KJV King James Version
And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Exodus 9:8
And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of soot from the furnace; in the sight of Pharaoh, Moses is to toss it into the air.
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh said to Moses and to Aaron, “Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the sky in the sight of Pharaoh.
ASV American Standard Version
And Jehovah said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith unto Moses and unto Aaron, ‘Take to you the fulness of your hands of soot of a furnace, and Moses hath sprinkled it towards the heavens, before the eyes of Pharaoh,
Surrounding context — Exodus 9
5 And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land.
6 And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.
7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.
8 And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.
9 And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth [with] blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.
10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth [with] blains upon man, and upon beast.
11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.
Topics connected to this verse
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayיְהוָה֮H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)מֹשֶׁ֣הH4872 · mo.shehMosesוְאֶֽל־H413 · elto(wards)אַהֲרֹן֒H175 · a.ha.ronAaronקְח֤וּH3947 · la.qachto take: takeלָכֶם֙H9036 · khemyouמְלֹ֣אH4393 · me.lofullnessחָפְנֵיכֶ֔םH2651 · cho.phenpalmפִּ֖יחַH6368 · pi.achsootכִּבְשָׁ֑ןH3536 · kiv.shankilnוּזְרָק֥וֹH2236 · za.raqto scatterמֹשֶׁ֛הH4872 · mo.shehMosesהַשָּׁמַ֖יְמָהH8064 · sha.ma.yimheavenלְעֵינֵ֥יH5869 · a.yineyeפַרְעֹֽה׃H6547 · par.ohPharaoh
HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION
Compare classic commentaries on Exodus 9:8
Put Matthew Henry, Adam Clarke, Calvin, Wesley, Barnes, Jamieson–Fausset–Brown, Aquinas’ Catena and other public-domain sources beside the passage.
Compare commentaries →