King James Version

Exodus 8:7

And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Exodus 8:3.

וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּvayaasvand doעָשָׂהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and do”, the next action in the storyH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…כֵ֥ןkhenas... asכֵּןadverb — “as... as”H3651properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)[phrase] after that (this, -ward, -wards), as... as, [phrase] (for-) asmuch as yet, [phrase] be (for which) cause, [phrase] following, howbeit, in (the) like (manner, -wise), [idiom] the more, right, (even) so, state, straightway, such (th…הַֽחֲרְטֻמִּ֖יםhachartumimthe magicianחַרְטֹםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the magician”, the ordinary formH2748a horoscopist (as drawing magical lines or circles)magician.בְּלָטֵיהֶ֑םbelateyhemin enchantmentלָטpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in enchantment”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3909properly, covered, i.e. secret; by implication, incantation; also secrecy or (adverb) covertlyenchantment, privily, secretly, softly.וַיַּעֲל֥וּvayaalvand ascend upעָלָהconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and ascend up”, the next action in the storyH5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurativearise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make t…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֖יםhatsfardeimthe frogצְפַרְדֵּעַdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “the frog”, the ordinary formH6854a marsh-leaper, i.e. frogfrog.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…אֶ֥רֶץeretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “earth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.מִצְרָֽיִםmitsrayimEgyptמִצְרַיִםnoun, proper name — “Egypt”H4714Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower EgyptEgypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(8-3) And the magicians did in like manner with their secret arts, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the magicians did in like manner with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the scribes do so with their flashings, and cause the frogs to come up against the land of Egypt.

World English Bible

The magicians did the same thing with their enchantments, and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt.

Darby Translation

And the scribes did so with their sorceries, and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt.

Douay-Rheims

And the magicians also by their enchantments did in like manner, and the brought forth frogs upon all the land of Egypt.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(8-3) And the magicians did in like manner with their secret arts, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the charmers of the Egyptians also did likewise with their sorceries, and brought up the frogs on the land of Egypt.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐποίησαν δὲ ὡσαύτως καὶ οἱ ἐπαοιδοὶ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων ταῖς φαρμακίαις αὐτῶν, καὶ ἀνήγαγον τοὺς βατράχους ἐπὶ γῆν Αἰγύπτου.