Exodus 8:4

ESV The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your servants."’"

NIV The frogs will come up on you and your people and all your officials.’ "

NASB So the frogs will come up on you, your people, and on all your servants.'?’?'

CSB The frogs will come up on you, your people, and all your officials."

NLT Frogs will jump on you, your people, and all your officials.’'

KJV And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.

NKJV And the frogs shall come up on you, on your people, and on all your servants.” ’ ”

What does Exodus 8:4 mean?

The Lord's first demand to Pharaoh was a simple statement: release the Israelite slaves (Exodus 5:1–4). Next came a harmless but miraculous sign (Exodus 7:10–13). This was followed by the horrific transformation of the Nile River into a mass of rotting blood and dead fish (Exodus 7:20–22). None of these, it seems, had a direct personal impact on the Pharaoh. Now, the Lord promises that this new plague will touch Pharaoh's home and life directly. The servants who would normally tend to his every need have already been distracted (Exodus 7:24). The new plague will directly interfere in their duties (Exodus 8:3).

Frogs (Exodus 8:1–2) were tied to the goddess Heqet, an Egyptian idol of fertility. The Lord's perfect control over the timing of these creatures is intended to prove that only God, not idols, have power (Exodus 8:10).

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