Exodus 8:24

And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants’ houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
did	וַיַּ֤עַשׂ vai.Ya.'as	H6213	to do or make · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
came	וַיָּבֹא֙ vai.ya.Vo'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
grievous	כָּבֵ֔ד ka.Ved	H3515	heavy · adjective, masculine singular absolute
swarm	עָרֹ֣ב a.Ro	H6157	a mosquito (from its swarming) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
house	בֵּ֥יתָה Bei.tah	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular construct + directional suffix
Pharaoh	פַרְעֹ֖ה far.'Oh	H6547	Paroh · noun, masculine singular absolute
servants’	עֲבָדָ֑יו 'a.va.Dav	H5650	a servant · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
houses	וּבֵ֣ית u.Veit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct
land	אֶ֧רֶץ 'E.retz	H776	the earth (at large · noun, common feminine singular construct
Egypt	מִצְרַ֛יִם mitz.Ra.yim	H4714	Mitsrajim · proper noun, a place name
land	הָאָ֖רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
corrupted	תִּשָּׁחֵ֥ת ti.sha.Chet	H7843	to decay · verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
reason	מִפְּנֵ֥י mi.pe.Nei	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
swarm	הֶעָרֹֽב he.'a.Ro	H6157	a mosquito (from its swarming) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Psalms 78:45 He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
Psalms 105:31 He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.
Exodus 8:21 Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 8:20–end

Here is the story of the plague of flies, in which we are told, I. How it was threatened, like that of frogs, before it was inflicted. Moses is directed (Exo 8:20) to rise early in the morning, to meet Pharaoh when he came forth to the water, and there to repeat his demands. Note, 1. Those that would bring great things to pass for God and their generation must rise early, and redeem time in the morning. Pharaoh was early up at his superstitious devotions to the river; and shall we be for more sleep and more slumber when any service is to be done which would pass well in our account in the great day? 2. Those that would approve themselves God's faithful servants must not be afraid of the face…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 8:20

PLAGUE OF FLIES. (Exo 8:20-32) Rise up early . . . Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water, &c.--Pharaoh still appearing obdurate, Moses was ordered to meet him while walking on the banks of the Nile and repeat his request for the liberation of Israel, threatening in case of continued refusal to cover every house from the palace to the cottage with swarms of flies--while, as a proof of the power that accomplished this judgment, the land of Goshen should be exempted from the calamity. The appeal was equally vain as before, and the predicted evil overtook the country in the form of what was not "flies," such as we are accustomed to, but divers sorts of flies (Psa 78:45), the gad fly, the co…

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Adam Clarke on Exodus 8:24

The land was corrupted - Every thing was spoiled, and many of the inhabitants destroyed, being probably stung to death by these venomous insects. This seems to be intimated by the psalmist, "He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which Devoured them," Psa 78:45. In ancient times, when political, domestic, and personal cleanliness was but little attended to, and offal of different kinds permitted to corrupt in the streets and breed vermin, flies multiplied exceedingly, so that we read in ancient authors of whole districts being laid waste by them; hence different people had deities, whose office it was to defend them against flies. Among these we may reckon Baalzebub, the fly-god of Ekron;…

Dictionary and topics

Fly — Heb. zebub, (Eccl. 10:1; Isa. 7:18). This fly was so grievous a pest that the Phoenicians invoked against it the aid of their god Baal-zebub (q.v.). The prophet Isaiah (7:18) alludes to some…
Fly, Flies — The two following Hebrew terms denote flies of some kind:
Nadab — Liberal, generous. (1.) The eldest of Aaron’s four sons (Ex. 6:23; Num. 3:2). He with his brothers and their father were consecrated as priests of Jehovah (Ex. 28:1). He afterwards perished with…
Plague — A “stroke” of affliction, or disease. Sent as a divine chastisement (Num. 11:33; 14:37; 16:46-49; 2 Sam. 24:21). Painful afflictions or diseases, (Lev. 13:3, 5, 30; 1 Kings 8:37), or severe calamity…
Plagues, The Ten — The occasion on which the plagues were sent is described in Exod 3-12.
Anger Of God, The · Exemplified against: Egyptians — Exemplified against: Egyptians
Flies · Plague of — Plague of
Miracles Wrought Through Servants Of God · Moses and Aaron: Flies brought — Moses and Aaron: Flies brought

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 8:24

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 8:20–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 8:20

Adam Clarke on Exodus 8:24

Dictionary and topics

Exodus 8:24

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 8:20–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 8:20

Adam Clarke on Exodus 8:24

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Exodus 8:24

John Calvin on Exodus 8:20-27

Keil & Delitzsch on Exodus 8:20–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 8:20-32

Rashi on Exodus 8:22