Exodus 9:9 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 9:8-12

Observe here, concerning the plague of boils and blains, I. When they were not wrought upon by the death of their cattle, God sent a plague that seized their own bodies, and touched them to the quick. If less judgments do not do their work, God will send greater. Let us therefore humble ourselves under the mighty hand of God, and go forth to meet him in the way of his judgments, that his anger may be turned away from us. II. The signal by which this plague was summoned was the sprinkling of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 9:9

And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt ,.... Which ashes, thrown up into the air, should be so multiplied and spread as to be over all the land of Egypt, and come down like showers of snow or sleet everywhere, only of a hot and scalding nature; or these handfuls of ashes were to be cast up into the air, and come down in the above manner, about Pharaoh's court, as a sign and token of what would be the case all over the kingdom: and shall be a boil breaking forth with ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 9:9

Shall be a boil - שחין shechin . This word is generally expounded, an inflammatory swelling, a burning boil; one of the most poignant afflictions, not immediately mortal, that can well affect the surface of the human body. If a single boil on any part of the body throws the whole system into a fever, what anguish must a multitude of them on the body at the same time occasion! Breaking forth with blains - אבעבעת ababuoth , supposed to come from בעה baah , to swell, bulge out;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 9:8-12

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 9:8-12

Sin punished by physical suffering, but such suffering not always a punishment for sin. God has many weapons in his quiver wherewith to chastise sin. One of them is physical pain. He can cause the limbs to ache, the temples to throb, the blood to be inflamed, the breathing to labour, the head to be racked, the nerves to thrill and tingle—the whole body, from the sole of the foot to the crown of the head, to be nothing but a mass of "wounds and bruises, and putrifying sores." There is no... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 9:8-12

The sixth plague-the boils and blains. Only the barest conjectures are possible as to why these ashes of the furnace were taken as materials whence to draw this sixth plague. If we look at the first two plagues we see that they come out of the water. The next plague, that of the gnats, comes out of the dust of the earth, and the flies may be taken as having the same origin. The murrain probably arose through a vitiating change in the food of the animals; and here again we are directed to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 9:8-12

I. The Sixth Plague. THE MEANS USED . Ashes were taken from the brick-kiln in which the Israelites toiled, and in Pharaoh's presence sprinkled in mute appeal toward heaven. The memorials of oppression lifted up before God will fall in anguish upon the oppressors ( James 5:1-5 ). The French Revolution and the ages of giant wrong that had gone before. American slavery and its punishment. II. THE SUDDENNESS OF THE INFLICTION . There was no warning. The dust was cast... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 9:8-13

The plague of boils and blains. This plague, like the third, was unannounced. God varies his methods. There was need for some token being given of God's severe displeasure at Pharaoh's gross abuse of his goodness and forbearance. This plaque is distinguished from the rest by being introduced with a significant action. I. THE ACTION INTRODUCING THE PLAGUE ( Exodus 9:8-10 ). Hitherto the only actions employed had been the stretching out of Aaron's rod, and in the case of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 9:9

It shall become small dust . Rather, "It shall be as dust." No physical change is intended by the expression used, but simply that the "soot" or "ash" should be spread by the air throughout all Egypt, as dust was wont to be spread. And shall be a boil breaking forth with blains . Literally, "an inflammation, begetting pustules." The description would apply to almost any eruptive disease. The attempts definitely to determine what exactly the malady was, seem to be futile—more especially as... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 9:9

A boil - Means probably a burning tumor or carbuncle breaking out in pustulous ulcers. The miracle consisting in the severity of the plague and its direct connection with the act of Moses. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 9:8-12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 9:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 9:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 9:8-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 9:8-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 9:8-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 9:8-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 9:8-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 9:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 9:9

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