2Then the Lord said to him, "What is that in your hand?" "A staff," he replied.


In Context

1 Moses answered, "What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, 'The Lord did not appear to you'?"

2 Then the Lord said to him, "What is that in your hand?" "A staff," he replied.

3 The Lord said, "Throw it on the ground." Moses threw it on the ground and it became a snake, and he ran from it.

4 Then the Lord said to him, "Reach out your hand and take it by the tail." So Moses reached out and took hold of the snake and it turned back into a staff in his hand.

Exodus 4:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:2And the LORD said unto him, What [is] that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:2Then he said to him: What is that thou holdest in thy hand? He answered: A rod.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:2And Jehovah said unto him, What is that in thy hand? And he said, A rod.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:2And Jehovah said to him, What is that in thy hand? And he said, A staff.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:2And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:2And the LORD said to him, What is that in thy hand? And he said, A rod.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:2Yahweh said to him, |What is that in your hand?| He said, |A rod.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:2And Jehovah saith unto him, 'What is this in thy hand?' and he saith, 'A rod;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:2And the LORD said to him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod.