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Hebrew Texts וַיַּ֤עַשׂ יְהוָה֙ כֵּ֔ן וַיָּבֹא֙ עָרֹ֣ב כָּבֵ֔ד בֵּ֥יתָה פַרְעֹ֖ה וּבֵ֣ית עֲבָדָ֑יו וּבְכָל־ אֶ֧רֶץ מִצְרַ֛יִם תִּשָּׁחֵ֥ת הָאָ֖רֶץ מִפְּנֵ֥י הֶעָרֹֽב׃ KJV with Strong's 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 שמות 8:24 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex וַיַּ֤עַשׂ יְהוָה֙ כֵּ֔ן וַיָּבֹא֙ עָרֹ֣ב כָּבֵ֔ד בֵּ֥יתָה פַרְעֹ֖ה וּבֵ֣ית עֲבָדָ֑יו וּבְכָל־אֶ֧רֶץ מִצְרַ֛יִם תִּשָּׁחֵ֥ת הָאָ֖רֶץ מִפְּנֵ֥י הֶעָרֹֽב׃ שמות 8:24 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only) שמות 8:24 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required) שמות 8:24 Hebrew Bible Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible Then the LORD did so. And there came great swarms of insects into the house of Pharaoh and the houses of his servants and the land was laid waste because of the swarms of insects in all the land of Egypt. King James Bible 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible And the LORD did this. Thick swarms of flies went into Pharaoh's palace and his officials' houses. Throughout Egypt the land was ruined because of the swarms of flies. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge there Exodus 8:21 Else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms … Psalm 78:45 He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and … Psalm 105:31 He spoke, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts. the land. How intolerable a plague of flies can prove, is evident from the fact that whole districts have been laid waste by them. The inhabitants have been forced to quit their cities, not being able to stand against the flies and gnats with which they were pestered. Hence different people had deities whose office it was to defend them against flies. Among these may be reckoned Baalzebub, the fly-god of Ekron; Hercules, the expeller of flies; and hence Jupiter had the titles, because he was supposed to expel flies, and especially clear his temples of these insects. Exodus 8:14 And they gathered them together on heaps: and the land stank. corrupted. or destroyed Links Exodus 8:24 • Exodus 8:24 NIV • Exodus 8:24 NLT • Exodus 8:24 ESV • Exodus 8:24 NASB • Exodus 8:24 KJV • Exodus 8:24 Bible Apps • Exodus 8:24 Biblia Paralela • Exodus 8:24 Chinese Bible • Exodus 8:24 French Bible • Exodus 8:24 German Bible • Bible Hub |