Exodus 8:21

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“But if you will not let My people go, I will send swarms of flies upon you and your officials and your people and your houses. The houses of the Egyptians and even the ground where they stand will be full of flies.”

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BSBPD

“But if you will not let My people go, I will send swarms of flies upon you and your officials and your people and your houses. The houses of the Egyptians and even the ground where they stand will be full of flies.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“for, if thou art not sending My people away, lo, I am sending against thee, and against thy servants, and against thy people, and against thy houses, the beetle, and the houses of the Egyptians have been full of the beetle, and also the ground on which they are.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Exodus 8:21 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 78:45He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them.
  2. Psalms 105:31He spoke, and insects swarmed— gnats throughout their country.
  3. Isaiah 7:18On that day the LORD will whistle to the flies at the farthest streams of the Nile and to the bees in the land of Assyria.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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