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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 10:14

And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous [were they]; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.

Ver. 14. And the locusts went up.] As a formidable army. See a graphical description of a like plague threatened in Joel 2:4,11 .

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See also Exodus 10:14 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Exodus 10:14. _BEFORE THEM THERE WERE NO SUCH LOCUSTS, C._] They exceeded all that went before, or were since, in _number_, and in the _devastations_ they produced. Probably both these things ar...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    WENT UP - At a distance the locusts appear hanging, as it were, like a heavy cloud over the land; as they approach they seem to rise, and they fill the atmosphere overhead upon their arrival. OVER AL...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 10 THE EIGHTH AND NINTH PLAGUES _ 1. The eighth plague: locusts (Exodus 10:1)_ 2. Pharaoh's renewed confession and refusal (Exodus 10:16) 3. The ninth plague: darkness (Exodus 10:21) 4. Ph...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    EXODUS 7:14 TO EXODUS 12:36. THE TEN PLAGUES. How deeply this series of events imprinted itself on the mind and heart of the nation is shown by the fulness with which the three sources report them. J...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    8°. A LOCUST SWARM (Exodus 10:1 J; Exodus 10:12 a, Egypt, E; Exodus 10:13 b J; Exodus 10:14 a E;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _went up_ CAME _up_(_v._12). _borders_(Heb. _border_)] i.e. _territory_, as Exodus 8:2; Exodus 10:4; Exodus 10:19 (cf. p. 56). _grievous_...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Exodus 7:14 to Exodus 11:5 _The first nine Plagues_ The narrative of the Plagues, like that of the preceding Chapter s, is composite. The details of the analysis depend partly upon literary criteria...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The _eighth_plague. The locusts. From J, with short passages from E....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    VERY GRIEVOUS— The Vulgate renders it _innumerable;_ and so the original word sometimes signifies. But it seems here rendered, more properly, and more agreeable to the context, _grievous._...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    The Text of EXODUS TRANSLATION 10 And Je-ho-vah said unto Mo-ses, Go in unto Pha-raoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servant, that I may show these my signs in the midst of them,...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THE LOCUSTS WENT UP OVER ALL THE LAND OF EGYPT, AND RESTED IN ALL THE COASTS OF EGYPT: VERY GRIEVOUS WERE THEY; BEFORE THEM THERE WERE NO SUCH LOCUSTS AS THEY, NEITHER AFTER THEM SHALL BE SUCH._...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    10:14 grievous; (c-21) Some read 'in enormous quantity,' lit. 'very heavy.' It might read 'a terrible scourge.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE EIGHTH AND NINTH PLAGUES 1-20. The Eighth Plague:—Locusts....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 10 *PLAGUE NUMBER 8: *LOCUSTS – VERSES 1-20 MOSES WARNS *PHARAOH AGAI...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE LOCUSTS WENT UP OVER ALL THE LAND OF EGYPT. — It is not, perhaps, certain that this is intended literally, since universal expressions are continually used by the sacred writers where something le...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יַּ֣עַל הָֽ אַרְבֶּ֗ה עַ֚ל כָּל ־אֶ֣רֶץ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER X. _ THE EIGHTH PLAGUE._ Exodus 10:1. The Lord would not command His servant again to enter the dangerous presence of the sullen prince, without a reason which would sustain his faith: "For...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE PLAGUES OF LOCUSTS AND OF DARKNESS Exodus 10:12 The locust is the most terrible plague of Eastern lands. The heat intense; the air languid; the sound as of a strong breeze; the sun darkened by a...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    It would seem at this point that Moses himself was overawed by the fearful process of judgment and so before the next plague God announced to His servant a new reason for the whole movement. It was in...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Hereafter. Joel i. 2, speaking of locusts which infested Judea, uses the same expressions to denote a very heavy judgment. Two events never perfectly agree. (Calmet)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Deuteronomy 28:38...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    There is hardly a book of the Old Testament that stands out in more decided contrast with the book of Genesis than the one which follows it most closely. And this is the more striking, because God emp...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 5 THROUGH 13. At the news of the goodness of God, the people adore Him; but the struggle against the power of evil is another matter. Satan will not let the p...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE LOCUSTS WENT UP OVER ALL THE LAND OF EGYPT,.... Being raised up by the wind in the places where they were generated, they flew and spread themselves all over the land, being in a wonderful man...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 God threatneth to send locusts. 7 Pharaoh, moued by his seruants, inclineth to let the Israelites goe. 12 The plague of the locusts. 16 Pharaoh sueth to Moses. 21 The plague of darkenesse. 24 P...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested, settled down to devour and devastate, IN ALL THE COASTS OF EGYPT. VERY GRIEVOUS WERE THEY; BEFORE THEM THERE WERE NO SUCH LOCUSTS AS THE...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    H. THE LOCUSTS Exodus 10:1-20 1And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh; for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I might shew [may do] these my signs before him [in t...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    PLAGUE NO.8 -- LOCUSTS (vs.1-20) Again the Lord reminds Moses that He Himself had hardened Pharaoh's heart and the hearts of his servants in order that He might publicly show His signs before them,...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    12-20 God bids Moses stretch out his hand; locusts came at the call. An army might more easily have been resisted than this host of insects. Who then is able to stand before the great God? They cover...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    QUEST. How can this be true, when the same words are used of the locusts in Joel's time? ANSW. It might be true of both in divers respects; of these for number and quality, of them for long continuanc...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Exodus 10:14 locusts H697 up H5927 (H8799) land H776 Egypt H4714 rested H5117 (H8799) territory H1366 Egypt...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE EIGHTH PLAGUE - THE PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS (EXODUS 10:1). We note in this passage a distinct change of tone. No longer does Yahweh commence with the opening, ‘let My people go' (compare Exodus 8:1; Exo...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Exodus 10:1. _And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him: and that thou mayest tell in...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Plagues of locusts and darkness. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron, Pharaoh. CONCLUSION: God's terms of reconcilliation are fixed and cannot be disputed or lowered. Men must meet the demand of...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Exodus 10:2. _In the ears of thy son._ The Hebrew prophets in their sermons, and the psalmists in their songs, have recorded those wonderful works of the Lord; and the doctrines and inferences fairly...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The locusts went up._ THE PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS; OR, THE RESIDUE OF HUMAN COMFORT AND ENJOYMENT DESTROYED BY THE RETRIBUTION OF GOD It has been observed that the plagues of Egypt, as they succeeded each...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 10:12_ THE PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS; OR, THE RESIDUE OF HUMAN COMFORT AND ENJOYMENT DESTROYED BY THE RETRIBUTION OF GOD It has been observed that the plagues of Eg...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE EIGHTH PLAGUE. Notwithstanding his self-condemnation and acknowledgment of the righteousness of God in all the judgments that had been sent upon him (Exodus 9:27), Pharaoh no sooner fou...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might show these my signs before him: And that thou mayest tell in the ears of th...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    the locusts Deuteronomy 28:42 1 Kings 8:37 Psalms 78:46 Psalms 105:34...

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