Exodus 7:12
10 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD had commanded. Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent.
11 But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts.
Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up the other staffs.
13 Still, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.
14 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is unyielding; he refuses to let the people go.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up the other staffs.
- KJV
- For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.
- WEB
- For they each cast down their rods, and they became serpents; but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.
- ASV
- For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron`s rod swallowed up their rods.
- DARBY
- they cast down every man his staff, and they became serpents; but Aaron's staff swallowed up their staves.
- BLB
- And each man cast down his staff, and they became monsters, and the staff of Aaron swallowed up their staffs.
- ÅB
- de kastet hver sin stav, og de ble til slanger; men Arons stav slukte deres staver.
- OTB
- Hver av dem kastet sin stav, og de ble til slanger. Men Arons stav slukte deres staver.
- B1930
- de kastet hver sin stav, og de blev til slanger; men Arons stav slukte deres staver.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 John 4:4
You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
Read in contextExodus 8:18–19
The magicians tried to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast.
Read in contextExodus 9:11
The magicians could not stand before Moses, because the boils had broken out on them and on all the Egyptians.
Read in contextActs 13:8–11
But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.
Read in contextActs 8:9–13
Prior to that time, a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and astounded the people of Samaria. He claimed to be someone great,
Read in contextActs 19:19–20
And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books and burned them in front of everyone. When the value of the books was calculated, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.
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