4Yahweh said to Moses, |Put forth your hand, and take it by the tail.| He put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand.


In Context

1 Moses answered, |But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, 'Yahweh has not appeared to you.'|

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

3 He said, |Throw it on the ground.| He threw it on the ground, and it became a snake; and Moses ran away from it.

4 Yahweh said to Moses, |Put forth your hand, and take it by the tail.| He put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand.

5 |That they may believe that Yahweh, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.|

6 Yahweh said furthermore to him, |Now put your hand inside your cloak.| He put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow.

Exodus 4:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:4And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:4Then 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:4And the Lord said: Put out thy hand and take it by the tail. He put forth his hand, and took hold of it, and it was turned into a rod.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:4And Jehovah said unto Moses, Put forth thy hand, and take it by the tail: (and he put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand:)

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:4And Jehovah said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand and take it by the tail and he stretched out his hand and caught it, and it became a staff in his hand —

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:4And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail: (and he put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand:)

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:4And the LORD said to Moses, Put forth thy hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:4And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Put forth thy hand, and lay hold on the tail of it;' and he putteth forth his hand, and layeth hold on it, and it becometh a rod in his hand —

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:4And the LORD said to Moses, Put forth your hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand: