Exodus 9 · Verse 10

Exodus 9:10

And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast.
Exodus 9:10, King James Version

Exodus 9:10 in other translations

BSBSo they took soot from the furnace and stood before Pharaoh. Moses tossed it into the air, and festering boils broke out on man and beast.
WEBThey took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward the sky; and it became boils and blisters breaking out on man and on animal.
ASVAnd they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast.
YLTAnd they take the soot of the furnace, and stand before Pharaoh, and Moses sprinkleth it towards the heavens, and it is a boil with blains, breaking forth, on man and on beast;
DARBYAnd they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it toward the heavens; and it became boils with blisters breaking out on man and on cattle.
BBESo they took some dust from the fire, and placing themselves before Pharaoh, Moses sent it out in a shower up to heaven; and it became a skin-disease bursting out on man and on beast.
WebsterAnd they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it towards heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast.

What does Exodus 9:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. Moses took ashes from the furnace--Hebrew, "brick-kiln." The magicians, being sufferers in their own persons, could do nothing, though they had been called; and as the brick-kiln was one of the principal instruments of oppression to the Israelites [De 4:20; 1Ki 8:51; Jr 11:4], it was now converted into a means of chastisement to the Egyptians, who were made to read their sin in their punishment.

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 9:8-12

When the Egyptians were not wrought upon by the death of their cattle, God sent a plague that seized their own bodies. If lesser judgments do not work, God will send greater. Sometimes God shows men their sin in their punishment. They had oppressed Israel in the furnaces, and now the ashes of the furnace are made a terror to them. The plague itself was very grievous. The magicians themselves were struck with these…

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Exodus 9:10 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.

וַיִּקְח֞וּvai.yik.Chuand they tookH3947
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
פִּ֣יחַPi.ach[the] soot ofH6368
הַכִּבְשָׁ֗ןha.kiv.Shanthe furnaceH3536
וַיַּֽעַמְדוּ֙vai.ya.'am.Duand they stoodH5975
לִפְנֵ֣יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
פַרְעֹ֔הfar.'OhPharaohH6547
וַיִּזְרֹ֥קvai.yiz.Rokand he sprinkledH2236
אֹת֛וֹ'o.To<obj.> itH853
מֹשֶׁ֖הmo.ShehMosesH4872
הַשָּׁמָ֑יְמָהha.sha.Ma.ye.mahthe heavens towardsH8064
וַיְהִ֗יvay.Hiand it becameH1961
שְׁחִין֙she.Chinboil[s]H7822
אֲבַעְבֻּעֹ֔ת'a.va'.bu.'OtblistersH76
פֹּרֵ֕חַpo.Re.achbreaking outH6524
בָּאָדָ֖םba.'a.Damon <the> humankindH120
וּבַבְּהֵמָֽה\׃u.va.be.he.Mahand on the livestockH929

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

Cross references for Exodus 9:10

  • Deuteronomy 28:27

    The Lord will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a boil.
De 28:27

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Context

  • Exodus 9:9

    And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.

  • Exodus 9:10

    And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast.

  • Exodus 9:11

    And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.

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Exodus 9:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y tomaron la ceniza del horno, y pusiéronse delante de Faraón, y esparcióla Moisés hacia el cielo; y vino un sarpullido que causaba tumores apostemados así en los hombres como en las bestias.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et ils prirent de la cendre de fournaise, et se tinrent devant le Pharaon; et Moïse la répandit vers les cieux; et elle devint un ulcère faisant éruption en pustules, sur les hommes et sur les bêtes.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und sie nahmen den Ofenruß und stellten sich vor den Pharao, und Mose streute ihn gen Himmel; und er wurde zu Blattergeschwüren, die an Menschen und Vieh ausbrachen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Tuleruntque cinerem de camino, et steterunt coram Pharaone, et sparsit illum Moyses in cælum: factaque sunt ulcera vesicarum turgentium in hominibus et jumentis: