Exodus · Bible in Basic English
Exodus 8 Bible in Basic English
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1 And this is what the Lord said to Moses: Go to Pharaoh and say to him, The Lord says, Let my people go so that they may give me worship.
1 ENTONCES Jehová dijo á Moisés: Entra á Faraón, y dile: Jehová ha dicho así: Deja ir á mi pueblo, para que me sirvan.
2 And if you will not let them go, see, I will send frogs into every part of your land:
2 Y si no lo quisieres dejar ir, he aquí yo heriré con ranas todos tus términos:
3 The Nile will be full of frogs, and they will come up into your house and into your bedrooms and on your bed, and into the houses of your servants and your people, and into your ovens and into your bread-basins.
3 Y el río criará ranas, las cuales subirán, y entrarán en tu casa, y en la cámara de tu cama, y sobre tu cama, y en las casas de tus siervos, y en tu pueblo, y en tus hornos, y en tus artesas:
4 The frogs will come up over you and your people and all your servants.
4 Y las ranas subirán sobre ti, y sobre tu pueblo, y sobre todos tus siervos.
5 And the Lord said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Let the rod in your hand be stretched out over the streams and the waterways and the pools, causing frogs to come up on the land of Egypt.
5 Y Jehová dijo á Moisés: Di á Aarón: Extiende tu mano con tu vara sobre los ríos, arroyos, y estanques, para que haga venir ranas sobre la tierra de Egipto.
6 And when Aaron put out his hand over the waters of Egypt, the frogs came up and all the land of Egypt was covered with them.
6 Entonces Aarón extendió su mano sobre las aguas de Egipto, y subieron ranas que cubrieron la tierra de Egipto.
7 And the wonder-workers did the same with their secret arts, making frogs come up over the land of Egypt.
7 Y los encantadores hicieron lo mismo con sus encantamientos, é hicieron venir ranas sobre la tierra de Egipto.
8 Then Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron and said, Make prayer to the Lord that he will take away these frogs from me and my people; and I will let the people go and make their offering to the Lord.
8 Entonces Faraón llamó á Moisés y á Aarón, y díjoles: Orad á Jehová que quite las ranas de mí y de mi pueblo; y dejaré ir al pueblo, para que sacrifique á Jehová.
9 And Moses said, I will let you have the honour of saying when I am to make prayer for you and your servants and your people, that the frogs may be sent away from you and your houses, and be only in the Nile.
9 Y dijo Moisés á Faraón: Gloríate sobre mí: ¿cuándo oraré por ti, y por tus siervos, y por tu pueblo, para que las ranas sean quitadas de ti, y de tus casas, y que solamente se queden en el río?
10 And he said, By tomorrow. And he said, Let it be as you say: so that you may see that there is no other like the Lord our God.
10 Y él dijo: Mañana. Y [Moisés] respondió: Se hará conforme á tu palabra, para que conozcas que no hay como Jehová nuestro Dios:
11 And the frogs will be gone from you and from your houses and from your servants and from your people and will be only in the Nile.
11 Y las ranas se irán de ti, y de tus casas, y de tus siervos, y de tu pueblo, y solamente se quedarán en el río.
12 Then Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh; and Moses made prayer to the Lord about the frogs which he had sent on Pharaoh.
12 Entonces salieron Moisés y Aarón de con Faraón, y clamó Moisés á Jehová sobre el negocio de las ranas que había puesto á Faraón.
13 And the Lord did as Moses said; and there was an end of all the frogs in the houses and in the open spaces and in the fields.
13 E hizo Jehová conforme á la palabra de Moisés, y murieron las ranas de las casas, de los cortijos, y de los campos.
14 And they put them together in masses, and a bad smell went up from the land.
14 Y las juntaron en montones, y apestaban la tierra.
15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was peace for a time, he made his heart hard and did not give ear to them, as the Lord had said.
15 Y viendo Faraón que le habían dado reposo, agravó su corazón, y no los escuchó; como Jehová lo había dicho.
16 And the Lord said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Let your rod be stretched out over the dust of the earth so that it may become insects through all the land of Egypt.
16 Entonces Jehová dijo á Moisés: Di á Aarón: Extiende tu vara, y hiere el polvo de la tierra, para que se vuelva piojos por todo el país de Egipto.
17 And they did so; and Aaron, stretching out the rod in his hand, gave a touch to the dust of the earth, and insects came on man and on beast; all the dust of the earth was changed into insects through all the land of Egypt.
