Exodus 8:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Swarms of flies— A mixture or multitude of noxious creatures: ערב orab, signifies a mixture collected from various species of little beasts or insects. Some understand by it serpents, scorpions, and other venomous animals. The margin of our Bibles renders it, a mixture of noisome beasts. Wis 2:15-17. Whatever may be the precise meaning of ער

Exodus 8:21

21 Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarmsd 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.