NASB — Exodus 7 — KJV

“I Will Stretch Out My Hand”

1 Then the LORD° said° to Moses°, “aSee°, I make° you [as] God° to Pharaoh°, and your brother° Aaron° shall be your prophet°. 2 You shall speak° all° that I command° you, and your brother° aAaron° shall speak° to Pharaoh° that he let° the sons° of Israel° go° out of his land°. 3 But aI will harden° Pharaoh’s° heart° that I may bmultiply° My signs° and My wonders° in the land° of Egypt°. 4 When aPharaoh° does not listen° to you, then I will lay° My hand° on Egypt° and bbring° out My hosts°, My people° the sons° of Israel°, from the land° of Egypt° by cgreat° judgments°. 5 aThe Egyptians° shall know° that I am the LORD°, when I bstretch° out My hand° on Egypt° and bring° out the sons° of Israel° from their midst°.” 6 So Moses° and Aaron° did° [it]; aas the LORD° commanded° them, thus° they did°. 7 Moses° was aeighty° years° old° and Aaron° Ieighty-three°, when they spoke° to Pharaoh°.

[1] aEx 4:16
[2] aEx 4:15
[3] aEx 4:21 bEx 11:9; Ac 7:36
[4] aEx 3:19, 20; 7:13, 16, 22; 8:15, 19; 9:12; 11:9 bEx 12:51; 13:3, 9 cEx 6:6
[5] aEx 7:17; 8:19, 22; 10:7; 14:4, 18, 25 bEx 3:20
[6] aGn 6:22; 7:5; Ex 7:2
[7] ILit 83 years old aDt 29:5; 31:2; 34:7; Ac 7:23, 30

Aaron’s Rod Becomes a Serpent

8 ¶ Now the LORD° spoke° to Moses° and Aaron°, saying°, 9 “When° Pharaoh° speaks° to you, saying°, ‘IaWork° a miracle°,’ then you shall say° to Aaron°, ‘bTake° your staff° and throw° [it] down° before° Pharaoh°, [that] it may become° a serpent°.’” 10 So Moses° and Aaron° came° to Pharaoh°, and thus° they did° just° as the LORD° had commanded°; and Aaron° threw° his staff° down° before° Pharaoh° and Ihis servants°, and it abecame° a serpent°. 11 Then Pharaoh° also° acalled° for [the] wise° men° and [the] sorcerers°, and they also°, the Ibmagicians° of Egypt°, did° IIthe same° with ctheir secret° arts°. 12 For each° one° threw° down° his staff° and they turned° into serpents°. But Aaron’s° staff° swallowed° up their staffs°. 13 Yet aPharaoh’s° heart° was Ihardened°, and he did not listen° to them, as the LORD° had said°.

[9] ILit Show a wonder for yourselves aIs 7:11; Jn 2:18; 6:30 bEx 4:2, 17
[10] ILit before his aEx 4:3; 7:9
[11] IOr soothsayer priests IILit thus aDn 2:2; 4:6; 5:7 bGn 41:8; Ex 7:22; Dn 2:2; 2Ti 3:8 cEx 7:22; 8:7, 18; 2Ti 3:9; Rv 13:13, 14
[13] ILit strong aEx 4:21; 7:3, 22; 8:15, 19, 32; 9:7, 12, 34, 35; 10:1, 20, 27

Water Is Turned to Blood

14 ¶ Then the LORD° said° to Moses°, “Pharaoh’s° heart° is Istubborn°; he refuses° to let° the people° go°. 15 Go° to Pharaoh° in the morning° Ias ahe is going° out to the water°, and station° yourself° to meet° him on the bank° of the Nile°; and you shall take° in your hand° bthe staff° that was turned° into a serpent°. 16 aYou shall say° to him, ‘The LORD°, the God° of the Hebrews°, sent° me to you, saying°, “bLet° My people° go°, that they may serve° Me in the wilderness°. But behold°, you have not listened° until° now°.” 17 Thus° says° the LORD°, “aBy this° you shall know° that I am the LORD°: behold°, I will strike° Ithe water° that is in the Nile° with the staff° that is in my hand°, and bit will be turned° to blood°. 18 aThe fish° that are in the Nile° will die°, and the Nile° will Ibecome° foul°, and the Egyptians° will IIbfind° difficulty° in drinking° water° from the Nile°.”’” 19 Then the LORD° said° to Moses°, “Say° to Aaron°, ‘Take° your staff° and astretch° out your hand° over° the waters° of Egypt°, over° their rivers°, over° their Istreams°, and over° their pools°, and over° all° their reservoirs° of water°, that they may become° blood°; and there will be blood° throughout all° the land° of Egypt°, both in [vessels of] wood° and in [vessels of] stone°.’”

