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Literal Standard Version

Exodus 8:1

And YHWH says to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh, and you have said to him, Thus said YHWH: Send My people away, and they serve Me;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Plague;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Frog;   Goshen;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Plague;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Exodus, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Exodus;   Moses;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Plagues of egypt;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Plagues, the Ten,;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Exodus, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Exodus, the Book of;   Moses;   Plagues of Egypt;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Aaron;   Solomon;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD spoke to Moshe, Go in to Par`oh, and tell him, "This is what the LORD says, 'Let my people go, that they may serve me.
King James Version
And the Lord spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord , Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Lexham English Bible
And Yahweh said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh, and say to him, ‘Thus says Yahweh, "Release my people so that they may serve me."
New Century Version
Then the Lord told Moses, "Go to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Let my people go to worship me.
New English Translation
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and tell him, ‘Thus says the Lord : "Release my people in order that they may serve me!
Amplified Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and say to him, 'Thus says the LORD, "Let My people go, so that they may serve Me.
New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and say to him, 'This is what the LORD says: "Let My people go, so that they may serve Me.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Afterward the Lorde sayde vnto Moses, Goe vnto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the Lorde, Let my people goe, yt they may serue me:
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Come to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says Yahweh, "Let My people go, that they may serve Me.
Contemporary English Version
he said to Moses: Go to the palace and tell the king of Egypt that I order him to let my people go, so they can worship me.
Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai said to Moshe, "Say to Aharon, ‘Reach out your hand with your staff over the rivers, canals and ponds; and cause frogs to come up onto the land of Egypt.'"
Darby Translation
And Jehovah said to Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith Jehovah: Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the Lord told Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and tell him that the Lord says, ‘Let my people go to worship me!
English Standard Version
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord , "Let my people go, that they may serve me.
George Lamsa Translation
THEN the LORD said to Moses. Go to Pharaoh and say to him. Thus says the LORD, Let my people go that they may serve me.
Good News Translation
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go to the king and tell him that the Lord says, ‘Let my people go, so that they can worship me.
Christian Standard Bible®
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh and tell him: This is what the Lord says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me.
Literal Translation
And Jehovah said to Moses, Go to Pharaoh, and say to him, So says Jehovah, Send away My people that they may serve Me.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The LORDE sayde vnto Moses: Go yi waye to Pharao, & speake vnto him: Thus saieth the LORDE: Let my people go, yt they maye serue me:
American Standard Version
And Jehovah spake unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Bible in Basic English
And this is what the Lord said to Moses: Go to Pharaoh and say to him, The Lord says, Let my people go so that they may give me worship.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The Lorde spake vnto Moyses, go vnto Pharao & tell hym, Thus sayeth the Lord: Let my people go, that they may serue me.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Say unto Aaron: Stretch forth thy hand with thy rod over the rivers, over the canals, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.'
King James Version (1611)
And the Lord spake vnto Moses, Goe vnto Pharaoh, and say vnto him; Thus sayeth the Lord, Let my people goe, that they may serue me.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord said to Moses, Go in to Pharao, and thou shalt say to him, These things says the Lord: send forth my people, that they may serve me.
English Revised Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Berean Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD says: 'Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Also the Lord seide to Moises, Entre thou to Farao, and thou schalt seie to hym, The Lord seith these thingis, Delyuere thou my puple, that it make sacrifice to me; sotheli if thou nylt delyuere, lo!
Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Go in unto Pharaoh: and thou hast said unto him, Thus said Jehovah, Send My people away, and they serve Me;
Update Bible Version
And Yahweh spoke to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh, and say to him, Thus says Yahweh, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD spoke to Moses, Go to Pharaoh, and say to him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go that they may serve me.
World English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, "This is what Yahweh says, 'Let my people go, that they may serve me.
New King James Version
And the LORD spoke to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and say to him, "Thus says the LORD: "Let My people go, that they may serve Me.
New Living Translation
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go back to Pharaoh and announce to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Let my people go, so they can worship me.
New Life Bible
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘The Lord says this: "Let My people go, so they may worship Me.
New Revised Standard
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord : Let my people go, so that they may worship me.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, - then shalt thou say unto him - Thus, saith Yahweh, - Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord said to Moses: Go in to Pharao, and thou shalt say to him: Thus saith the Lord: Let my people go to sacrifice to me.
Revised Standard Version
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, 'Thus says the LORD, "Let my people go, that they may serve me.
THE MESSAGE
God said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and tell him, ‘ God 's Message: Release my people so they can worship me. If you refuse to release them, I'm warning you, I'll hit the whole country with frogs. The Nile will swarm with frogs—they'll come up into your houses, into your bedrooms and into your beds, into your servants' quarters, among the people, into your ovens and pots and pans. They'll be all over you, all over everyone—frogs everywhere, on and in everything!'"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and say to him, 'Thus says the LORD, "Let My people go, that they may serve Me.

