Exodus 10:5

And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field:

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
cover	וְכִסָּה֙ ve.khi.Sah	H3680	properly · conjunction + verb, piel sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
face	עֵ֣ין 'ein	H5869	an eye (literally or figuratively) · noun, common feminine singular construct
earth	הָאָ֔רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
able	יוּכַ֖ל yu.Khal	H3201	to be able · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
see	לִרְאֹ֣ת lir.'Ot	H7200	to see · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
earth	הָאָ֑רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
eat	וְאָכַ֣ל ve.'a.Khal	H398	to eat (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
residue	יֶ֣תֶר Ye.ter	H3499	properly · noun, common masculine singular construct
escaped	הַפְּלֵטָ֗ה ha.pe.le.Tah	H6413	deliverance · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
remaineth	הַנִּשְׁאֶ֤רֶת ha.nish.'E.ret	H7604	properly · definite article + verb, niphal active participle, feminine singular absolute
hail	הַבָּרָ֔ד ha.ba.Rad	H1259	hail · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
eat	וְאָכַל֙ ve.'a.Khal	H398	to eat (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
tree	הָעֵ֔ץ ha.'Etz	H6086	a tree (from its firmness) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
groweth	הַצֹּמֵ֥חַ ha.tzo.Me.ach	H6779	to sprout (transitive or intransitive · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
field	הַשָּׂדֶֽה ha.sa.Deh	H7704	a field (as flat) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Exodus 9:32 But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they were not grown up.
Joel 1:4 That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the…
Joel 2:25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 10:1-11

Here, I. Moses is instructed. We may well suppose that he, for his part, was much astonished both at Pharaoh's obstinacy and at God's severity, and could not but be compassionately concerned for the desolations of Egypt, and at a loss to conceive what this contest would come to at last. Now here God tells him what he designed, not only Israel's release, but the magnifying of his own name: That thou mayest tell in thy writings, which shall continue to the world's end, what I have wrought in Egypt, Exo 10:1, Exo 10:2. The ten plagues of Egypt must be inflicted, that they may be recorded for the generations to come as undeniable proofs, 1. Of God's overruling power in the kingdom of nature, his…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 10:4

to-morrow will I bring the locusts--Moses was commissioned to renew the request, so often made and denied, with an assurance that an unfavorable answer would be followed on the morrow by an invasion of locusts. This species of insect resembles a large, spotted, red and black, double-winged grasshopper, about three inches or less in length, with the two hind legs working like hinged springs of immense strength and elasticity. Perhaps no more terrible scourge was ever brought on a land than those voracious insects, which fly in such countless numbers as to darken the land which they infest; and on whatever place they alight, they convert it into a waste and barren desert, stripping the ground…

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Adam Clarke on Exodus 10:5

They shall cover the face of the earth - They sometimes cover the whole ground to the depth of six or eight inches. See the preceding accounts.

John Gill on Exodus 10:5

And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth,.... Or, "cover the eye of the earth" (z); either the appearance and colour of the earth, so as they could not be discerned for the multitude of the locusts on it; so the word is used in Numbers 11:7 or the eye of man looking upon the earth, which would not be able to see it, because the locusts would be between his eye and the earth. The Targum of Onkelos is,"and shall cover the eye of the sun of the earth,''so that its rays shall not reach the earth; and so Abarbinel interprets it of the sun, which is the light of the earth, when it casts forth its rays, as the eye upon the object that is seen; and the mea…

Dictionary and topics

Eye — (Heb. ‘ain, meaning “flowing”), applied (1) to a fountain, frequently; (2) to colour (Num. 11:7; R.V., “appearance,” marg. “eye”); (3) the face (Ex. 10:5, 15; Num. 22:5, 11), in Num. 14:14, “face to…
Locust — There are ten Hebrew words used in Scripture to signify locust. In the New Testament locusts are mentioned as forming part of the food of John the Baptist (Matt. 3:4; Mark 1:6). By the Mosaic law…
Plagues, The Ten — The occasion on which the plagues were sent is described in Exod 3-12.
Locust · Plague of — Plague of
Locust, The · One of the plagues of Egypt — One of the plagues of Egypt
Plague · Locusts — Locusts
Trees · Often suffered from: Locusts — Often suffered from: Locusts
War · General references — General references

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Exodus 10:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 10:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 10:4

Adam Clarke on Exodus 10:5

John Gill on Exodus 10:5

Dictionary and topics

Exodus 10:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 10:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 10:4

Adam Clarke on Exodus 10:5

John Gill on Exodus 10:5

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Exodus 10:1-6

Keil & Delitzsch on Exodus 10:4-6

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 10:4

Rashi on Exodus 10:5