Exodus 8:18
World English Bible (WEB)
The magicians tried with their enchantments to produce lice, but they couldn’t. There were lice on man, and on animal.
In context
16 The LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your rod, and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.’”
17 They did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and struck the dust of the earth, and there were lice on man, and on animal; all the dust of the earth became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
18 The magicians tried with their enchantments to produce lice, but they couldn’t. There were lice on man, and on animal.
19 Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is God’s finger;” but Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he didn’t listen to them, as the LORD had spoken.
20 The LORD said to Moses, “Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; behold, he comes out to the water; and tell him, ‘This is what the LORD says, “Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Exodus 8:18 in every translation
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.