KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Exodus 8:23 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And I will put” | וְשַׂמְתִּ֣י | To put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically) | put |
| “a division” | פְדֻ֔ת | Distinction; also deliverance | division |
| “between” | בֵּ֥ין | Between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or | between |
| “my people” | עַמִּ֖י | A people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock | people |
| “and thy people:” | עַמֶּ֑ךָ | A people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock | people |
| “to morrow” | לְמָחָ֥ר | Properly, deferred, i.e., the morrow; usually (adverbially) tomorrow; indefinitely, hereafter | morrow |
| “shall this” | הַזֶּֽה׃ | The masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that | shall this |
| “sign” | הָאֹ֥ת | A signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc | sign |
| “be.” | יִֽהְיֶ֖ה | To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | be |
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21 Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.
22 And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth.
23 And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be.
24 And the Lord did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.
25 And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.
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