Exodus 7:11

Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers. They also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same thing with their enchantments.

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WEBBE

Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers. They also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same thing with their enchantments.

BSB

But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts.

KJV

Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.

ASV

Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers: and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did in like manner with their enchantments.

BBE

Then Pharaoh sent for the wise men and the wonder-workers, and they, the wonder-workers of Egypt, did the same with their secret arts.

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וַיִּקְרָא vai·yik·ra' and he summoned H7121 גַּם־ gam- also H1571 פַּרְעֹה par·'oh Pharaoh H6547 לַחֲכָמִים la·cha·kha·mim (to) the wise men H2450 וְלַמְכַשְּׁפִים ve·lam·kha·she·fim and (to) the sorcerers H3784 וַיַּעֲשׂוּ vai·ya·'a·su and they did H6213 גַם־ gam- also H1571 הֵם hem they H1992 חַרְטֻמֵּי char·tu·mei [the] magicians of H2748 מִצְרַיִם mitz·ra·yim Egypt H4714 בְּלַהֲטֵיהֶם be·la·ha·tei·hem by enchantments their H3814 כֵּן ken thus H3651

The early church

The magicians of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt who was tyrannizing over this people, were permitted to accomplish certain wonders merely that they might be outdone by more genuine miracles. These magicians worked by the kind of sorceries and incantations to which evil spirits or demons are addicted, while Moses was powerful by his holiness and helped by the angels, and so, in the name of God, creator of heaven and earth, he easily triumphed over them.
Augustine of Hippo · d. 430City of God

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 8–13

What men dislike, because it opposes their pride and lusts, they will not be convinced of; but it is easy to cause them to believe things they wish to be true. God always sends with his word full proofs of its Divine authority; but when men are bent to disobey, and willing to object, he often permits a snare to be laid wherein they are entangled. The magicians were cheats, trying to copy the real miracles of Moses by secret sleights or jugglings, which to a small extent they succeeded in doing, so as to deceive the bystanders, but they were at length obliged to confess they could not any longer imitate the effects of Divine power. None assist more in the destruction of sinners, than such as resist the truth by amusing men with a counterfeit resemblance of it. Satan is most to be dreaded when transformed into an angel of light.

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People & places

Pharaoh Egypt

Topics

EgyptSorceryMagicianWise MenJambresJannes

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