Exodus 9 · Verse 11

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.
Exodus 9:11, King James Version

Exodus 9:11 in other translations

BSBThe magicians could not stand before Moses, because the boils had broken out on them and on all the Egyptians.
WEBThe magicians couldn’t stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were on the magicians and on all the Egyptians.
ASVAnd the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.
YLTand the scribes have not been able to stand before Moses, because of the boil, for the boil hath been on the scribes, and on all the Egyptians.
DARBYAnd the scribes could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were on the scribes, and on all the Egyptians.
BBEAnd the wonder-workers were not able to take their places before Moses, because of the disease; for the disease was on the wonder-workers and on all the Egyptians.
WebsterAnd the magicians could not stand before Moses, because of the boil: for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.

What does Exodus 9:11 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 The boil was upon the magicians - They could not produce a similar malady by throwing ashes in the air; and they could neither remove the plague from the people, nor from their own tormented flesh. Whether they perished in this plague we know not, but they are no more mentioned. If they were not destroyed by this awful judgment, they at least left the field, and no longer contended with these messengers of God. The triumph of God's power was now complete, and both the Hebrews and the Egyptians must see that there was neither might, nor wisdom, nor counsel against the Lord; and that, as universal nature acknowledged his power, devils and men must fail before him.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · 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 9:11 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.

וְלֹֽא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
יָכְל֣וּya.khe.Luthey were ableH3201
הַֽחַרְטֻמִּ֗יםha.char.tu.Mimthe magiciansH2748
לַעֲמֹ֛דla.'a.Modto standH5975
לִפְנֵ֥יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
מֹשֶׁ֖הmo.ShehMosesH4872
מִפְּנֵ֣יmi.pe.Nei<from> because ofH6440
הַשְּׁחִ֑יןha.she.Chinthe boil[s]H7822
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
הָיָ֣הha.Yahit wasH1961
הַשְּׁחִ֔יןha.she.Chinthe boil[s]H7822
בַּֽחֲרְטֻמִּ֖םba.char.tu.Mimon the magiciansH2748
וּבְכָל\־u.ve.Khol-and on allH3605
מִצְרָֽיִם\׃mitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4713

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Cross references for Exodus 9:11

  • 2 Timothy 3:8-9

    Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.

  • Isaiah 47:12-14

    Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail. Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee. Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.

  • Exodus 7:11-12

    Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments. For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.

  • Revelation 16:2

    And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.

  • Exodus 8:18-19

    And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast. Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had said.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
7:11,12; 8:18,19; Isa 47:12-14; 2Ti 3:8,9; Re 16:2

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Context

  • 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.

  • Exodus 9:12

    And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had spoken unto Moses.

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Exodus 9:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y los magos no podían estar delante de Moisés á causa de los tumores, porque hubo sarpullido en los magos y en todos los Egipcios.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et les devins ne purent se tenir devant Moïse, à cause de l’ulcère; car l’ulcère était sur les devins et sur tous les Égyptiens.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und die Schriftgelehrten vermochten nicht vor Mose zu stehen wegen der Geschwüre; denn die Geschwüre waren an den Schriftgelehrten und an allen Ägyptern.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		nec poterant malefici stare coram Moyse propter ulcera quæ in illis erant, et in omni terra Ægypti.