King James Version
Exodus 8:2 in the King James Version says “And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs:” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs:”
Exodus 8:2 · KJV
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.
And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs:
And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber , and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs: kneadingtroughs: or, dough
And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.
KJV Study — Public Domain
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“to let them go”
H7971to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“all thy borders”
H1366properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e., (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed
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