[14] IOr hard; lit heavy
[15] ILit behold aEx 2:5; 8:20 bEx 4:2, 3; 7:10
[16] aEx 3:13, 18; 4:22; 5:1 bEx 4:23; 5:1, 3
[17] ILit upon the waters aEx 5:2; 7:5; 10:2; Ps 9:16; Ezk 25:17 bEx 4:9; 7:20; Rv 11:6; 16:4, 6
[18] II.e. have a bad smell IIOr be weary of aEx 7:21 bEx 7:24
[19] IOr canals aEx 8:5, 6, 16; 9:22; 10:12, 21; 14:21, 26

20 ¶ So Moses° and Aaron° did° even° as the LORD° had commanded°. And he lifted° up Iathe staff° and struck° the water° that [was] in the Nile°, in the sight° of Pharaoh° and in the sight° of his servants°, and ball° the water° that [was] in the Nile° was turned° to blood°. 21 The fish° that [were] in the Nile° died°, and the Nile° Ibecame° foul°, so that the Egyptians° could° not drink° water° from the Nile°. And the blood° was through all° the land° of Egypt°. 22 aBut the Imagicians° of Egypt° did° IIthe same° with their secret° arts°; and Pharaoh’s° heart° was IIIhardened°, and he did not listen° to them, as the LORD° had said°. 23 Then Pharaoh° turned° and went° into his house° Iwith no° concern°° even° for this°. 24 So all° the Egyptians° dug° around° the Nile° for water° to drink°, for they could° not drink° of the water° of the Nile°. 25 Seven° days° Ipassed° after° the LORD° had struck° the Nile°.

[20] ILit with the staff aEx 17:5 bPs 78:44; 105:29
[21] II.e. had a bad smell
[22] IOr soothsayer priests IILit thus IIILit strong aEx 7:11; 8:7
[23] ILit and he did not set his heart even to this
[25] ILit were fulfilled


New American Standard Bible
Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995
by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved.
For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible
with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries
Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.

Moses is encouraged to go to Pharaoh.

1 ¶ And the LORDº saidºª unto² Moses,º See,ºª I have madeºª thee a godº to Pharaoh:º and Aaronº thy brotherº shall be² thy prophet.º 2 Thou² shalt speakºª² all² that² I commandºª thee: and Aaronº thy brotherº shall speakºª unto² Pharaoh,º that he sendºª² the childrenº of Israelº out of his land.º² 3 And I² will hardenºª² Pharaoh'sº heart,º and multiplyºª² my signsº and my wondersº in the landº of Egypt.º 4 But Pharaohº shall not² hearkenºª unto² you, that I may layºª² my handº upon Egypt,º and bring forthºª² mine armies,º [and]² my peopleº the childrenº of Israel,º out of the landº² of Egyptº by greatº judgments.º 5 And the Egyptiansº shall knowºª that² I² [am] the LORD,º when I stretch forthºª² mine handº upon² Egypt,º and bring outºª² the childrenº of Israelº from amongº² them. 6 And Mosesº and Aaronº didºª as² the LORDº commandedºª them, so² didºª they.

