And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.
Parallel translations
- WEB They gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank.
- BSB They were piled into countless heaps, and there was a terrible stench in the land.
- NKJV They gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank.
- NASB So they piled them in heaps, and the land stank.
- NLT The Egyptians piled them into great heaps, and a terrible stench filled the land.
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Quick answer
The dead frogs are heaped up and the land stinks. The relief leaves behind a reminder of the plague's reality.
Overview
The piles of decaying frogs filling the land with stench show that even ended judgments leave lasting marks. The deliverance does not erase the memory of what disobedience brought. This lingering consequence warns that sin's effects often outlast the moment of relief, urging hearts not to presume on grace but to turn fully to the Lord who alone can cleanse and restore.
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- Ezek 39:11And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.
- Exod 8:24And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants’ houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.
- Joel 2:20But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.
- Isa 34:2For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.
- Exod 7:21And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.
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