Exodus 4:2

Yahweh said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A rod.”

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WEBBE

The LORD said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A rod.”

BSB

And the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied.

KJV

And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.

ASV

And Jehovah said unto him, What is that in thy hand? And he said, A rod.

BBE

And the Lord said to him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod.

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וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 אֵלָיו 'e·lav to him H413 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 מַה־זֶּה mah-zeh- what [is] this H4100 בְיָדֶךָ ve·ya·de·kha [is] in hand your H3027 וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 מַטֶּה ma·teh a staff H4294

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–9

Moses objects, that the people would not take his word, unless he showed them some sign. God gives him power to work miracles. But those who are now employed to deliver God's messages to men, need not the power to work miracles: their character and their doctrines are to be tried by that word of God to which they appeal. These miracles especially referred to the miracles of the Lord Jesus Christ. It belonged to Him only, to cast the power of the devil out of the soul, and to heal the soul of the leprosy of sin; and so it was for Him first to cast the devil out of the body, and to heal the leprosy of the body.

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MiraclesCondescension Of God

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.