Exodus 8:18
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
The magicians tried to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast.
In context
16 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may turn into swarms of gnats throughout the land of Egypt.’”
17 This they did, and when Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, gnats came upon man and beast. All the dust of the earth turned into gnats throughout the land of Egypt.
18 The magicians tried to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast.
19 “This is the finger of God,” the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.
20 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, and when Pharaoh goes out to the water, stand before him and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
Exodus 8:18 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- The magicians tried to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast.
- KJV King James Version
- And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
- WEB World English Bible
- The magicians tried with their enchantments to produce lice, but they couldn’t. There were lice on man, and on animal.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: and there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And 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;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And the scribes did so with their sorceries, to bring forth gnats; but they could not. And the gnats were on man and on beast.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And the magicians did so with their inchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man and upon beast.