17 Y ellos lo hicieron así; y Aarón extendió su mano con su vara, é hirió el polvo de la tierra, el cual se volvió piojos, así en los hombres como en las bestias: todo el polvo de la tierra se volvió piojos en todo el país de Egipto.
18 And the wonder-workers with their secret arts, attempting to make insects, were unable to do so: and there were insects on man and on beast.
18 Y los encantadores hicieron así también, para sacar piojos con sus encantamientos; mas no pudieron. Y había piojos así en los hombres como en las bestias.
19 Then the wonder-workers said to Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: but Pharaoh's heart was hard, and he did not give ear to them, as the Lord had said.
19 Entonces los magos dijeron á Faraón: Dedo de Dios es este. Mas el corazón de Faraón se endureció, y no los escuchó; como Jehová lo había dicho.
20 And the Lord said to Moses, Get up early in the morning and take your place before Pharaoh when he comes out to the water; and say to him, This is what the Lord says: Let my people go to give me worship.
20 Y Jehová dijo á Moisés: Levántate de mañana y ponte delante de Faraón, he aquí él sale á las aguas; y dile: Jehová ha dicho así: Deja ir á mi pueblo, para que me sirva.
21 For if you do not let my people go, see, I will send clouds of flies on you and on your servants and on your people and into their houses; and the houses of the Egyptians and the land where they are will be full of flies.
21 Porque si no dejares ir á mi pueblo, he aquí yo enviaré sobre ti, y sobre tus siervos, y sobre tu pueblo, y sobre tus casas toda suerte de moscas; y las casas de los Egipcios se henchirán de toda suerte de moscas, y asimismo la tierra donde ellos estuvieren.
22 And at that time I will make a division between your land and the land of Goshen where my people are, and no flies will be there; so that you may see that I am the Lord over all the earth.
22 Y aquel día yo apartaré la tierra de Gosén, en la cual mi pueblo habita, para que ninguna suerte de moscas haya en ella; á fin de que sepas que yo soy Jehová en medio de la tierra.
23 And I will put a division between my people and your people; tomorrow this sign will be seen.
23 Y yo pondré redención entre mi pueblo y el tuyo. Mañana será esta señal.
24 And the Lord did so; and great clouds of flies came into the house of Pharaoh and into his servants' houses, and all the land of Egypt was made waste because of the flies.
24 Y Jehová lo hizo así: que vino toda suerte de moscas molestísimas sobre la casa de Faraón, y sobre las casas de sus siervos, y sobre todo el país de Egipto; y la tierra fué corrompida á causa de ellas.
25 And Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron and said, Go and make your offering to your God here in the land.
25 Entonces Faraón llamó á Moisés y á Aarón, y díjoles: Andad, sacrificad á vuestro Dios en la tierra.
26 And Moses said, It is not right to do so; for we make our offerings of that to which the Egyptians give worship; and if we do so before their eyes, certainly we will be stoned.
26 Y Moisés respondió: No conviene que hagamos así, porque sacrificaríamos á Jehová nuestro Dios la abominación de los Egipcios. He aquí, si sacrificáramos la abominación de los Egipcios delante de ellos, ¿no nos apedrearían?
27 But we will go three days' journey into the waste land and make an offering to the Lord our God as he may give us orders.
27 Camino de tres días iremos por el desierto, y sacrificaremos á Jehová nuestro Dios, como él nos dirá.
28 Then Pharaoh said, I will let you go to make an offering to the Lord your God in the waste land; but do not go very far away, and make prayer for me.
28 Y dijo Faraón: Yo os dejaré ir para que sacrifiquéis á Jehová vuestro Dios en el desierto, con tal que no vayáis más lejos: orad por mí.
29 And Moses said, When I go out from you I will make prayer to the Lord that the cloud of flies may go away from Pharaoh and from his people and from his servants tomorrow: only let Pharaoh no longer by deceit keep back the people from making their offering to the Lord.
29 Y respondió Moisés: He aquí, en saliendo yo de contigo, rogaré á Jehová que las diversas suertes de moscas se vayan de Faraón, y de sus siervos, y de su pueblo mañana; con tal que Faraón no falte más, no dejando ir al pueblo á sacrificar á Jehová.
30 Then Moses went out from Pharaoh and made prayer to the Lord.
30 Entonces Moisés salió de con Faraón, y oró á Jehová.
31 And the Lord did as Moses said, and took away the cloud of flies from Pharaoh and from his servants and from his people; not one was to be seen.
