KJV King James Version
He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, [and] lice in all their coasts.
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Psalm 105:31
He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, [and] lice in all their coasts.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He spoke, and insects swarmed—gnats throughout their country.
WEB World English Bible
He spoke, and swarms of flies came, and lice in all their borders.
ASV American Standard Version
He spake, and there came swarms of flies, And lice in all their borders.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
He hath said, and the beetle cometh, Lice into all their border.
Surrounding context — Psalm 105
28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.
31 He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, [and] lice in all their coasts.
32 He gave them hail for rain, [and] flaming fire in their land.
33 He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.
34 He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
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Exodus 8:21-24Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms [of flies] upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms [of flies], and also the ground whereon they [are].Psalm 78:45He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.Exodus 8:16-18And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.Isaiah 7:18And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the LORD shall hiss for the fly that [is] in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that [is] in the land of Assyria.
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