Exodus 7:9
'When Pharaoh speaketh unto you, saying, Give for yourselves a wonder; then thou hast said unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast before Pharaoh — it becometh a monster.'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
8And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Cross References
Exodus 4:2And Jehovah saith unto him, 'What [is] this in thy hand?' and he saith, 'A rod;'
Exodus 4:17and this rod thou dost take in thy hand, with which thou doest the signs.'
Exodus 7:10And Moses goeth in — Aaron also — unto Pharaoh, and they do so as Jehovah hath commanded; and Aaron casteth his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it becometh a monster.
Exodus 10:13And Moses stretcheth out his rod against the land of Egypt, and Jehovah hath led an east wind over the land all that day, and all the night; the morning hath been, and the east wind hath lifted up the locust.
Isaiah 7:11'Ask for thee a sign from Jehovah thy God, Make deep the request, or make [it] high upwards.'
Matthew 12:39And he answering said to them, 'A generation, evil and adulterous, doth seek a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet;
Matthew Henry on Exodus 7:9-14
Magicians of Egypt. ( b. c. 1491.) 8 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 9 When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Show a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent. 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. 11 Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the… Read the whole commentary →