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The magicians couldn`t stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were on the magicians, and on all the Egyptians.
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The Magicians' Final Defeat
Commentators agree this verse marks the final, public humiliation of Pharaoh's magicians. Despite previous failures, they stubbornly remained to oppose Moses. God's power was so overwhelming that the boils afflicted them directly, forcing them to retreat in painful disgrace, unable to even stand before Moses.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
This verse seems to imply that the magicians now formally gave way and confessed their defeat.
19th Century
Anglican
The magicians could not stand before Moses. —It is uncertain whether the magicians were present accidentally, or had come…
16th Century
Protestant
And the magicians could not. Since the magicians were now also at hand, no doubt they were possessed by their former folly, so that they s…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the magicians could not stand before Moses, because of the boils Which were on them as…
When the Egyptians were not moved by the death of their cattle, God sent a plague that seized their own bodies. If lesser judgments do not work, Go…
