So Moses stretched out his rod over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind on the land all that day and all that night. When it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
Parallel translations
- WEB Moses stretched out his rod over the land of Egypt, and Yahweh brought an east wind on the land all that day, and all night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
- KJV And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
- BSB So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and throughout that day and night the LORD sent an east wind across the land. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts.
- NASB So Moses reached out with his staff over the land of Egypt, and the Lord directed an east wind on the land all that day and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
- NLT So Moses raised his staff over Egypt, and the Lord caused an east wind to blow over the land all that day and through the night. When morning arrived, the east wind had brought the locusts.
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Quick answer
Moses obeys and God brings an east wind that carries the locusts by morning. God uses natural forces to accomplish his purpose.
Overview
The east wind shows God employing ordinary means, the weather, to bring a supernatural judgment. The timing and direction are entirely under his control, confirming his sovereignty over creation. The day-and-night progression heightens the sense of inexorable judgment. God's mastery of wind and creature alike contrasts with Egypt's helpless gods.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Gen 41:6Behold, seven heads of grain, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.
- Jonah 1:4But Yahweh sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty storm on the sea, so that the ship was likely to break up.
- Ps 105:34He spoke, and the locusts came, and the grasshoppers, without number,
- Matt 8:27The men marveled, saying, “What kind of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”
- Ps 78:26He caused the east wind to blow in the sky. By his power he guided the south wind.
- Exod 14:21Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and Yahweh caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
- Ps 107:25–28For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up its waves.
- Jonah 4:8When the sun arose, God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah’s head, so that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
- Ps 148:8lightning and hail, snow and clouds; stormy wind, fulfilling his word;
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