31 Y Jehová hizo conforme á la palabra de Moisés; y quitó todas aquellas moscas de Faraón, y de sus siervos, y de su pueblo, sin que quedara una.
32 But again Pharaoh made his heart hard and did not let the people go.
32 Mas Faraón agravó aún esta vez su corazón, y no dejó ir al pueblo.
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Aaron
Moses' brother and spokesman, Israel's first high priest.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 4–40; Leviticus 8–10
Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Cross references (30)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Exodus 3:18; Exodus 3:12; Exodus 5:1; Jeremiah 1:17–19; Ezekiel 2:6–7
- 2 Exodus 7:14; Psalm 78:45; Exodus 9:2; Revelation 16:13–14; Psalm 105:30
- 3 Psalm 105:30; Exodus 12:34
- 4 Isaiah 19:11; Psalm 107:40; Isaiah 23:9; Acts 12:22–23; Daniel 4:37
- 5 Exodus 7:19
- 6 Psalm 105:30; Psalm 78:45; Leviticus 11:12; Revelation 16:13
- 7 Exodus 7:11; Exodus 7:22; 2 Timothy 3:8; Deuteronomy 13:1–3; Matthew 24:24
- 8 Exodus 10:17; Exodus 9:28; Exodus 8:25–28; Numbers 21:7; Exodus 12:31–32
- 9 Judges 7:2; 1 Kings 18:25; Isaiah 10:15
- 10 Psalm 86:8; 2 Samuel 7:22; Isaiah 46:9; 1 Chronicles 17:20; Deuteronomy 33:26
- 11 Exodus 8:3; Exodus 8:9
- 12 James 5:16–18; Exodus 10:18; 1 Samuel 12:23; Exodus 8:30; Exodus 9:33
- 13 Deuteronomy 34:10–12
- 14 Exodus 7:21; Isaiah 34:2; Exodus 8:24; Joel 2:20; Ezekiel 39:11
- 15 Ecclesiastes 8:11; Isaiah 26:10; Hebrews 3:15; Exodus 7:4; Hebrews 3:8
- 16 Exodus 8:5; Exodus 8:17
- 17 Psalm 105:31; Isaiah 23:9; Acts 12:23
- 18 Exodus 7:11; Exodus 9:11; Daniel 5:8; Daniel 4:7; Luke 10:18
- 19 Luke 11:20; Psalm 8:3; Matthew 12:28; Exodus 7:5; Acts 4:16
- 20 Exodus 7:15; Exodus 9:13; Exodus 3:18; Exodus 8:1
- 21 Psalm 78:45; Isaiah 7:18; Psalm 105:31
- 22 Exodus 9:4; Malachi 3:18; Exodus 10:23; Exodus 9:6; Ezekiel 30:19
- 24 Psalm 78:45; Psalm 105:31; Exodus 8:21
- 25 Exodus 8:8; Exodus 9:27; Exodus 10:16; Exodus 12:31; Revelation 3:9
- 26 Genesis 43:32; Genesis 46:34; Isaiah 44:19; Exodus 3:18; 1 Kings 11:5–7
- 27 Exodus 3:18; Exodus 3:12; Exodus 5:1; Exodus 10:26; Exodus 34:11
- 28 Exodus 8:8; Exodus 9:28; 1 Kings 13:6; Acts 8:24; Exodus 10:17
- 29 Exodus 8:15; Jeremiah 42:20–21; Exodus 8:8; Galatians 6:7; Acts 5:3–4
- 30 Exodus 8:12; James 5:16; Exodus 9:33
- 32 Exodus 8:15; Exodus 4:21; Romans 2:5; Isaiah 63:17; Acts 28:26–27
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… us; we understand consistently with this, that, in this place, the books of both Testaments are called "the heavens." Now it is said too of Moses himself, by the magicians of king Pharaoh, when they were conquered by him, "This is the finger of God." And what is written, "The heavens shall be rolled up as a book." Although it …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
… Egyptians, shall we dare to say that the water also was turned into blood by means of those same angels, and that frogs were created by means of the same, the like whereunto even the magicians of Pharaoh were able to make by their enchantments; so as that evil angels stood on both sides, on the one side afflicting them, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
For whence was it that the magicians of Pharaoh could by no means make lice? Was it not because even these same evil angels were not suffered to do this?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)