Exodus 7:12

In 11 translations

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.

LSV

and they each cast down his rod, and they become dragons, and the rod of Aaron swallows their rods;

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

And they every one cast down their rods, and they were turned into serpents: but Aaron’s rod devoured their rods.

GNV

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

JPS

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

LXXE

And they cast down each his rod, and they became serpents, but the rod of Aaron swallowed up their rods.Gr. their.

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WLC

וַיַּשְׁלִ֨יכוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ מַטֵּ֔הוּ וַיִּהְי֖וּ לְתַנִּינִ֑ם וַיִּבְלַ֥ע מַטֵּֽה־אַהֲרֹ֖ן אֶת־מַטֹּתָֽם׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἔῤῥιψαν ἔκαστος τὴν ῥάβδον αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐγένοντο δράκοντες· καὶ κατέπιεν ἡ ῥάβδος ἡ Ἀαρὼν τὰς ἐκείνων ῥάβδους.

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• 1 John 4:4You, 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 8:18–19The magicians tried to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast. “This is the finger of God,” the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened,…
• Exodus 9:11The magicians could not stand before Moses, because the boils had broken out on them and on all the Egyptians.
• Acts 8:9–13Prior 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, and all the people, from the least to the greatest, heeded his words and…
• Acts 13:8–11But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith. Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked directly at Elymas and…
• Acts 19:19–20And 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. So the word of the…

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