KJV King James Version
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.
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Exodus 7:9
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“When Pharaoh tells you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ you are to say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a serpent.”
WEB World English Bible
“When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, ‘Perform a miracle!’ then you shall tell Aaron, ‘Take your rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it become a serpent.’”
ASV American Standard Version
When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Show a wonder for you; then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it become a serpent.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘When Pharaoh speaketh unto you, saying, Give for yourselves a wonder; then thou hast said unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast before Pharaoh—it becometh a monster.’
Surrounding context — Exodus 7
6 And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, so did they.
7 And Moses [was] fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.
8 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
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.
11 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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
כִּי֩H3588 · kiforיְדַבֵּ֨רH1696 · da.varto speak: speakאֲלֵכֶ֤םH413 · elto(wards)פַּרְעֹה֙H6547 · par.ohPharaohלֵאמֹ֔רH559 · a.marto sayתְּנ֥וּH5414 · na.tanto give: giveלָכֶ֖םH9036 · khemyouמוֹפֵ֑תH4159 · mo.phetwonderוְאָמַרְתָּ֣H559 · a.marto sayאֶֽל־H413 · elto(wards)אַהֲרֹ֗ןH175 · a.ha.ronAaronקַ֧חH3947 · la.qachto take: takeאֶֽת־H853 · et[Obj.]מַטְּךָ֛H4294 · mat.tehtribe: rodוְהַשְׁלֵ֥ךְH7993 · sha.lakhto throwלִפְנֵֽי־H6440 · pa.nehface: beforeפַרְעֹ֖הH6547 · par.ohPharaohיְהִ֥יH1961 · ha.yahto beלְתַנִּֽין׃H8577 · tanjackal
Cross-references
John 2:18Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?Isaiah 7:11Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.Exodus 4:2And the LORD said unto him, What [is] that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.John 6:30They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?Exodus 4:17And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.Exodus 10:13And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all [that] night; [and] when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.Exodus 4:20And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.Matthew 12:39But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:Ezekiel 29:3Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river [is] mine own, and I have made [it] for myself.Exodus 7:10-12And 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.John 10:38But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father [is] in me, and I in him.Psalm 74:12-13For God [is] my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.Exodus 9:23And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
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