Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version If you refuse to let them go, I will send a plague of frogs on your whole country. New Living Translation If you refuse to let them go, I will send a plague of frogs across your entire land. English Standard Version But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your country with frogs. Berean Standard Bible But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs. King James Bible And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs: New King James Version But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all your territory with frogs. New American Standard Bible But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I am going to strike your entire territory with frogs. NASB 1995 “But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite your whole territory with frogs. NASB 1977 “But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite your whole territory with frogs. Legacy Standard Bible But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite your whole territory with frogs. Amplified Bible However, if you refuse to let them go, hear this: I am going to strike your entire land with frogs. Christian Standard Bible But if you refuse to let them go, then I will plague all your territory with frogs. Holman Christian Standard Bible But if you refuse to let them go, then I will plague all your territory with frogs. American Standard Version And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs: Contemporary English Version If he refuses, I will cover his entire country with frogs. English Revised Version And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs: GOD'S WORD® Translation If you refuse to let them go, I will bring a plague of frogs on your whole country. Good News Translation If you refuse, I will punish your country by covering it with frogs. International Standard Version And if you refuse to let them go, then I'm going to strike all your territory with frogs. Majority Standard Bible But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs. NET Bible But if you refuse to release them, then I am going to plague all your territory with frogs. New Heart English Bible If you refuse to let them go, look, I will plague all your borders with frogs: Webster's Bible Translation And if thou shalt refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs: World English Bible If you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your borders with frogs. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand if you are refusing to send [them] away, behold, I am striking all your border with frogs; Young's Literal Translation and if thou art refusing to send away, lo, I am smiting all thy border with frogs; Smith's Literal Translation Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBut if thou wilt not let them go behold I will strike all thy coasts with frogs. Catholic Public Domain Version But if you are not willing to release them, behold, I will strike all your coasts with frogs. New American Bible If you refuse to let them go, then I will send a plague of frogs over all your territory. New Revised Standard Version If you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all your borders with frogs; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And if you choose not to send them out, behold I shall strike your entire border with frogs: OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs. Brenton Septuagint Translation And if thou wilt not send them forth, behold, I afflict all thy borders with frogs: Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Second Plague: Frogs1Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me. 2But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs. 3The Nile will teem with frogs, and they will come into your palace and up to your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and your people, and into your ovens and kneading bowls.… Cross References Revelation 16:13-14 And I saw three unclean spirits that looked like frogs coming out of the mouths of the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet. / These are demonic spirits that perform signs and go out to all the kings of the earth, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty. Psalm 78:45 He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them. Psalm 105:30 Their land teemed with frogs, even in their royal chambers. Revelation 16:2 So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and loathsome, malignant sores broke out on those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Deuteronomy 28:27 The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured. Revelation 8:7 Then the first angel sounded his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, along with a third of the trees and all the green grass. Revelation 9:3 And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth. Exodus 9:3 then the hand of the LORD will bring a severe plague on your livestock in the field—on your horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks. Exodus 10:4 But if you refuse to let My people go, I will bring locusts into your territory tomorrow. Exodus 12:29 Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the livestock. Exodus 7:14-18 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is unyielding; he refuses to let the people go. / Go to Pharaoh in the morning as you see him walking out to the water. Wait on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake. / Then say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to tell you: Let My people go, so that they may worship Me in the wilderness. But until now you have not listened. ... Exodus 9:14 Otherwise, I will send all My plagues against you and your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth. Exodus 10:21-23 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.” / So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days. / No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings. Exodus 11:4-6 So Moses declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt, / and every firstborn son in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the firstborn of the servant girl behind the hand mill, as well as the firstborn of all the cattle. / Then a great cry will go out over all the land of Egypt. Such an outcry has never been heard before and will never be heard again. Treasury of Scripture And if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all your borders with frogs: refuse Exodus 7:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go. Exodus 9:2 For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still, frogs. Psalm 78:45 He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them. Psalm 105:30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings. Revelation 16:13,14 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet… Jump to Previous Border Borders Country Frogs Part Plague Refuse Refusing Smite Smiting Territory WholeJump to Next Border Borders Country Frogs Part Plague Refuse Refusing Smite Smiting Territory WholeExodus 8 1. Frogs are sent8. Pharaoh complains to Moses, who by prayer removes them 16. The dust is turned into lice, which the magicians could not do 20. The plague of flies 25. Pharaoh inclines to let the people go, but yet is hardened But if you refuse This phrase indicates a conditional statement, highlighting Pharaoh's choice and the consequences of his decision. The Hebrew root for "refuse" is "מָאֵן" (ma'en), which conveys a strong sense of unwillingness or rejection. This reflects Pharaoh's hardened heart and his persistent defiance against God's command. Historically, Pharaoh's refusal is emblematic of human obstinacy against divine will, a theme that resonates throughout the Bible. It serves as a reminder of the importance of obedience to God and the dangers of pride and stubbornness. to let them go I will plague your whole country with frogs Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew But ifוְאִם־ (wə·’im-) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not you אַתָּ֖ה (’at·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you refuse מָאֵ֥ן (mā·’ên) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 3986: Unwilling to let them go, לְשַׁלֵּ֑חַ (lə·šal·lê·aḥ) Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out I אָנֹכִ֗י (’ā·nō·ḵî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 595: I will plague נֹגֵ֛ף (nō·ḡêp̄) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 5062: To push, gore, defeat, stub, inflict your whole country גְּבוּלְךָ֖ (gə·ḇū·lə·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 1366: A cord, a boundary, the territory inclosed with frogs. בַּֽצְפַרְדְּעִֽים׃ (baṣ·p̄ar·də·‘îm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 6854: A marsh-leaper, frog Links Exodus 8:2 NIVExodus 8:2 NLT Exodus 8:2 ESV Exodus 8:2 NASB Exodus 8:2 KJV Exodus 8:2 BibleApps.com Exodus 8:2 Biblia Paralela Exodus 8:2 Chinese Bible Exodus 8:2 French Bible Exodus 8:2 Catholic Bible OT Law: Exodus 8:2 If you refuse to let them go (Exo. 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