The magicians did the same thing with their enchantments, and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt.
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The magicians did the same thing with their enchantments, and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt.
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And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.
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(8-3) And the magicians did in like manner with their secret arts, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.
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Passages linked to Exodus 8:7 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 7:11 Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers. They also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same thing with their enchantments.
- Exodus 7:22 The magicians of Egypt did the same thing with their enchantments. So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he didn’t listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken.
- Deuteronomy 13:1-3 If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you, and he gives you a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder comes to pass, of which he spoke to you, saying, “Let’s go after other gods” (which you have not known) “and let’s serve them,” you shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or to that dreamer of dreams; for Yahweh your God is testing you, to know whether you love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
- Matthew 24:24 For there will arise false christs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11 even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn’t receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. Because of this, God sends them a working of error, that they should believe a lie;
- 2 Timothy 3:8 Even as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind, who concerning the faith are rejected.
- Revelation 13:14 He deceives my own people who dwell on the earth because of the signs he was granted to do in front of the beast, saying to those who dwell on the earth that they should make an image to the beast who had the sword wound and lived.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Exo 8:7 And the magicians did so with their…
Exo 8:7 And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.
Ver. 7. And the magicians did so.] {See Trapp on "Exo 7:22"}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Nor was it hard for the devil to produce…
Nor was it hard for the devil to produce them out of their own spawn, and the slime of the river.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron,.... He sent…
Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron,.... He sent for them:
and said, entreat the Lord, that he may take away the frogs from me and from my people; he begins now to know the Lord, whom he knew not before, by the judgments he executed on him, to acknowledge his hand in those judgments, and tacitly to own that none else could remove them; and his proud heart was so far humbled, as to beg the favour of Moses and Aaron to intercede with the Lord to cause this plague to cease, which was intolerable: and it may be observed from other instances in history, somewhat similar to this, that whole cities and countries have been deserted by their inhabitants on a like occasion, as those of Paeonia and Dardania, in the account above given; and Justin reports (u) of the Abderites, a people of Thrace, that because of the multitude of frogs and mice, were obliged to leave their native country, and seek new habitations; and Diodorus Siculus (w) and Aelianus (x) relate much the same of a people called Autariatae; and Varro (y) affirms, that in a city in France, the inhabitants of it were drove away by frogs; which instances, as they show how very distressing such a calamity is, so they serve to illustrate and confirm the truth of the divine history, cavilled at by infidels, when anything is related in it exceeding the common and ordinary course of things:
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and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the Lord; as had been frequently required of him, Exo 5:1.
(u) E Trogo, l. 15. c. 2. (w) Bibliothec. l. 3. p. 164. (x) De Animal. l. 17. c. 41. (y) Apud Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 8. c. 29.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 7. The magicians did so] A little juggling…
Verse 7. The magicians did so] A little juggling or dexterity of hand might have been quite sufficient for the imitation of this miracle, because frogs in abundance had already been produced; and some of these kept in readiness might have been brought forward by the magicians, as proofs of their pretended power and equality in influence to Moses and Aaron.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Exo 8:7. The magicians did so with their enchantments…
Exo 8:7. The magicians did so with their enchantments — Through God’s permission they added to the plague, but could not remove it.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The magicians would seem to have been able to…
The magicians would seem to have been able to increase the plague, but not to remove it; hence, Pharaoh’s application to Moses, the first symptoms of yielding.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Frogs, few in number, and brought by the ministry…
Frogs, few in number, and brought by the ministry of devils. (Menochius)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain the magicians did so with their enchantments--required no great…
the magicians did so with their enchantments--required no great art to make the offensive reptiles appear on any small spot of ground. What they undertook to do already existed in abundance all around. They would better have shown their power by removing the frogs.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 7. The magicians (Exo_7:11; Exo_7:22) do the same with…
7. The magicians (Exo_7:11; Exo_7:22) do the same with their arts.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (7) The magicians did so.—It cannot be concluded from…
(7) The magicians did so.—It cannot be concluded from this that the magicians had the power of creating frogs. All that the writer means to express is, that they seemed to Pharaoh and to the Court to do on a small scale what Moses and Aaron had done on the largest possible scale. The means which they employed was probably sleight-of-hand. It has been well observed that they would have shown their own power and the power of their gods far more satisfactorily had they succeeded in taking the frogs away.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The magicians did so and brought up frogs. Here…
The magicians did so and brought up frogs. Here again, as in their imitation of the first plague, (Exo_7:22) sleight of hand may have been the means employed by the magicians; or possibly they may have merely claimed that their enchantments "brought up" frogs, which were in reality the consequence of Aaron"s act (ver. 2).
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 8:7-8 The magicians were able to duplicate the plague…
8:7-8 The magicians were able to duplicate the plague in some sense, but Pharaoh did not ask them to rid the land of the frogs. Instead, he begged Moses to ask God to take them away. He already knew where the real power was.
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