Exodus 7:12 “Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s st…”

Exodus 7:12

Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up the other staffs.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

For they each cast down their rods, and they became serpents; but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

For they cast downe euery man his rod, and they were turned into serpents: but Aarons rodde deuoured their rods.

Darby Translation

they cast down every man his staff, and they became serpents; but Aaron's staff swallowed up their staves.

Young's Literal Translation

and they cast down each his rod, and they become monsters, and the rod of Aaron swalloweth their rods;

Bible in Basic English

For every one of them put down his rod on the earth, and they became snakes: but Aaron's rod made a meal of their rods.

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Cross references

“but Aaron's”

1 John 4:4 Exodus 9:11 Acts 8:9–13 Acts 13:8–11 Exodus 8:18 Exodus 8:19

1 John 4:4 · BSB

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.

Exodus 9:11 · BSB

The magicians could not stand before Moses, because the boils had broken out on them and on all the Egyptians.

Acts 8:9–13 · BSB

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,

Acts 13:8–11 · BSB

But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.

Exodus 8:18 · BSB

The magicians tried to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast.

Exodus 8:19 · BSB

“This is the finger of God,” the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts.

13Still, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.

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