Lectionary Calendar
Wednesday, August 27th, 2025
the Week of Proper 16 / Ordinary 21
the Week of Proper 16 / Ordinary 21
video advertismenet
advertisement
advertisement
advertisement
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!
Click here to join the effort!
Read the Bible
The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible
Exodus 8:14
The people piled them into countless heaps, and there was a terrible stench in the land.
Jump to:Bible Study Tools • Parallel Bible Verse • Bible Contextual Overview • Bible Cross-References • Gill's Bible Notes • Clarke's Bible Notes
Bible Study Resources
Concordances:
- Nave'sDictionaries:
- EastonEncyclopedias:
- CondensedParallel Translations
Hebrew Names Version
They gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank.
They gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank.
King James Version
And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.
And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.
Lexham English Bible
And they piled them in countless heaps, and the land stank.
And they piled them in countless heaps, and the land stank.
New Century Version
The Egyptians put them in piles, and the whole country began to stink.
The Egyptians put them in piles, and the whole country began to stink.
New English Translation
The Egyptians piled them in countless heaps, and the land stank.
The Egyptians piled them in countless heaps, and the land stank.
Amplified Bible
So they piled them up in heaps, and the land was detestable and stank.
So they piled them up in heaps, and the land was detestable and stank.
New American Standard Bible
So they piled them in heaps, and the land stank.
So they piled them in heaps, and the land stank.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And they gathered the together by heaps, and the land stanke of them.
And they gathered the together by heaps, and the land stanke of them.
Legacy Standard Bible
So they piled them in heaps, and the land became foul.
So they piled them in heaps, and the land became foul.
Contemporary English Version
The dead frogs were placed in piles, and the whole country began to stink.
The dead frogs were placed in piles, and the whole country began to stink.
Complete Jewish Bible
The magicians tried with their secret arts to produce lice, but they couldn't. There were lice on people and animals.
The magicians tried with their secret arts to produce lice, but they couldn't. There were lice on people and animals.
Darby Translation
And they gathered them in heaps; and the land stank.
And they gathered them in heaps; and the land stank.
Easy-to-Read Version
They began to rot, and the whole country began to stink.
They began to rot, and the whole country began to stink.
English Standard Version
And they gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank.
And they gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank.
George Lamsa Translation
And they gathered them together in heaps; and the land stank.
And they gathered them together in heaps; and the land stank.
Good News Translation
The Egyptians piled them up in great heaps, until the land stank with them.
The Egyptians piled them up in great heaps, until the land stank with them.
Christian Standard Bible®
They piled them in countless heaps, and there was a terrible odor in the land.
They piled them in countless heaps, and there was a terrible odor in the land.
Literal Translation
And they gathered them in heaps and heaps; and the land stunk.
And they gathered them in heaps and heaps; and the land stunk.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& they gathered the together, here an heape, & there an heape, & the lande stanke of them.
& they gathered the together, here an heape, & there an heape, & the lande stanke of them.
American Standard Version
And they gathered them together in heaps; and the land stank.
And they gathered them together in heaps; and the land stank.
Bible in Basic English
And they put them together in masses, and a bad smell went up from the land.
And they put them together in masses, and a bad smell went up from the land.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they gathered them together vpon heapes, and the lande had an euill smell [through them.]
And they gathered them together vpon heapes, and the lande had an euill smell [through them.]
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the magicians did so with their secret arts to bring forth gnats, but they could not; and there were gnats upon man, and upon beast.
And the magicians did so with their secret arts to bring forth gnats, but they could not; and there were gnats upon man, and upon beast.
King James Version (1611)
And they gathered them together vpon heapes, and the land stanke.
And they gathered them together vpon heapes, and the land stanke.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank.
And they gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank.
English Revised Version
And they gathered them together in heaps: and the land stank.
And they gathered them together in heaps: and the land stank.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and thei gaderiden tho in to grete heepis, and the lond was rotun.
and thei gaderiden tho in to grete heepis, and the lond was rotun.
Young's Literal Translation
and they heap them up together, and the land stinketh.
and they heap them up together, and the land stinketh.
Update Bible Version
And they gathered them together in heaps; and the land stank.
And they gathered them together in heaps; and the land stank.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they gathered them into heaps: and the land was offensive in smell.
And they gathered them into heaps: and the land was offensive in smell.
World English Bible
They gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank.
They gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank.
New King James Version
They gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank.
They gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank.
New Living Translation
The Egyptians piled them into great heaps, and a terrible stench filled the land.
The Egyptians piled them into great heaps, and a terrible stench filled the land.
New Life Bible
The people gathered them together, and the land had a bad smell.
The people gathered them together, and the land had a bad smell.
New Revised Standard
And they gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank.
And they gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and they piled them up, heaps - heaps, - and the land became loathsome.
and they piled them up, heaps - heaps, - and the land became loathsome.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they gathered them together into immense heaps, and the land was corrupted.
And they gathered them together into immense heaps, and the land was corrupted.
Revised Standard Version
And they gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank.
And they gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So they piled them in heaps, and the land became foul.
So they piled them in heaps, and the land became foul.
Contextual Overview
1Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD says: 'Let My people go, so that they may worship Me. 2But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs. 3The Nile will teem with frogs, and they will come into your palace and up to your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and your people, and into your ovens and kneading bowls. 4The frogs will come up on you and your people and all your officials.'" 5And the LORD said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers and canals and ponds, and cause the frogs to come up onto the land of Egypt.'" 6So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt. 7But the magicians did the same thing by their magic arts, and they also brought frogs up onto the land of Egypt. 8Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD." 9Moses said to Pharaoh, "You may have the honor over me. When shall I pray for you and your officials and your people that the frogs (except for those in the Nile) may be taken away from you and your houses?" 10"Tomorrow," Pharaoh answered. "It will be as you say," Moses replied, "so that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
and the: Exodus 8:24, Exodus 7:21, Isaiah 34:2, Ezekiel 39:11, Joel 2:20
Cross-References
Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
Genesis 8:13
In Noah's six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the water had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.
In Noah's six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the water had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.
Genesis 8:14
By the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the earth was fully dry.
By the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the earth was fully dry.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And they gathered them together upon heaps,.... Swept them up, and laid them in heaps out of the way:
and the land stank; with the stench of the dead frogs, which was another proof and evidence of the reality of the miracle; and that dead frogs will cause such an ill smell appears from the above account of what befell the inhabitants of Paeonia and Dardania, unless that should be the same with this, only the names of places and some circumstances altered; :-.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Exodus 8:14. They gathered them together upon heaps — The killing of the frogs was a mitigation of the punishment; but the leaving them to rot in the land was a continual proof that such a plague had taken place, and that the displeasure of the Lord still continued.
The conjecture of Calmet is at least rational: he supposes that the plague of flies originated from the plague of frogs; that the former deposited their ova in the putrid masses, and that from these the innumerable swarms afterwards mentioned were hatched. In vindication of this supposition it may be observed, that God never works a miracle when the end can be accomplished by merely natural means; and in the operations of Divine providence we always find that the greatest number of effects possible are accomplished by the fewest causes. As therefore the natural means for this fourth plague had been miraculously provided by the second, the Divine Being had a right to use the instruments which he had already prepared.
