Exodus 7:11

⁹ When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.

¹⁰ And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.

Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.

¹² For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.

¹³ And he hardened Pharaoh’s heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts.
KJV: Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.
WEB: Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers. They also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same thing with their enchantments.
ASV: Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers: and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did in like manner with their enchantments.
DARBY: And Pharaoh also called the sages and the sorcerers; and they too, the scribes of Egypt, did so with their enchantments:
BLB: And Pharaoh also called for the wise men and for the sorcerers; and they—the magicians of Egypt—they also did so with their secret arts.

ÅB: Da lot Farao sine vismenn og trollmenn kalle, og de, Egypts tegnsutleggere, gjorde det samme med sine hemmelige kunster;
OTB: Farao kalte da til seg de vise menn og trollmenn, og de egyptiske magikerne gjorde det samme med sine hemmelige kunster:
B1930: Da lot Farao sine vismenn og trollmenn kalle, og de, Egyptens tegnsutleggere, gjorde det samme med sine hemmelige kunster;

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Original text and word study

Cross references

Exodus 7:22
And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the LORD had said.
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2 Timothy 3:8
Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
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Exodus 8:18
And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
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Exodus 8:7
And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.
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2 Thessalonians 2:9
Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
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Daniel 2:2
Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.
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Genesis 41:8
And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
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Ephesians 4:14
That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
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