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I Will Open My Mouth in Parables

Psalms 78:45

In 11 translations

BSB
He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them.
KJV
He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
WEB
He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
ASV
He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; And frogs, which destroyed them.
LSV
He sends among them the beetle, and it consumes them, || And the frog, and it destroys them,
YLT
He sendeth among them the beetle, and it consumeth them, And the frog, and it destroyeth them,
DBY
He sent dog-flies among them, which devoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them;
DRC77:45
He sent amongst them divers sores of flies, which devoured them: and frogs which destroyed them.
GNV
Hee sent a swarme of flies among them, which deuoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them.
JPS
He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
LXXE77:45
He sent against them the dog-fly, and it devoured them; and the frog, and it spoiled them.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
יְשַׁלַּ֬ח בָּהֶ֣ם עָ֭רֹב וַיֹּאכְלֵ֑ם וּ֝צְפַרְדֵּ֗עַ וַתַּשְׁחִיתֵֽם׃
LXX-Br77:45
ἐξαπέστειλεν εἰς αὐτοὺς κυνόμυιαν καὶ κατέφαγεν αὐτοὺς, καὶ βάτραχον, καὶ διέφθειρεν αὐτούς·

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 8:2–15But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs. 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…
  • Psalms 105:30–31Their land teemed with frogs, even in their royal chambers. He spoke, and insects swarmed— gnats throughout their country.
  • Revelation 16:3And the second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it turned to blood like that of the dead, and every living thing in the sea died.

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