Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
For every one of them put down his rod on the earth, and they became snakes: but Aaron's rod made a meal of their rods.
New American Standard Bible
For each one threw down his staff and they turned into serpents. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs.
King James Version
For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
Holman Bible
Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff swallowed their staffs.
International Standard Version
So each one threw down his staff and it became a serpent, but Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs.
A Conservative Version
For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents, but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
American Standard Version
For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
Amplified
For every
Darby Translation
they cast down every man his staff, and they became serpents; but Aaron's staff swallowed up their staves.
Julia Smith Translation
And they will cast down each their rod, and they will be for dragons: and Aaron's rod swallowed their rods.
King James 2000
For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Each threw down his staff, and they became snakes, and Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs.
Modern King James verseion
For each man threw down his rod, and they became snakes. But Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And they cast down every man his rod, and they turned to serpents; but Aaron's rod ate up their rods.
NET Bible
Each man threw down his staff, and the staffs became snakes. But Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs.
New Heart English Bible
For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
The Emphasized Bible
yea they cast down each man his staff, and they became sea-serpents, - but Aaron's staff swallowed up their staves.
Webster
For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
World English Bible
For they each cast down their rods, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
Youngs Literal Translation
and they cast down each his rod, and they become monsters, and the rod of Aaron swalloweth their rods;
Interlinear
Shalak
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 7:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Aaron's Staff Becomes A Snake
11 Then Pharaoh sent for the wise men and the wonder-workers, and they, the wonder-workers of Egypt, did the same with their secret arts. 12 For every one of them put down his rod on the earth, and they became snakes: but Aaron's rod made a meal of their rods. 13 But Pharaoh's heart was made hard, and he did not give ear to them, as the Lord had said.
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Cross References
Exodus 8:18-19
And the wonder-workers with their secret arts, attempting to make insects, were unable to do so: and there were insects on man and on beast.
Exodus 9:11
And the wonder-workers were not able to take their places before Moses, because of the disease; for the disease was on the wonder-workers and on all the Egyptians.
Acts 8:9-13
But there was a certain man named Simon, who in the past had been a wonder-worker and a cause of surprise to the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was a great man:
Acts 13:8-11
But Elymas, the wonder-worker (for that is the sense of his name), put himself against them, with the purpose of turning the ruler from the faith.
Acts 19:19-20
And a great number of those who were experts in strange arts took their books and put them on the fire in front of everyone: and when the books were valued they came to fifty thousand bits of silver.
1 John 4:4
You are of God, my little children, and you have overcome them because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.