Exodus 4:3
And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.
KJV
Dixitque Dominus : Projice eam in terram. Projecit, et versa est in colubrum, ita ut fugeret Moyses.
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπεν Ῥίψον αὐτὴν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν. καὶ ἔρριψεν αὐτὴν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ ἐγένετο ὄφις· καὶ ἔφυγεν Μωυσῆς ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ.
LXX
And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ הַשְׁלִיכֵ֣/הוּ אַ֔רְצָ/ה וַ/יַּשְׁלִיכֵ֥/הוּ אַ֖רְצָ/ה וַ/יְהִ֣י לְ/נָחָ֑שׁ וַ/יָּ֥נָס מֹשֶׁ֖ה מִ/פָּנָֽי/ו
Hebrew
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8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. Now when He is departed from the sea, there follows another miracle yet more awful. For men possessed with devils, like wicked runaways at sight of their master, said, What have we to do with You, Jesus, You Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the time? Matthew 8:29 For, because the multitudes called Him man, the devils came proclaiming His Godhead, and they …
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 13:3 — And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.
- Exod 7:10 — And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.