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Tell of His Wonders

Psalms 105:31

In 11 translations

BSB
He spoke, and insects swarmed— gnats throughout their country.
KJV
He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.
WEB
He spoke, and swarms of flies came, and lice in all their borders.
ASV
He spake, and there came swarms of flies, And lice in all their borders.
LSV
He has commanded, and the beetle comes, || Lice into all their border.
YLT
He hath said, and the beetle cometh, Lice into all their border.
DBY
He spoke, and there came dog-flies, [and] gnats in all their borders.
DRC104:31
He spoke, and there came divers sorts of flies and sciniphs in all their coasts.
GNV
He spake, and there came swarmes of flies and lice in all their quarters.
JPS
He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats in all their borders.
LXXE104:31
He spoke, and the dog-fly came, and lice in all their coasts.

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Original-language editions

WLC
אָ֭מַר וַיָּבֹ֣א עָרֹ֑ב כִּ֝נִּ֗ים בְּכָל־גְּבוּלָֽם׃
LXX-Br104:31
Εἶπε καὶ ἦλθε κυνόμυια, καὶ σκνίπες ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ὁρίοις αὐτῶν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Exodus 8:21–24But if you will not let My people go, I will send swarms of flies upon you and your officials and your people and your houses. The houses of the Egyptians and even the ground where they stand will be full of flies. But…
  • Exodus 8:16–18Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may turn into swarms of gnats throughout the land of Egypt.’” This they did, and when Aaron stretched out his…
  • Psalms 78:45He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them.
  • Isaiah 7:18On that day the LORD will whistle to the flies at the farthest streams of the Nile and to the bees in the land of Assyria.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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