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The Second Plague: Frogs

Exodus 8:2

In 11 translations

BSB
But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs.
KJV
And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs:
WEB
If you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your borders with frogs.
ASV
And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs:
LSV
and if you are refusing to send [them] away, behold, I am striking all your border with frogs;
YLT
and if thou art refusing to send away, lo, I am smiting all thy border with frogs;
DBY
And if thou refuse to let [them] go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs.
DRC
But if thou wilt not let them go behold I will strike all thy coasts with frogs.
GNV
And if thou wilt not let them goe, beholde, I will smite all thy countrey with frogges:
JPS7:27
And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs.
LXXE7:27
And if thou wilt not send them forth, behold, I afflict all thy borders with frogs:

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Original-language editions

WLC7:27
וְאִם־מָאֵ֥ן אַתָּ֖ה לְשַׁלֵּ֑חַ הִנֵּ֣ה אָנֹכִ֗י נֹגֵ֛ף אֶת־כָּל־גְּבוּלְךָ֖ בַּֽצְפַרְדְּעִֽים׃KJV:Exod.8.2
LXX-Br7:27
Εἰ δὲ μὴ βούλει σὺ ἐξαποστεῖλαι, ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ τύπτω πάντα τὰ ὅριά σου τοῖς βατράχοις.

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◆ Exodus from Egypt

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Exodus 9:2But if you continue to restrain them and refuse to let them go,
  • Exodus 7:14Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is unyielding; he refuses to let the people go.
  • Psalms 78:45He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them.
  • Psalms 105:30Their land teemed with frogs, even in their royal chambers.
  • Revelation 16:13–14And I saw three unclean spirits that looked like frogs coming out of the mouths of the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet. These are demonic spirits that perform signs and go out to all the kings of the earth, to…

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 7:27 in some Bibles
  • 8:2 in most Bibles

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