And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: and there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
The magicians tried to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast.
And the scribes do so with their flashings, to bring out the gnats, and they have not been able, and the gnats are on man and on beast;
And the scribes did so with their sorceries, to bring forth gnats; but they could not. And the gnats were on man and on beast.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentExodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.
- Author
- Moses — traditional attribution; internal narrator identifies Moses as recorder (17:14, 24:4, 34:27)
- Date
- 15th or 13th century BC, depending on chronology of the exodus