8Then the Lord said, "If they do not believe you or pay attention to the first miraculous sign, they may believe the second.


In Context

5 "This," said the Lord , "is so that they may believe that the Lord , the God of their fathers-the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob-has appeared to you."

6 Then the Lord said, "Put your hand inside your cloak." So Moses put his hand into his cloak, and when he took it out, it was leprous, like snow.

7 "Now put it back into your cloak," he said. So Moses put his hand back into his cloak, and when he took it out, it was restored, like the rest of his flesh.

8 Then the Lord said, "If they do not believe you or pay attention to the first miraculous sign, they may believe the second.

9 But if they do not believe these two signs or listen to you, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. The water you take from the river will become blood on the ground."

10 Moses said to the Lord , "O Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue."

Exodus 4:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:8And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:8If they will not believe thee, saith he, nor hear the voice of the former sign, they will believe the word of the latter sign.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:8And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the other sign.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:8And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8|It will happen, if they will neither believe you nor listen to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8— and it hath come to pass, if they do not give credence to thee, and hearken not to the voice of the first sign, that they have given credence to the voice of the latter sign.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:8And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe you, neither listen to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.