Exodus 8 · Verse 4

Exodus 8:4

And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.
Exodus 8:4, King James Version

Exodus 8:4 in other translations

BSBThe frogs will come up on you and your people and all your officials.’”
WEBThe frogs shall come up both on you, and on your people, and on all your servants.”’”
ASVand the frogs shall come up both upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.
YLTyea, on thee, and on thy people, and on all thy servants do the frogs go up.'
DARBYAnd the frogs shall come up both upon thee and upon thy people, and upon all thy bondmen.
BBEThe frogs will come up over you and your people and all your servants.
WebsterAnd the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.

What does Exodus 8:4 mean?

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 8:4 in the original Hebrew

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וּבְכָ֥הu.ve.Khahand on you
וּֽבְעַמְּךָ֖u.ve.'a.me.Khaand on people yourH5971
וּבְכָל\־u.ve.Khol-and on allH3605
עֲבָדֶ֑יךָ'a.va.Dei.khaservants yourH5650
יַעֲל֖וּya.'a.Luthey will go upH5927
הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִֽים\׃Hatz.far.de.'Imthe frogsH6854

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Cross references for Exodus 8:4

  • Isaiah 19:11

    Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

  • Psalms 107:40

    He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.

  • Isaiah 23:9

    The Lord of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.

  • Acts 12:22-23

    And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

  • Daniel 4:37

    Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

  • Isaiah 19:22

    And the Lord shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the Lord, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them.

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Ps 107:40; Isa 19:11,22; 23:9; Da 4:37; Ac 12:22,23

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Context

  • Exodus 8:3

    And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:

  • Exodus 8:4

    And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.

  • Exodus 8:5

    And the Lord spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.

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Exodus 8:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y las ranas subirán sobre ti, y sobre tu pueblo, y sobre todos tus siervos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et le Pharaon appela Moïse et Aaron, et dit: Suppliez l’ Éternel, afin qu’il retire les grenouilles de moi et de mon peuple; et je laisserai aller le peuple, et ils sacrifieront à l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und die Frösche werden heraufkommen über dich und über dein Volk und über alle deine Knechte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et ad te, et ad populum tuum, et ad omnes servos tuos intrabunt ranæ.