Moses said to Pharaoh, “I give you the honor of setting the time that I should pray for you, and for your servants, and for your people, that the frogs be destroyed from you and your houses, and remain in the river only.”

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  • WEB World English Bible

    Moses said to Pharaoh, “I give you the honor of setting the time that I should pray for you, and for your servants, and for your people, that the frogs be destroyed from you and your houses, and remain in the river only.”

  • KJV King James Version

    And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    (8-5) And Moses said unto Pharaoh: 'Have thou this glory over me; against what time shall I entreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, that the frogs be destroyed from thee and thy houses, and remain in the river only?'

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Cross-references (3)

Passages linked to Exodus 8:9 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Judges 7:2 Yahweh said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel brag against me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’
  • 1 Kings 18:25 Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose one bull for yourselves, and dress it first; for you are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it.”
  • Isaiah 10:15 Should an ax brag against him who chops with it? Should a saw exalt itself above him who saws with it? As if a rod should lift those who lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up someone who is not wood.

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Explain this verse (14 sources)

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Hebrew, have this honor over me.

Hebrew, have this honor over me.

Or, speak plain unto me.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Exo 8:9 And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Glory over me: as I have gloried over thee…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he said, tomorrow,.... Which according to Bishop Usher…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Glory over me - That is, I yield to…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 9. Glory over me] התפאר עלי hithpaer alai.…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Exo 8:9. Glory over me — That is, I…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Glory over me - See the margin, “have honor…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain A time. Moses thus prevents the king from attributing…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 9. Glory over me — Rather, Appoint for me…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 9. Have thou this glory] Heb. Deck or Glorify…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (9) And Moses said . . . Glory over…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me. Probably a…
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 8:9 In this instance, the evidence of God’s power…

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