Exodus 4:2

In 11 translations

BSB

And the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied.

KJV

And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.

WEB

Yahweh said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A rod.”

ASV

And Jehovah said unto him, What is that in thy hand? And he said, A rod.

LSV

And YHWH says to him, “What [is] this in your hand?” And he says, “A rod”;

YLT

And Jehovah saith unto him, 'What [is] this in thy hand?' and he saith, 'A rod;'

DBY

And Jehovah said to him, What is that in thy hand? And he said, A staff.

DRC

Then he said to him: What is that thou holdest in thy hand? He answered: A rod.

GNV

And the Lord said vnto him, What is that in thine hande? And he answered, A rod.

JPS

And the LORD said unto him: 'What is that in thy hand?' And he said: 'A rod.'

LXXE

And the Lord said to him, What is this thing that is in thine hand? and he said, A rod.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר אֵלָ֛יו יְהוָ֖ה מזה בְיָדֶ֑ךָ וַיֹּ֖אמֶר מַטֶּֽה׃Read aloud as (qere): מַה זֶּ֣הAdaptations to a Qere which L and BHS, by their design, do not indicate.

LXX-Br

Εἶπε δὲ αὐτῳ Κύριος, τί τοῦτό ἐστι τὸ ἐν τῇ χειρί σου; ὁ δὲ εἶπε, ῥάβδος.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Exodus 4:20So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.
• Exodus 4:17But take this staff in your hand so you can perform signs with it.”
• Isaiah 11:4but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.
• Psalms 110:2The LORD extends Your mighty scepter from Zion: “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”
• Genesis 30:37Jacob, however, took fresh branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled the bark, exposing the white inner wood of the branches.
• Leviticus 27:32Every tenth animal from the herd or flock that passes under the shepherd’s rod will be holy to the LORD.
• Micah 7:14Shepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

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