Exodus 9:9 NIV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 9:8-10

Exodus 9:8-10. Take you handfuls of the ashes of the furnace Sometimes God shows men their sin in their punishment. They had oppressed Israel in the furnaces, and now the ashes of the furnace are made as much a terror to them as ever their task masters had been to the Israelites. “The matter of this plague,” says Ainsworth, “is from the fire, which also being one of the elements they deified, is here made the instrument of evil to them, and reclaimed by Jehovah to his service, in punishment... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 9:1-35

Nine plagues (7:14-10:29)The timing, intensity and extent of these plagues show clearly that they were sent by God. It also seems fairly clear that God used the physical characteristics of the Nile valley to produce them.When the first plague struck, it polluted all the water in the Nile and in the irrigation canals and reservoirs connected with it, resulting in all the fish dying. As the dead fish floated to the banks they would force the frogs out of the water, thereby producing the second... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 9:9

man . Hebrew. 'adam, with art. = mankind. beast . Other than those "in the field", Exodus 9:3 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 9:8-12

PLAGUE VI"And Jehovah said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward heaven in the sight of Pharaoh. And it shall become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt. And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 9:9

Exodus 9:9. A boil breaking forth with blains— This should be rendered, an inflammation breaking forth into blains; for blains generally arise from inflammations, and more usually break forth into boils, than boils into them: but if by boil we understand, with Johnson, only a sore angry swelling, it may then be very proper; for the original, word שׁחין shechin, signifies an inflammatory swelling. Bishop Patrick observes, that "the ashes, which they strewed into the air, came down a small fleet,... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 9:8-12

Boils (the sixth plague) 9:8-12The "soot from a kiln" (Exodus 9:8) was significant in two respects. First, the soot was black and symbolized the blackness of skin in the disease linking the cause with the effect. Second, the kiln was probably one of the furnaces in which the Israelites baked bricks for Pharaoh as his slaves. These furnaces became a symbol of Israel’s slavery (Exodus 1:14; Exodus 5:7-19). God turned the suffering of the Israelites in the furnace of Egypt so that they and what... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 9:1-35

The Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Plagues1-7. The Fifth Plague:—Murrain, i.e. cattle plague.Visitations of cattle plague are not uncommon in Egypt. An outbreak in 1842 carried off 40,000 oxen. The miraculous nature of the plague recorded here consisted in its occurring at a set time (Exodus 9:5), and in the exemption of the cattle of the Israelites, and of the cattle that were housed. This plague was, so far, the most destructive in its effects, entailing a much more serious loss of property than... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 9:8-10

THE SIXTH PLAGUE.(8-10) Here, again, there is little question of what the plague was. Doubts may be entertained as to its exact character, and its proper medical designation, but all agree, and cannot but agree, that it was a visitation of the bodies of men with a severe cutaneous disorder, accompanied by pustules or ulcers. It was not announced beforehand to the Egyptians, nor were they allowed the opportunity of escaping it. Like the third plague, it was altogether of the nature of a... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Exodus 9:1-35

The Longsuffering of God (for Holy Week) Exodus 9:13 How solemn is the week the Holy Week upon which we have entered. The Church brings before our minds today some wonderful teaching concerning our own spiritual life. The record of God's dealings with Pharaoh will afford us sufficient material for our meditation. I. The Longsuffering of God towards Sinners. Pharaoh had been insolent and blasphemous, cruel and vindictive, pitiless and false. Yet God had spared him. So longsuffering was He,... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Exodus 9:8-12

THE SIXTH PLAGUE.Exodus 9:8-12.At the close of the second triplet, as of the first, stands a plague without a warning, but not without the clearest connection between the blow and Him who deals it.To the Jews Egypt was a furnace in which they were being consumed--whether literally in human sacrifice, or metaphorically in the hard labour which wasted them (Deuteronomy 4:20). And now the brothers were commanded to fill both hands with ashes of the furnace and throw them upon the wind,[16] either... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 9:8-10

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 9:1-35

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 9:9

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 9:8-12

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 9:9

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 9:8-12

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 9:1-35

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 9:8-10

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Exodus 9:1-35

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Exodus 9:8-12

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