Exodus 4:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

² The Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A staff.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And the Lord said to him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod.

American Standard Version (1901)

² And Jehovah said unto him, What is that in thy hand? And he said, A rod.

Common English Bible

² The LORD said to him, “What’s that in your hand?” Moses replied, “A shepherd’s rod.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Therefore, he said to him, "What is that you hold in your hand?" He answered, "A staff."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² Then he said to him: What is that thou holdest in thy hand? He answered: A rod.

Exodus 4:2 Cross References

Genesis 30:37

Then Jacob took fresh rods of poplar and almond and plane and peeled white streaks in them, exposing the white of the rods.

2 Kings 4:2

Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She answered, “Your servant has nothing in the house except a jar of oil.”

Psalm 110:2

The Lord sends out from Zion your mighty scepter. Rule in the midst of your foes.

Exodus 4:17

Take in your hand this staff, with which you shall perform the signs.”

Exodus 4:20

So Moses took his wife and his sons, put them on a donkey, and went back to the land of Egypt, and Moses carried the staff of God in his hand.

Exodus 7:15

Go to Pharaoh in the morning, as he is going out to the water; stand by at the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that was turned into a snake.

Exodus 7:9

“When Pharaoh says to you, ‘Perform a wonder,’ then you shall say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh, and it will become a snake.’ ”

Isaiah 11:4

but with righteousness he shall judge for the poor and decide with equity for the oppressed of the earth; he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.

Leviticus 27:32

All tithes of herd and flock, every tenth one that passes under the shepherd’s staff, shall be holy to the Lord.

Micah 7:14

Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock that belongs to you, which lives alone in a forest in the midst of a garden land; let them feed in Bashan and Gilead as in the days of old.