17But take this staff in your hand so you can perform miraculous signs with it."


In Context

14 Then the Lord 's anger burned against Moses and he said, "What about your brother, Aaron the Levite? I know he can speak well. He is already on his way to meet you, and his heart will be glad when he sees you.

15 You shall speak to him and put words in his mouth; I will help both of you speak and will teach you what to do.

16 He will speak to the people for you, and it will be as if he were your mouth and as if you were God to him.

17 But take this staff in your hand so you can perform miraculous signs with it."

18 Then Moses went back to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, "Let me go back to my own people in Egypt to see if any of them are still alive." Jethro said, "Go, and I wish you well."

19 Now the Lord had said to Moses in Midian, "Go back to Egypt, for all the men who wanted to kill you are dead."

Exodus 4:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:17And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:17And take this rod in thy hand, wherewith thou shalt do the signs.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:17And thou shalt take in thy hand this rod, wherewith thou shalt do the signs.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17And thou shalt take this staff in thy hand, with which thou shalt do the signs.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:17And thou shalt take in thine hand this rod, wherewith thou shalt do the signs.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17And thou shalt take this rod in thy hand, with which thou shalt perform signs.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17You shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do the signs.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17and this rod thou dost take in thy hand, with which thou doest the signs.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:17And you shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do signs.