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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.

KJV

Fecitque Dominus ita. Et venit musca gravissima in domos Pharaonis et servorum ejus, et in omnem terram Ægypti : corruptaque est terra ab hujuscemodi muscis.

Vulgate

ἐποίησεν δὲ Κύριος οὕτως, καὶ παρεγένετο ἡ κυνόμυια πλῆθος εἰς τοὺς οἴκους Φαραὼ καὶ εἰς τοὺς οἴκους τῶν θεραπόντων αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν Αἰγύπτου· καὶ ἐξωλεθρεύθη ἡ γῆ ἀπὸ τῆς κυνομυίης.

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֗ה אָנֹכִ֞י אֲשַׁלַּ֤ח אֶתְ/כֶם֙ וּ/זְבַחְתֶּ֞ם לַ/יהוָ֤ה אֱלֹֽהֵי/כֶם֙ בַּ/מִּדְבָּ֔ר רַ֛ק הַרְחֵ֥ק לֹא תַרְחִ֖יקוּ לָ/לֶ֑כֶת הַעְתִּ֖ירוּ בַּעֲדִֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אָנֹכִ֖י
'nky
pronoun · 356×
בְּעַ֥ד
b'd
adverb · 103×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
יֵּעָ֤תֶר
y'tr
verb · 20×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מְזַבְּחִ֥ים
mzbchym
verb · 132×
מִּדְבָּ֑ר
mdbr
noun · 270×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
פַּרְעֹ֔ה
pr'h
proper_noun · 267×
רַ֣ק
rq
adverb · 109×
תִּרְחַ֥ק
trchq
verb · 56×

Miracle

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Ps 78:45 — He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
  • Ps 105:31 — He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.
  • Ps 107:40 — He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.