Exodus 4:3 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

³ That they may believe, saith he, that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared to thee.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ And He said, Cast it on the ground. And he did so and it became a serpent [the symbol of royal and divine power worn on the crown of the Pharaohs]; and Moses fled from before it.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ 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.

Common English Bible

³ The LORD said, “Throw it down on the ground.” So Moses threw it on the ground, and it turned into a snake. Moses jumped back from it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And the Lord said, "Cast it down upon the ground." He cast it down, and it was turned into a snake, so that Moses fled away.

Exodus 4:3 Cross References

Exodus 4:17

9 And the Lord said to Moses, in Madian: Go, and return into Egypt: for they are all dead that sought thy life.

Exodus 4:4

And the Lord said again: Put thy hand into thy bosom. And when he had put it into his bosom, he brought it forth leprous as snow.

Exodus 7:9

1 And Pharao called the wise men and the magicians: and they also by Egyptian enchantments and certain secrets did in like manner.

Amos 5:19

7 And I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, the God of hosts is his name.