Exodus 8:18
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.
Exodus 8:18 in other translations
| BSB | The magicians tried to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast. |
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| WEB | The magicians tried with their enchantments to produce lice, but they couldn’t. There were lice on man, and on animal. |
| ASV | 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 | 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; |
| DARBY | 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. |
| BBE | And the wonder-workers with their secret arts, attempting to make insects, were unable to do so: and there were insects on man and on beast. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Exodus 8:18 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 8:16-19
These lice were produced out of the dust of the earth; out of any part of the creation God can fetch a scourge, with which to correct those who rebel against him. Even the dust of the earth obeys him. These lice were very troublesome, as well as disgraceful to the Egyptians, whose priests were obliged to take much pains that no vermin ever should be found about them. All the plagues inflicted on the Egyptians, had…
Exodus 8:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 8:18
- Exodus 7:11
Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.
- Exodus 9:11
And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.
- Daniel 5:8
Then came in all the king’s wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.
- Daniel 4:7
Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.
- Luke 10:18
And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
- Daniel 2:10-11
The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king’s matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean. And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
- Isaiah 19:12
Where are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the Lord of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.
- Isaiah 47:12-13
Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail. Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.
- 2 Timothy 3:8-9
Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.
- Genesis 41:8
And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
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Context
- Exodus 8:17
And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 8:18
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.
- Exodus 8:19
Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had said.
Exodus 8:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y los encantadores hicieron así también, para sacar piojos con sus encantamientos; mas no pudieron. Y había piojos así en los hombres como en las bestias. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et je distinguerai, en ce jour-là, le pays de Goshen, où se tient mon peuple, en sorte que là il n’y ait point de mouches venimeuses; afin que tu saches que moi, l’ Éternel, je suis au milieu du pays. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Schriftgelehrten taten ebenso mit ihren Zauberkünsten, um die Stechmücken hervorzubringen; aber sie konnten es nicht. Und die Stechmücken kamen über die Menschen und über das Vieh. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Feceruntque similiter malefici incantationibus suis, ut educerent sciniphes, et non potuerunt: erantque sciniphes tam in hominibus quam in jumentis. |