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Exodus 7:12

For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.

KJV

Projeceruntque singuli virgas suas, quæ versæ sunt in dracones : sed devoravit virga Aaron virgas eorum.

Vulgate

καὶ ἔρριψαν ἕκαστος τὴν ῥάβδον αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐγένοντο δράκοντες· καὶ κατέπιεν ἡ ῥάβδος ἡ Ἀαρὼν τὰς ἐκείνων ῥάβδους.

LXX

For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.

ASV

וַ/יַּשְׁלִ֨יכוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ מַטֵּ֔/הוּ וַ/יִּהְי֖וּ לְ/תַנִּינִ֑ם וַ/יִּבְלַ֥ע מַטֵּֽה אַהֲרֹ֖ן אֶת מַטֹּתָֽ/ם

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Aaron

In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַהֲרֹ֖ן
'hrn
proper_noun · 339×
הוּ
hv
verb · 125×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
ם
m
verb · 50×
מַטֵּ֣ה
mth
noun · 235×
תַנִּֽין
tnyn
noun · 26×

Miracle

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1John 4:4 — Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
  • 2Tim 3:9 — But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.