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Exodus 4:17
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You shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do the signs."
And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.
And you must take this staff in your hand, with which you will do the signs."
Take your walking stick with you, and use it to do the miracles."
You will also take in your hand this staff, with which you will do the signs."
"You shall take in your hand this staff, with which you shall perform the signs [the miracles which prove I sent you]."
"And you shall take in your hand this staff, with which you shall perform the signs."
Moreouer thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do miracles.
And you shall take in your hand this staff, with which you shall do the signs."
Now take this walking stick and use it to perform miracles.
Now take this staff in your hand, because you need it to perform the signs."
And thou shalt take this staff in thy hand, with which thou shalt do the signs.
So go and carry your walking stick with you. Use it and the other miracles to show the people that I am with you."
And take in your hand this staff, with which you shall do the signs."
And you shall take this staff in your hand, with which you shall do signs.
And take this staff in your hand that you will perform the signs with.”
And you shall take this staff in your hand by which you do the signs.
And take in thine hande this staff, wherwith thou shalt do tokens.
And thou shalt take in thy hand this rod, wherewith thou shalt do the signs.
And take in your hand this rod with which you will do the signs.
And thou shalt take this rodde in thy hande, wherewith thou shalt do miracles.
And thou shalt take in thy hand this rod, wherewith thou shalt do the signs.'
And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt doe signes.
And this rod that was turned into a serpent thou shalt take in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt work miracles.
And thou shalt take in thine hand this rod, wherewith thou shalt do the signs.
But take this staff in your hand so that you can perform signs with it."
Also take thou this yerde in thin hond, in which thou schalt do myraclis.
and this rod thou dost take in thy hand, with which thou doest the signs.'
And you shall take in your hand this rod, with which you shall do the signs.
And thou shalt take this rod in thy hand, with which thou shalt perform signs.
You shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do the signs."
And you shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do the signs."
And take your shepherd's staff with you, and use it to perform the miraculous signs I have shown you."
You will take this special stick in your hand. And you will use it to make the special things happen for the people to see."
Take in your hand this staff, with which you shall perform the signs."
And this staff, take thou in thy hand, - wherewith thou shalt do the signs.
And take this rod in thy hand. wherewith thou shalt do the signs.
And you shall take in your hand this rod, with which you shall do the signs."
"You shall take in your hand this staff, with which you shall perform the signs."
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Exodus 4:2, Exodus 7:9, Exodus 7:19, 1 Corinthians 1:27
Reciprocal: Exodus 4:3 - it became Exodus 4:14 - cometh Exodus 4:20 - the rod of God Exodus 14:16 - lift Leviticus 8:11 - General Numbers 17:2 - twelve rods Numbers 20:8 - the rod 2 Kings 4:29 - take my 2 Kings 13:17 - The arrow
Cross-References
Then Abel brought the first lamb born to one of his sheep, killed it, and gave the best parts of it as an offering. The Lord was pleased with Abel and his offering,
You are placed under a curse and can no longer farm the soil. It has soaked up your brother's blood as if it had opened its mouth to receive it when you killed him.
When Jared was 162, he had a son, Enoch,
After that, Enoch lived in fellowship with God for 300 years and had other children.
They said, "Now let's build a city with a tower that reaches the sky, so that we can make a name for ourselves and not be scattered all over the earth."
During his lifetime Absalom had built a monument for himself in King's Valley, because he had no son to keep his name alive. So he named it after himself, and to this day it is known as Absalom's Monument.
Their graves are their homes forever; there they stay for all time, though they once had lands of their own.
he said, "Look how great Babylon is! I built it as my capital city to display my power and might, my glory and majesty."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And thou shall take this rod in thine hand,.... Which he then had in his hand, and was no other than his shepherd's staff:
wherewith thou shall do signs: wondrous things, meaning the ten plagues inflicted on Egypt.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Exodus 4:17. Thou shalt take this rod — From the story of Moses's rod the heathens have invented the fables of the thyrsus of Bacchus, and the caduceus of Mercury. Cicero reckons five Bacchuses, one of which, according to Orpheus, was born of the river Nile; but, according to the common opinion, he was born on the banks of that river. Bacchus is expressly said to have been exposed on the river Nile, hence he is called Nilus, both by Diodorus and Macrobius; and in the hymns of Orpheus he is named Myses, because he was drawn out of the water. He is represented by the poets as being very beautiful, and an illustrious warrior; they report him to have overrun all Arabia with a numerous army both of men and women. He is said also to have been an eminent law-giver, and to have written his laws on two tables. He always carried in his hand the thyrsus, a rod wreathed with serpents, and by which he is reported to have wrought many miracles. Any person acquainted with the birth and exploits of the poetic Bacchus will at once perceive them to be all borrowed from the life and acts of Moses, as recorded in the Pentateuch; and it would be losing time to show the parallel, by quoting passages from the book of Exodus.
The caduceus or rod of Mercury is well known in poetic fables. It is another copy Of the rod of Moses. He also is reported to have wrought a multitude of miracles by this rod; and particularly he is said to kill and make alive, to send souls to the invisible world and bring them back from thence. Homer represents Mercury taking his rod to work miracles precisely in the same way as God commands Moses to take his.
ÎÌÏÎ¼Î·Ï Î´Îµ ÏÏ ÏÎ±Ï ÎÏ Î»Î»Î·Î½Î¹Î¿Ï ÎµÎ¾ÎµÎºÎ±Î»ÎµÎ¹Ïο
ÎνδÏÏν μνηÏÏηÏÏνΠεÏε δε ΡÌÎÎÎÎΠμεÏα ÏεÏÏιν
Îαλην, ÏÏÏ Ïειην, ÏÎ·Í Ï' ανδÏÏν ομμαÏα θελγει,
ΩÌν εθελει, ÏÎ¿Ï Ï Î´' Î±Ï Ïε και Ï ÌÏνÏονÏÎ±Ï ÎµÎ³ÎµÎ¹Ïει.
Odyss., lib. xxiv., ver. 1.
Cyllenian Hermes now call'd forth the souls
Of all the suitors; with his golden WAND
Of power, to seal in balmy sleep whose eyes
Soe'er he will, and open them again. COWPER.
Virgil copies Homer, but carries the parallel farther, tradition having probably furnished him with more particulars; but in both we may see a disguised copy of the sacred history, from which indeed the Greek and Roman poets borrowed most of their beauties.
TUM VIRGAM CAPIT: hac animas ille evocat Orco
Pallentes, alias sub tristia Tartara mittit;
Dat somnos, adimitque, et lumina morte resignat
ILLA fretus agit, ventos, et turbida tranat.
AEneid, lib. iv., ver. 242.
But first he grasps within his awful hand
The mark of sovereign power, the magic wand;
With this he draws the ghosts from hollow graves,
With this he drives them down the Stygian waves;
With this he seals in sleep the wakeful sight,
And eyes, though closed in death, restores to light.
Thus arm'd, the god begins his airy race,
And drives the racking clouds along the liquid space.
DRYDEN.
Many other resemblances between the rod of the poets and that of Moses, the learned reader will readily recollect. These specimens may be deemed sufficient.
