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Exodus 8

Exodus 8:3

The Second Plague: Frogs · Exodus 8:1–15
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Translations

Modern
The Nile will teem with frogs, and they will come into your palace and up to your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and your people, and into your ovens and kneading bowls.
Traditional
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:
Literal
And the River shall teem with frogs, and they shall go up and come into your house, and into your bedroom, and onto your bed, and into the house of your servants, and on your people, and into your ovens, and into your kneading bowls.
Latin
…et ebulliet fluvius ranas: quæ ascendent, et ingredientur domum tuam, et cubiculum lectuli tui, et super stratum tuum, et in domos servorum tuorum, et in populum tuum, et in furnos tuos, et in reliquias ciborum tuorum:

Original

Hebrew
English
The Nile will teem with frogs, and they will come into your palace and up to your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and your people, and into your ovens and kneading bowls.

Notes

Exodus 8:1–15

The second plague was the plague of frogs (8:2). The Egyptians gave special honor to amphibians such as frogs. These animals can live both in water and on land. Because of this, Egyptians connected them with life and survival. Egyptians were very concerned about life after death.

Through this plague, God showed that frogs do not control life. They do not have special power over survival.

Some people suggest that this plague happened naturally after the Nile River became unfit for life. However, the size and intensity of the plague were far greater than what would normally happen in nature.

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Moses Pharaoh The Plagues

Events

Places

Nile: The major river of Egypt, mentioned in various contexts

Glossary

Aaron Book of Exodus Bread Deuteronomy, Book of Frog Furniture Gnat History of Israel Jannes and Jambres Magic Nile River Numbers and Numerology Plague Plagues upon Egypt

Topics

Beds: Antiquity of Bread: How Prepared: Baked in Ovens Bread: How Prepared: Kneaded Frogs: Plague of Kneading-Trough: General Scriptures Concerning Oven for Baking Plague: The Plague of Frogs the River Nile: Remarkable Events Connected With: Miraculous Generation of Frogs