Exodus 4:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But take this staff in your hand so you can perform signs with it.””
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BSBPD
“But take this staff in your hand so you can perform signs with it.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“And thou shalt take in thy hand this rod, wherewith thou shalt do the signs.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“and this rod thou dost take in thy hand, with which thou doest the signs.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Exodus 4:17 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 4:2And the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied.
- Exodus 7:9“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.”
- 1 Corinthians 1:27But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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