֑םcho.ma.RimheapsH2563
וַתִּבְאַ֖שׁva.tiv.'Ashand it stankH887
הָאָֽרֶץ\׃ha.'A.retzthe landH776

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 8:14

  • Exodus 7:21

    And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.

  • Isaiah 34:2

    For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.

  • Exodus 8:24

    And the Lord did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants’ houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.

  • Joel 2:20

    But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.

  • Ezekiel 39:11

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamon–gog.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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24; 7:21; Isa 34:2; Eze 39:11; Joe 2:20

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Context

  • Exodus 8:13

    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.

  • Exodus 8:14

    And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.

  • Exodus 8:15

    But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had said.

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Exodus 8:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y las juntaron en montones, y apestaban la tierra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et les devins firent de même par leurs enchantements, pour produire les moustiques; mais ils ne le purent. Et les moustiques furent sur les hommes et sur les bêtes.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie sammelten sie haufenweise, und das Land stank.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Congregaveruntque eas in immensos aggeres, et computruit terra.