Exodus 7:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up the other staffs.”
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“Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up the other staffs.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and they cast down each his rod, and they become monsters, and the rod of Aaron swalloweth their rods;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 7:12 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 8:18The magicians tried to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast.
- Exodus 9:11The magicians could not stand before Moses, because the boils had broken out on them and on all the Egyptians.
- Acts 8:9Prior 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 13:8But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.
- Acts 19:19And 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.
- 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.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).