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


In Context

15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart, and didn't listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken.

16 Yahweh said to Moses, |Tell Aaron, 'Stretch out your rod, and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.'|

17 They did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and struck the dust of the earth, and there were lice on man, and on animal; all the dust of the earth became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

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

19 Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, |This is the finger of God:| and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he didn't listen to them; as Yahweh had spoken.

20 Yahweh said to Moses, |Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; behold, he comes forth to the water; and tell him, 'This is what Yahweh says, |Let my people go, that they may serve 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:18But when the magicians tried to produce gnats by their secret arts, they could not. And the gnats were on men and animals.

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 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.