Exodus 4:2
And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.
KJV
Dixit ergo ad eum : Quid est quod tenes in manu tua ? Respondit : Virga.
Vulgate
εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ Κύριος Τί τοῦτό ἐστιν τὸ ἐν τῇ χειρί σου; ὁ δὲ εἶπεν Ῥάβδος.
LXX
And Jehovah said unto him, What is that in thy hand? And he said, A rod.
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֧אמֶר אֵלָ֛י/ו יְהוָ֖ה מ/זה מַה זֶּ֣ה בְ/יָדֶ֑/ךָ וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶר מַטֶּֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
מַטֵּ֣ה
mth
noun · 235×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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Cross-references
- Exod 4:17 — And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.
- Exod 4:17 — And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.
- Exod 4:20 — And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
- Exod 4:20 — And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
- Exod 7:9 — When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.
- Exod 14:16 — But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.
- Exod 17:9 — And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.
- Gen 30:37 — And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chestnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
- Isa 11:4 — But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay
- Lev 27:32 — And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD.
- Mic 7:14 — Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
- Num 20:8 — Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them wa
- Ps 110:2 — The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.