[1] Gn 19:21; Ex 4:15; 16:29; 1K 17:23; 2K 6:32; Ps 82:6; Ec 1:10; Jr 1:10; Jn 10:35.
[2] Ex 4:15; 6:29; Dt 4:2; 1K 22:14; Jr 1:7, 17; Ezk 3:10, 17; Mt 28:20; Ac 20:27.
[3] Ex 4:7, 21, 29; 9:16; 11:9; Dt 4:34; 7:19; Ne 9:10; Ps 78:43; 105:27; 135:9; Is 51:9; Jr 32:20; Mi 7:15; Jn 4:48; Ac 2:22; 7:36; Ro 15:19.
[4] Ex 6:6, 26; 9:3; 10:1; 11:9; 12:51; Jg 2:15; Pv 19:29; Is 26:9; Lm 3:3; Ezk 14:21; 25:11; 30:14, 19; Rv 15:4; 16:7; 19:2.
[5] Ex 3:20; 7:17; 8:10, 22; 14:4, 18; Ps 9:16; Ezk 25:17; 28:22; 36:23; 39:7, 22.
[6] Gn 6:22; 22:18; Ex 7:2, 10; 12:28; 39:43; 40:16; Ps 119:4; Jn 15:10, 14.

His age.

7 And Mosesº [was] fourscoreº yearsº old,º and Aaronº fourscoreº and threeº yearsº old,º when they spakeºª unto² Pharaoh.º

[7] Gn 41:46; Ex 2:23; Dt 29:5; 31:2; 34:7; Ps 90:10; Ac 7:23, 30.

His rod is turned into a serpent.

8 ¶ And the LORDº spakeºª unto² Mosesº and unto² Aaron,º saying,ºª 9 When² Pharaohº shall speakºª unto² you, saying,ºª Shewºª a miracleº for you: then thou shalt sayºª unto² Aaron,º Takeºª² thy rod,º and castºª [it] beforeº Pharaoh,º [and] it shall become² a serpent.º

[9] Ex 4:2, 17, 20; 7:10; 9:23; 10:13; Ps 74:12; Is 7:11; Ezk 29:3; Mt 12:39; Jn 2:18; 6:30; 10:38.

10 ¶ And Mosesº and Aaronº went inºª unto² Pharaoh,º and they didºª so² as² the LORDº had commanded:ºª and Aaronº cast downºª² his rodº beforeº Pharaoh,º and beforeº his servants,º and it became² a serpent.º

[10] Ex 4:3; 7:9; Am 9:3; Mk 16:18; Lk 10:19.

The sorcerers do the like.

11 Then Pharaohº also² calledºª the wise menº and the sorcerers:ºª now the magiciansº of Egypt,º they² also² didºª in like mannerº with their enchantments.º 12 For they cast downºª every manº his rod,º and they became² serpents:º but Aaron'sº rodº swallowed upºª² their rods.º

[11] Gn 41:8, 38; Ex 7:22; 8:7, 18; Dt 13:1; Is 19:11; 47:12; Dn 2:2, 27; 4:7; 5:7, 11; Mt 24:24; Ga 3:1; Ep 4:14; 2Th 2:9; 2Ti 3:8; Rv 13:11; 19:20.
[12] Ex 8:18; 9:11; Ac 8:9; 13:8; 19:19; 1Jn 4:4.

Pharaoh's heart is hardened.

13 And he hardenedºª Pharaoh'sº heart,º that he hearkenedºª not² unto² them; as² the LORDº had said.ºª

[13] Ex 4:21; 7:4; 8:15; 10:1, 20, 27; 14:17; Dt 2:30; Zc 7:11; Ro 1:28; 2:5; He 3:7, 13.

God's message to Pharaoh.

14 ¶ And the LORDº saidºª unto² Moses,º Pharaoh'sº heartº [is] hardened,º he refusethºª to let the peopleº go.ºª 15 Get¹ª² thee unto² Pharaohº in the morning;º lo,² he goeth outºª unto the water;º and thou shalt standºª by² the river'sº brinkº against he come;ºª and the rodº which² was turnedºª to a serpentº shalt thou takeºª in thine hand.º 16 And thou shalt sayºª unto² him, The LORDº Godº of the Hebrewsº hath sentºª me unto² thee, saying,ºª Let² my peopleº go,ºª that they may serveºª me in the wilderness:º and, behold,² hithertoº² thou wouldest not² hear.ºª 17 Thus² saithºª the LORD,º In this² thou shalt knowºª that² I² [am] the LORD:º behold,² I² will smiteºª with the rodº that² [is] in mine handº upon² the watersº which² [are] in the river,º and they shall be turnedºª to blood.º 18 And the fishº that² [is] in the riverº shall die,ºª and the riverº shall stink;ºª and the Egyptiansº shall lotheºª to drinkºª of the waterº of² the river.º

