KJV King James Version
He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
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Psalm 78:45
He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them.
WEB World English Bible
He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
ASV American Standard Version
He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; And frogs, which destroyed them.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
He sendeth among them the beetle, and it consumeth them, And the frog, and it destroyeth them,
Surrounding context — Psalm 78
42 They remembered not his hand, [nor] the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:
44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
45 He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
46 He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.
47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.
48 He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
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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].Exodus 8:2-15And if thou refuse to let [them] go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs:Psalm 105:30-31Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.Revelation 16:3And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead [man]: and every living soul died in the sea.
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