Exodus 9:8 — compare English translations
Compare translationsExodus 9:8 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
יְהוָה֮
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
מֹשֶׁ֣ה
Môsheh
H4872
Moses
וְאֶֽל
ʼêl
H413
to
אַהֲרֹן֒
ʼAhărôwn
H175
Aaron
קְח֤וּ
lâqach
H3947
to take
לָכֶם֙
מְלֹ֣א
mᵉlôʼ
H4393
fulness
חָפְנֵיכֶ֔ם
chôphen
H2651
hollow of hand
פִּ֖יחַ
pîyach
H6368
soot
כִּבְשָׁ֑ן
kibshân
H3536
kiln
וּזְרָק֥וֹ
zâraq
H2236
to scatter
מֹשֶׁ֛ה
Môsheh
H4872
Moses
הַשָּׁמַ֖יְמָה
shâmayim
H8064
heaven
לְעֵינֵ֥י
ʻayin
H5869
eye
פַרְעֹֽה
Parʻôh
H6547
Pharaoh
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World English Bible Public Domain
Yahweh said to Moses and to Aaron, "Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the sky in the sight of Pharaoh.
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King James Version Public Domain
And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And Yahweh said to Moses and to Aaron, “Take to you a fullness of both your hands of ash of a furnace. And Moses shall sprinkle it toward heaven before the eyes of Pharaoh.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).