And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.
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Gill's Exposition
And the magicians could not stand before Moses, because of the boils,.... Which were on them as on others, and which with all their art and skill they could not keep off; and which were so sore upon…
Barnes' Notes
This verse seems to imply that the magicians now formally gave way and confessed their defeat.
Adam Clarke
The boil was upon the magicians - They could not produce a similar malady by throwing ashes in the air; and they could neither remove the plague from the people, nor from their own tormented flesh.…
Observe here, concerning the plague of boils and blains,
I. When they were not wrought upon by the death of their cattle, God sent a plague that seized their own bodies, and touched them to the quick.…
Cambridge Bible
The magicians (Exo 7:11; Exo 7:22; Exo 8:7; Exo 8:18-19) this time are not only not able to imitate the plague, but are themselves attacked by it.
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