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Exodus 8:6

Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Frogs;   Plague;   Thompson Chain Reference - God's;   Judgments, God's;   Miracles;   Plagues;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Anger of God, the;   Miracles Wrought through Servants of God;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Goshen;   Miracle;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Frog;   Plague;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Aaron's Rod;   Exodus, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Exodus;   Frog;   Moses;   Pool, Pond;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Frog;   Miracles;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Frog;   Nile;   Plagues of egypt;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Frog,;   Plagues, the Ten,;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Frog;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Exodus, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Plagues of Egypt;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Aharon stretched out his hand over the waters of Mitzrayim; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Mitzrayim.
King James Version
And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.
Lexham English Bible
And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs went up and covered the land of Egypt.
New Century Version
So Aaron held his hand over all the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up out of the water and covered the land of Egypt.
New English Translation
So Aaron extended his hand over the waters of Egypt, and frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.
Amplified Bible
So Aaron stretched out his hand [with his staff] over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.
New American Standard Bible
So Aaron extended his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Aaron stretched out his hand vpon the waters of Egypt, and the frogges came vp, and couered the land of Egypt.
Legacy Standard Bible
So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.
Contemporary English Version
Aaron obeyed, and suddenly frogs were everywhere in Egypt.
Complete Jewish Bible
He answered, "Tomorrow." Moshe said, "It will be as you have said, and from this you will learn that Adonai our God has no equal.
Darby Translation
And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.
Easy-to-Read Version
So Aaron raised his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs began coming out of the water and covered the land of Egypt.
English Standard Version
So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.
George Lamsa Translation
So Aaron lifted up his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.
Good News Translation
So Aaron held it out over all the water, and the frogs came out and covered the land.
Christian Standard Bible®
When Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.
Literal Translation
And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Aaron stretched his hade ouer the waters in Egipte, & there came vp frogges, so yt the londe of Egipte was couered.
American Standard Version
And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.
Bible in Basic English
And when Aaron put out his hand over the waters of Egypt, the frogs came up and all the land of Egypt was covered with them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Aaron stretched his hande ouer ye waters of Egypt, & the frogges came vp and couered the lande of Egypt.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he said: 'Against to-morrow.' And he said: 'Be it according to thy word; that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God.
King James Version (1611)
And Aaron stretched out his hand ouer the waters of Egypt, and the frogges came vp, and couered the land of Egypt.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Aaron stretched forth his hand over the waters of Egypt, and brought up the frogs: and the frog was brought up, and covered the land of Egypt.
English Revised Version
And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.
Berean Standard Bible
So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Aaron helde forth the hond on the watris of Egipt; and paddoks stieden, and hileden the lond of Egipt.
Young's Literal Translation
And Aaron stretcheth out his hand against the waters of Egypt, and the frog cometh up, and covereth the land of Egypt;
Update Bible Version
And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Aaron stretched his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.
New King James Version
So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.
New Living Translation
So Aaron raised his hand over the waters of Egypt, and frogs came up and covered the whole land!
New Life Bible
So Aaron put his hand out over the waters of Egypt. And the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.
New Revised Standard
So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So Aaron stretched forth his hand, over the waters of Egypt, - and the frog came up, and covered the land of Egypt.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Aaron stretched forth his hand upon the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.
Revised Standard Version
So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.
THE MESSAGE
Aaron stretched his staff over the waters of Egypt and a mob of frogs came up and covered the country.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.

Contextual Overview

1 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. 2 If you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your borders with frogs: 3 and the river shall swarm with frogs, which shall go up and come into your house, and into your bedchamber, and on your bed, and into the house of your servants, and on your people, and into your ovens, and into your kneading-troughs: 4 and the frogs shall come up both on you, and on your people, and on all your servants.'" 5 Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Stretch forth your hand with your rod over the rivers, over the streams, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come up on the land of Egypt.'" 6 Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt. 7 The magicians did in like manner with their enchantments, and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt. 8 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, "Entreat Yahweh, that he take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to Yahweh." 9 Moses said to Pharaoh, "I give you the honor of setting the time that I should pray for you, and for your servants, and for your people, that the frogs be destroyed from you and your houses, and remain in the river only." 10 He said, "Tomorrow." He said, "Be it according to your word, that you may know that there is none like Yahweh our God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

and the frogs: Whether the frog among the Egyptians was an object of reverence or abhorrence is uncertain. It might have been both at the same time, as many objects are known to have been among particular nations; for proof of which see the very learned Jacob Bryant, on the Plagues of Egypt, pp. 31-34. Leviticus 11:12, Psalms 78:45, Psalms 105:30, Revelation 16:13

Reciprocal: Exodus 7:19 - stretch

Cross-References

Genesis 6:16
You shall make a roof in the ark, and to a cubit shall you finish it upward. You shall set the door of the ark in the side of it. You shall make it with lower, second, and third levels.
Daniel 6:10
When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his chamber toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt,.... That is, towards the waters of the Nile, and towards all places where any water was; for it was not possible he could stretch out his hand over all the waters that were in every place:

and the frogs came and covered the land of Egypt: they came up at once, and in such multitudes everywhere, that the whole land was full of them; this was done on the twenty fifth of Adar, or February, the same day the former plague ceased; so Artapanus s, the Heathen historian says, that Moses by his rod produced frogs, locusts, and lice. And the story which Heraclides Lembus t tells seems to be hammered out of this account of Moses, that in Paeonia and Dardania such a number of frogs fell from heaven, as filled the public roads and private houses; at first the inhabitants killed them, and keeping their houses shut, bore it patiently some time; but when it signified nothing, and their household goods were covered with them, and they found them boiled and roasted with their food, and lay in such heaps that they could not tread for them, and were so distressed with the smell of the dead ones, they forsook their country.

s Apud Euseb. ut supra. (Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 27. p. 425.) t Apud Athenaei Deipnosophist. l. 8. c. 2.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 8:6. The frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt. — In some ancient writers we have examples of a similar plague. The Abderites, according to Orosius, and the inhabitants of Paeonia and Dardania, according to Athenaeus, were obliged to abandon their country on account of the great numbers of frogs by which their land was infested.


 
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