Exodus 8 · Verse 31

Exodus 8:31

And the Lord did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one.
Exodus 8:31, King James Version

Exodus 8:31 in other translations

BSBand the LORD did as Moses requested. He removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh and his officials and his people; not one fly remained.
WEBThe LORD did according to the word of Moses, and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people. There remained not one.
ASVAnd Jehovah did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one.
YLTand Jehovah doth according to the word of Moses, and turneth aside the beetle from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people--there hath not been left one;
DARBYAnd Jehovah did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the dog-flies from Pharaoh, from his bondmen, and from his people; there remained not one.
BBEAnd the Lord did as Moses said, and took away the cloud of flies from Pharaoh and from his servants and from his people; not one was to be seen.
WebsterAnd the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one.

What does Exodus 8:31 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 8:25-32

25-32. Pharaoh called for Moses, ... Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land, &c.--Between impatient anxiety to be freed from this scourge and a reluctance on the part of the Hebrew bondsmen, the king followed the course of expediency; he proposed to let them free to engage in their religious rites within any part of the kingdom. But true to his instructions, Moses would accede to no such arrangement; he stated a…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 31 The Lord did according to the word of Moses - How powerful is prayer! God permits his servant to prescribe even the manner and time in which he shall work. He removed the swarms - Probably by means of a strong wind, which swept them into the sea.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 8:20-32

Pharaoh was early at his false devotions to the river; and shall we be for more sleep and more slumber, when any service to the Lord is to be done? The Egyptians and the Hebrews were to be marked in the plague of flies. The Lord knows them that are his, and will make it appear, perhaps in this world, certainly in the other, that he has set them apart for himself. Pharaoh unwillingly entered into a treaty with Moses…

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Exodus 8:31 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.

וַיַּ֤עַשׂvai.Ya.'asand he didH6213
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
כִּדְבַ֣רkid.Varaccording to [the] word ofH1697
מֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehMosesH4872
וַיָּ֙סַר֙vai.Ya.sarand he turned asideH5493
הֶעָרֹ֔בhe.'a.Rothe swarmH6157
מִפַּרְעֹ֖הmi.par.'Ohfrom PharaohH6547
מֵעֲבָדָ֣יוme.'a.va.Davfrom servants hisH5650
וּמֵעַמּ֑וֹu.me.'a.Moand from people hisH5971
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
נִשְׁאַ֖רnish.'Arit remainedH7604
אֶחָֽד\׃'e.ChadoneH259

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

Context

  • Exodus 8:30

    And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the Lord.

  • Exodus 8:31

    And the Lord did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one.

  • Exodus 8:32

    And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go.

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Exodus 8:31 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y Jehová hizo conforme á la palabra de Moisés; y quitó todas aquellas moscas de Faraón, y de sus siervos, y de su pueblo, sin que quedara una.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Jehova tat nach dem Worte Moses, und die Hundsfliegen wichen von dem Pharao, von seinen Knechten und von seinem Volke; nicht eine blieb übrig.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Qui fecit juxta verbum illius, et abstulit muscas a Pharaone, et a servis suis, et a populo ejus: non superfuit ne una quidem.