[14] Ex 4:23; 8:2, 15; 9:2; 10:1, 4, 20, 27; Is 1:20; Jr 8:5; 9:6; Zc 7:12; He 12:25.
[15] Ex 2:5; 4:2; 7:10; 8:20; Ezk 29:3.
[16] Ex 3:12, 18; 5:1, 3; 8:1, 20; 9:1, 13; 10:3; 13:15; 14:5; 1S 4:6; Is 45:13; Jr 50:33; Ac 4:21.
[17] Ex 1:22; 4:9; 5:2; 6:7; 7:5; 1S 17:46; 1K 20:28; 2K 19:19; Ps 9:16; 78:44; 83:18; 105:29; Ezk 29:9; 30:8, 19; 32:15; 38:23; 39:28; Dn 4:17, 32, 37; 5:21, 23; Rv 8:8; 16:3.
[18] Ex 7:21, 24; Nu 11:20; 21:5.

The river is turned into blood.

19 ¶ And the LORDº spakeºª unto² Moses,º Sayºª unto² Aaron,º Takeºª thy rod,º and stretch outºª thine handº upon² the watersº of Egypt,º upon² their streams,º upon² their rivers,º and upon² their ponds,º and upon² all² their poolsº of water,º that they may become² blood;º and [that] there may be² bloodº throughout all² the landº of Egypt,º both in [vessels of] wood,º and in [vessels of] stone.º 20 And Mosesº and Aaronº didºª so,² as² the LORDº commanded;ºª and he lifted upºª the rod,º and smoteºª² the watersº that² [were] in the river,º in the sightº of Pharaoh,º and in the sightº of his servants;º and all² the watersº that² [were] in the riverº were turnedºª to blood.º 21 And the fishº that² [was] in the riverº died;ºª and the riverº stank,ºª and the Egyptiansº couldºª not² drinkºª of the waterº of² the river;º and there was² bloodº throughout all² the landº of Egypt.º 22 And the magiciansº of Egyptº didºª so² with their enchantments:º and Pharaoh'sº heartº was hardened,ºª neither² did he hearkenºª unto² them; as² the LORDº had said.ºª 23 And Pharaohº turnedºª and wentºª into² his house,º neither² did he setºª his heartº to thisº also.² 24 And all² the Egyptiansº diggedºª round aboutº the riverº for waterº to drink;ºª for² they couldºª not² drinkºª of the waterº² of the river.º 25 And sevenº daysº were fulfilled,ºª afterº that the LORDº had smittenºª² the river.º

[19] Gn 1:10; Ex 8:5, 16; 9:22, 33; 10:12, 21; 14:21, 26.
[20] Ex 7:17; 17:5, 9; Nu 20:8; Ps 78:44; 105:29; Jn 2:9; Rv 8:8.
[21] Ex 7:18; Rv 8:9.
[22] Ex 7:3, 11, 13; 8:7; Jr 27:18; 2Ti 3:8.
[23] Ex 9:21; Dt 32:46; 1S 4:20; Jb 7:17; Ps 62:10; Pv 22:17; 24:32; 29:1; Is 26:11; Jr 5:3; 36:24; Ezk 40:4; Am 4:7; Hab 1:5; Mal 2:2.
[24] Ex 7:18.
[25] Ex 8:9; 10:23; 2S 24:13.


KJV 1769 King James Bible Authorized Version (Student's Edition)
©2011 by First Gospel Publications, Zion, Ill. All rights reserved.
For downloads and more information please visit www.FirstGospel.com.
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible
with Hebrew-Chaldee and Greek Dictionaries
Featuring the qBible.com Living Strong's Lexical Map
©2003 by The WWW Chat Bible Compages. All rights reserved.
For how to use color-coding please view [www.ChatBible.com/key.asp].

Exodus 7 Top of NASB New American Standard Bible KJV King James Version Red-Letter Strong's Concordance Numbers Cross References & Footnotes


 ChatBible.com  |  Lexicon & Concordance  |  1611Bible.com 
 Download  |  Contact  |  About  | Become a fan.