King James Version
Exodus 8:4 in the King James Version says “And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.”
Exodus 8:4 · KJV
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.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.
And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“both on thee and upon thy people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“shall come up”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
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