He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
Parallel translations
- KJV He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
- BSB He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them.
- NKJV He sent swarms of flies among them, which devoured them, And frogs, which destroyed them.
- NASB He sent swarms of flies among them that devoured them, And frogs that destroyed them.
- NLT He sent vast swarms of flies to consume them and hordes of frogs to ruin them.
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- Exod 8:21–24Else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you, and on your servants, and on your people, and into your houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.
- Exod 8:2–15If you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your borders with frogs:
- Ps 105:30–31Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the rooms of their kings.
- Rev 16:3The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became blood as of a dead man. Every living thing in the sea died.
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