Exodus 4:3

He said, “Throw it on the ground.” He threw it on the ground, and it became a snake; and Moses ran away from it.

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WEBBE

He said, “Throw it on the ground.” He threw it on the ground, and it became a snake; and Moses ran away from it.

BSB

“Throw it on the ground,” said the LORD. So Moses threw it on the ground, and it became a snake, and he ran from it.

KJV

And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.

ASV

And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.

BBE

And he said, Put it down on the earth. And he put it down on the earth and it became a snake; and Moses went running from it.

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וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 הַשְׁלִיכֵהוּ hash·li·khe·hu throw it H7993 אַרְצָה 'ar·tzah [the] ground towards H776 וַיַּשְׁלִיכֵהוּ vai·yash·li·khe·hu and he threw it H7993 אַרְצָה 'ar·tzah [the] ground towards H776 וַיְהִי vay·hi and it became H1961 לְנָחָשׁ le·na·chash (into) a snake H5175 וַיָּנָס vai·ya·nos and he fled H5127 מֹשֶׁה mo·sheh Moses H4872 מִפָּנָיו mi·pa·nav from before it H6440

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