Exodus 8:5

ESV And the Lord said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the canals and over the pools, and make frogs come up on the land of Egypt!’"

NIV Then the Lord said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the streams and canals and ponds, and make frogs come up on the land of Egypt.’ "

NASB Then the Lord said to Moses, 'Say to Aaron, ‘Extend your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the streams, and over the pools, and make frogs come up on the land of Egypt.’?'

CSB The Lord then said to Moses, "Tell Aaron: Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, canals, and ponds, and cause the frogs to come up onto the land of Egypt."

NLT Then the Lord said to Moses, 'Tell Aaron, ‘Raise the staff in your hand over all the rivers, canals, and ponds of Egypt, and bring up frogs over all the land.’'

KJV And the Lord spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.

NKJV Then the Lord spoke to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up on the land of Egypt.’ ”

What does Exodus 8:5 mean?

As with the first plague, Aaron receives a command to gesture with his staff to trigger a plague against Egypt (Exodus 7:19). Once again, the target is all of Egypt's surface waters, including ponds and canals. These were recently turned into blood (Exodus 7:20–23), Scripture doesn't specify if the first plague had ended (Exodus 7:25) when this one began. It seems likely that frogs would almost immediately flee the river once the water became blood. Regardless of the timing, the start and end of this plague are explicitly credited to the Lord (Exodus 8:9–10).

This plague will directly affect Pharaoh and his own household (Exodus 8:3–4). He may have escaped hardship in the first plague thanks to the labor of his servants (Exodus 7:24). That will not be possible this time.

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