Exodus 4:2
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
And the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied.
In context
1 Then Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to my voice? For they may say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’”
2 And the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied.
3 “Throw it on the ground,” said the LORD. So Moses threw it on the ground, and it became a snake, and he ran from it.
4 “Stretch out your hand and grab it by the tail,” the LORD said to Moses, who reached out his hand and caught the snake, and it turned back into a staff in his hand.
Exodus 4:2 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- And the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied.
- KJV King James Version
- And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.
- WEB World English Bible
- The LORD said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A rod.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And Jehovah said unto him, What is that in thy hand? And he said, A rod.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And Jehovah saith unto him, 'What [is] this in thy hand?' and he saith, 'A rod;'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And Jehovah said to him, What is that in thy hand? And he said, A staff.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And the LORD said to him, What is that in thy hand? And he said, A rod.