KJV King James Version
And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, [even] all that the hail hath left.
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Exodus 10:12
And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, [even] all that the hail hath left.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt, so that the locusts may swarm over it and devour every plant in the land—everything that the hail has left behind.”
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up on the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail has left.”
ASV American Standard Version
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith unto Moses, ‘Stretch out thy hand against the land of Egypt for the locust, and it goeth up against the land of Egypt, and doth eat every herb of the land—all that the hail hath left.’
Surrounding context — Exodus 10
9 And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we [must hold] a feast unto the LORD.
10 And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look [to it]; for evil [is] before you.
11 Not so: go now ye [that are] men, and serve the LORD; for that ye did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.
12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, [even] all that the hail hath left.
13 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.
14 And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous [were they]; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.
15 For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayיְהוָ֜הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)מֹשֶׁ֗הH4872 · mo.shehMosesנְטֵ֨הH5186 · na.tahto stretchיָדְךָ֜H3027 · yadhandעַל־H5921 · aluponאֶ֤רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetמִצְרַ֙יִם֙H4714 · mits.ra.yimEgyptבָּֽאַרְבֶּ֔הH697 · ar.behlocustוְיַ֖עַלH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseעַל־H5921 · aluponאֶ֣רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetמִצְרָ֑יִםH4714 · mits.ra.yimEgyptוְיֹאכַל֙H398 · a.khalto eatאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolallעֵ֣שֶׂבH6212 · e.sevvegetationהָאָ֔רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetאֵ֛תH853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolallאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichהִשְׁאִ֖ירH7604 · sha.arto remainהַבָּרָֽד׃H1259 · ba.radhail
Cross-references
Exodus 7:19And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and [that] there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in [vessels of] wood, and in [vessels of] stone.Exodus 10:4-5Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:
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