12Each one threw down his staff and it became a snake. But Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs.


In Context

9 "When Pharaoh says to you, 'Perform a miracle,' then say to Aaron, 'Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,' and it will become a snake."

10 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the Lord commanded. Aaron threw his staff down in front of Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a snake.

11 Pharaoh then summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the Egyptian magicians also did the same things by their secret arts:

12 Each one threw down his staff and it became a snake. But Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs.

13 Yet Pharaoh's heart became hard and he would not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.

14 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is unyielding; he refuses to let the people go.

Exodus 7:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:12For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:12And they every one cast down their rods, and they were turned into serpents: but Aaron's rod devoured their rods.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:12For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:12they cast down every man his staff, and they became serpents; but Aaron's staff swallowed up their staves.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:12For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:12For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:12For they each cast down their rods, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:12and they cast down each his rod, and they become monsters, and the rod of Aaron swalloweth their rods;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:12For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.