King James Version
Exodus 8:11 in the King James Version says “And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only.”
Exodus 8:11 · KJV
And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only? Glory: or, Have this honour over me, etc when: or, against when to destroy: Heb. to cut off
And he said, 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. To morrow: or, Against to morrow
And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only.
And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.
And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“from thee and from thy houses”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“and from thy people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
properly, leanness, i.e., (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although
“in the river”
H2975a channel, e.g., a fosse, canal, shaft; specifically the nile, as the one river of egypt, including its collateral trenches; also the tigris, as the m
“they shall remain”
H7604properly, to swell up, i.e., be (causatively, make) redundant
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