For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsFor they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.
Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up the other staffs.
and they cast down each his rod, and they become monsters, and the rod of Aaron swalloweth their rods;
they cast down every man his staff, and they became serpents; but Aaron's staff swallowed up their staves.
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