18But when the magicians tried to produce gnats by their secret arts, they could not. And the gnats were on men and animals.


In Context

15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said.

16 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the ground,' and throughout the land of Egypt the dust will become gnats."

17 They did this, and when Aaron stretched out his hand with the staff and struck the dust of the ground, gnats came upon men and animals. All the dust throughout the land of Egypt became gnats.

18 But when the magicians tried to produce gnats by their secret arts, they could not. And the gnats were on men and animals.

19 The magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God." But Pharaoh's heart was hard and he would not listen, just as the Lord had said.

20 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Get up early in the morning and confront Pharaoh as he goes to the water and say to him, 'This is what the Lord says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me.

Exodus 8:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:18And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:18And the magicians with their enchantments practiced in like manner, to bring forth sciniphs, and they could not and there were sciniphs as well on men as on beasts.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:18And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: and there were lice upon man, and upon beast.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:18And the scribes did so with their sorceries, to bring forth gnats; but they could not. And the gnats were on man and on beast.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:18And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: and there were lice upon man, and upon beast.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:18And the magicians did so with their inchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man and upon beast.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:18The magicians tried with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they couldn't. There were lice on man, and on animal.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:18And the scribes do so with their flashings, to bring out the gnats, and they have not been able, and the gnats are on man and on beast;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:18And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice on man, and on beast.