Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Exodus 8:2
And if thou refuse to let [them] go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with (a) frogs:
(a) There is nothing so weak that God cannot use it to overcome the greatest power of man.
And if thou refuse to let [them] go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with (a) frogs:
(a) There is nothing so weak that God cannot use it to overcome the greatest power of man.
Verse Exodus 8:2. _IF THOU REFUSE_] Nothing can be plainer than that Pharaoh had it still in his power to have dismissed the people, and that his refusal was the mere effect of his own wilful obstinac...
WITH FROGS - Some months appear to have elapsed between this and the former plague, if the frogs made their appearance at the usual time, that is in September. The special species mentioned here is of...
CHAPTER 8 THE SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH PLAGUES _ 1. The demand and the plague of frogs announced (Exodus 8:1)_ 2. The plague executed (Exodus 8:5) 3. The request of Pharaoh and the frogs removed ...
EXODUS 7:14 TO EXODUS 12:36. THE TEN PLAGUES. How deeply this series of events imprinted itself on the mind and heart of the nation is shown by the fulness with which the three sources report them. J...
2°. FROGS SWARM FROM THE NILE (Exodus 8:1 J, Exodus 8:5 P, Exodus 8:8 a J, heart, Exodus 8:15 b P). Each year the inundation brings with it myriads of frogs (Sayce)
FROGS. Worshipped as symbol of fecundity....
Exodus 7:14 to Exodus 11:5 _The first nine Plagues_ The narrative of the Plagues, like that of the preceding Chapter s, is composite. The details of the analysis depend partly upon literary criteria...
The Text of EXODUS TRANSLATION 8 And Je-ho-vah spake unto Mo-ses, Go in unto Pha-raoh, and say unto him, Thus saith Je-ho-vah, Let my people go, that they may serve me. (2) And if thou refuse to let t...
_AND IF THOU REFUSE TO LET THEM GO, BEHOLD, I WILL SMITE ALL THY BORDERS WITH FROGS:_ I will smite ... х_ NOGEEP_ (H5062)] - smite by the infliction of a divine judgment; I will plague х_ BATSªPARDª`...
THE SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH PLAGUES 1-15. The Second Plague:—Frogs. This plague, like the first, was not only in itself loathsome, but an offence to the religious notions of the Egyptians. The frog...
EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 8 *PLAGUE NUMBER 2: *FROGS – VERSES 1-15 THE *LORD WARNS *PHARAOH – V...
VIII. THE SECOND PLAGUE. (1-4) It is generally allowed that the second plague was one of frogs. All the ancient versions agree in the interpretation; and the only rival rendering — “crocodiles” — is t...
_[Exodus 7:27]_ וְ אִם ־מָאֵ֥ן אַתָּ֖ה לְ...
CHAPTER VIII. _ THE SECOND PLAGUE._ Exodus 8:1. Although Pharaoh had warning of the first plague, no appeal was made to him to avert it by submission. But before the plague of frogs he was distinctl...
THE PLAGUE OF FROGS AND ITS REMOVAL Exodus 8:1 Probably the plagues followed in rapid succession, so that the impression of one had not passed away before another succeeded. The whole conflict was pr...
Before the second plague Pharaoh received an opportunity to repent. He was warned of the approach of the plague. The warning had no effect. In the first plague magicians had produced apparently like r...
Psalms 107:40; Psalms 7:1...
There is hardly a book of the Old Testament that stands out in more decided contrast with the book of Genesis than the one which follows it most closely. And this is the more striking, because God emp...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 5 THROUGH 13. At the news of the goodness of God, the people adore Him; but the struggle against the power of evil is another matter. Satan will not let the p...
AND IF THOU REFUSE TO LET THEM GO,.... Will not obey the orders: I WILL SMITE ALL THY BORDERS WITH FROGS; he gives him warning of the blow before he strikes, which shows his clemency and goodness, hi...
And if thou refuse to let [them] go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs: Ver. 2. _Behold, I will smite._] God usually, not always, warns before he wounds. _Ideoque minatur, ut non puniat...
_All thy borders_ All the land that is within thy borders. _And the river_ Nile, under which are comprehended all other rivers, streams, and ponds, as appears from Exodus 8:5. But the Nile is particul...
1 Frogges are sent. 8 Pharaoh sueth to Moses, 12 and Moses by prayer remoueth them away. 16 The dust is turned into lice, which the Magicians could not doe. 20 The swarmes of flies. 25 Pharaoh in...
And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders, the entire country to the extremest boundaries, with frogs;...
THE PLAGUE OF THE FROGS...
B. THE FROGS Exodus 7:26–8:11 [in the English Bible, Exodus 8:1-15] 26 [Exodus 8:1]And Jehovah spake [said] unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, 27 [2]Thus saith Jehovah, Let my people go,...
LAGUE NO.2 -- FROGS (vs.1-15) Again God gives the opportunity to Pharaoh to respond to His demand to let Israel go (v.1). But Moses was to accompany this with the warnings that, if Pharaoh refused,...
1-15 Pharaoh is plagued with frogs; their vast numbers made them sore plagues to the Egyptians. God could have plagued Egypt with lions, or bears, or wolves, or with birds of prey, but he chose to do...
All thy land which is within thy borders; a synecdoche; so that word is used also EXODUS 10:4,19 1 KINGS 1:3 PSALMS 147:14 JEREMIAH 15:13.
Exodus 8:2 refuse H3986 go H7971 (H8763) smite H5062 (H8802) territory H1366 frogs H6854 refuse -...
THE SECOND PLAGUE - THE PLAGUE OF FROGS (EXODUS 8:1). This can be analysed as follows: a Yahweh tells Moses to say, ‘let my people go and serve me' or there will be a plague of frogs (Exodus 8:1). b...
CONTENTS: Plagues of frogs, lice, flies. Pharaoh's compromising offer. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Pharaoh, Aaron. CONCLUSION: If God be against us, all creatures can be made to be at war with us. God c...
Exodus 8:3. _The river shall bring forth frogs._ The season was now approaching for the frogs to leave the pools, lakes, and river. God preserved and strengthened the young, or tadpoles of this amphib...
_The frogs came up._ THE PROCESSION OF FROGS I. The creatures that were to come. The frogs of Egypt distinguished for five things. Their ash colour dotted with green spots; changed their colour when...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 8:2. Frogs] Heb. צפרדעים “marsh-leapers” (Gesenius): “marsh-croakers” (Ewald, Fürst, Davies). _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 8:1_ THE PLAGUE OF FROGS; OR, THE SO...
EXPOSITION THE SECOND PLAGUE. After an interval which there are no means of estimating, the second plague followed the first. Again, while the main purpose of the plague was to punish the nation by wh...
The Lord spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me. [So the third demand now, actually the fourth demand.] And if you refuse to...
refuse Exodus 7:14 Exodus 9:2 frogs. The Hebrew tzephardeim is evidently the same with the Psalms 78:45 Psalms 105:30...
FAITH AS EXEMPLIFIED IN MOSES Selections from Exodus 3:1; Exodus 6:1; Exodus 7:1; Exodus 8:1;...
All thy borders — All the land that is within thy borders....