Contextual Overview

1And YHWH says to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh, and you have said to him, Thus said YHWH: Send My people away, and they serve Me;2and if you are refusing to send [them] away, behold, I am striking all your border with frogs; 3and the River has teemed [with] frogs, and they have gone up and gone into your house, and into the inner-chamber of your bed, and on your couch, and into the house of your servants, and among your people, and into your ovens, and into your kneading-troughs; 4indeed, on you, and on your people, and on all your servants the frogs go up." 5And YHWH says to Moses, "Say to Aaron, Stretch out your hand, with your rod, against the streams, against the rivers, and against the ponds, and cause the frogs to come up against the land of Egypt." 6And Aaron stretches out his hand against the waters of Egypt, and the frog comes up, and covers the land of Egypt; 7and the enchanters do so with their secrets, and cause the frogs to come up against the land of Egypt. 8And Pharaoh calls for Moses and for Aaron and says, "Make supplication to YHWH, that he may turn aside the frogs from me, and from my people, and I send the people away, and they sacrifice to YHWH." 9And Moses says to Pharaoh, "Beautify yourself over me; when do I make supplication for you, and for your servants, and for your people, to cut off the frogs from you and from your houses—only in the River they remain?" 10And he says, "Tomorrow." And he says, "According to your word [it is], so that you know that there is none like our God YHWH,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Go: Jeremiah 1:17-19, Jeremiah 15:19-21, Ezekiel 2:6, Ezekiel 2:7

Let my: Exodus 3:12, Exodus 3:18, Exodus 5:1, Exodus 7:16

Reciprocal: Exodus 8:20 - Let my Exodus 9:1 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 8:7
and he sends forth the raven, and it goes out, going out and turning back until the drying of the waters from off the earth.
Genesis 8:9
and the dove has not found rest for the sole of her foot, and she turns back to him, to the ark, for waters [are] on the face of all the earth, and he puts out his hand, and takes her, and brings her in to him, into the ark.
Genesis 8:20
And Noah builds an altar to YHWH, and takes from every clean beast and from every clean bird, and causes burnt-offerings to ascend on the altar;
Genesis 8:22
during all [the] days of the earth, seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night never cease."
Genesis 19:29
And it comes to pass, in God's destroying the cities of the circuit, that God remembers Abraham, and sends Lot out of the midst of the overthrow in the overthrowing of the cities in which Lot dwelt.
Genesis 30:22
And God remembers Rachel, and God listens to her, and opens her womb,
Exodus 2:24
and God hears their groaning, and God remembers His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob;
Exodus 14:21
And Moses stretches out his hand toward the sea, and YHWH causes the sea to go on by a strong east wind all the night, and makes the sea become dry ground, and the waters are cleaved,
Numbers 22:32
and the Messenger of YHWH says to him, "Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out for an adversary, for [your] way has been perverse before Me,
1 Samuel 1:19
And they rise early in the morning, and bow themselves before YHWH, and turn back, and come to their house in Ramah, and Elkanah knows his wife Hannah, and YHWH remembers her;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... Either whilst the plague upon the waters continued, or immediately upon the removal of it:

go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, thus saith the Lord, let my people go, that they may serve me; mentioning neither time nor place, where, when, and how long they should serve him, for which their dismission was required, but insist on it in general.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER VIII

The plague of frogs threatened, 1, 2.

The extent of this plague, 3, 4.

Aaron commanded to stretch out his hand, with the rod, over the

river and waters of Egypt, in consequence of which the frogs came,

5, 6.

The magicians imitate this miracle, 7.

Pharaoh entreats Moses to remove the frogs, and promises to let

the people go, 8.

Moses promises that they shall be removed from every part of Egypt,

the river excepted, 9-11.

Moses prays to God, and the frogs die throughout the land of Egypt,

12-14.

Pharaoh, finding himself respited, hardens his heart, 15.

The plague of lice on man and beast, 16, 17.

The magicians attempt to imitate this miracle, but in vain, 18.

They confess it to be the finger of God, and yet Pharaoh continues

obstinate, 19.

Moses is sent again to him to command him to let the people go, and

in case of disobedience he is threatened with swarms of flies,

20, 21.

A promise made that the land of Goshen, where the Israelites dwelt,

should be exempted front this plague, 22, 23.

The flies are sent, 24.

Pharaoh sends for Moses and Aaron, and offers to permit them to

sacrifice in the land, 25.

They refuse, and desire to go three days' journey into the

wilderness, 26, 27.

Pharaoh consents to let them go a little way, provided they would

entreat the Lord to remove the flies, 28.

Moses consents, prays to God, and the flies are removed, 29-31.

After which Pharaoh yet hardened his heart, and refused to let the

people go, 32.

NOTES ON CHAP. VIII

The SECOND plague - FROGS

Verse Exodus 8:1. Let my people go — God, in great mercy to Pharaoh and the Egyptians, gives them notice of the evils he intended to bring upon them if they continued in their obstinacy. Having had therefore such warning, the evil might have been prevented by a timely humiliation and return to God.


 
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