The next morning Pharaoh was worried about these dreams. So he sent for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told these men the dreams, but none of them could interpret the dreams.
Exodus 8:18 - Easy To Read Version The magicians used their tricks and tried to do the same thing. But the magicians could not make lice come from the dust. The lice remained on the animals and the people. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The magicians tried by their enchantments and secret arts to bring forth gnats or mosquitoes, but they could not; and there were gnats or mosquitoes on man and beast. American Standard Version (1901) And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: and there were lice upon man, and upon beast. Common English Bible The religious experts tried to produce lice by their secret knowledge, but they weren’t able to do it. There were lice on people and animals. Catholic Public Domain Version And the sorcerers, with their incantations, did similarly, in order to bring forth stinging insects, but they were not able. And there were stinging insects, as much on men as on beasts. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the magicians with their enchantments practiced in like manner, to bring forth sciniphs, and they could not: and there were sciniphs as well on men as on beasts. |
The next morning Pharaoh was worried about these dreams. So he sent for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told these men the dreams, but none of them could interpret the dreams.
None of the people could see each other. And no one got up to go any place for three days. But there was light in all the places where the people of Israel lived.
So the king called for his wise men and magicians. These men used their tricks and they were able to do the same thing as Aaron.
They threw their walking sticks on the ground, and their sticks became snakes. But then Aaron’s walking stick ate theirs.
The magicians used their tricks to do the same thing—so even more frogs came out onto the land in Egypt!
The magicians could not stop Moses from doing this, because even the magicians had the boils. This happened everywhere in Egypt.
Egypt, where are your wise men? Those wise men should learn what the Lord All-Powerful has planned for Egypt. They should be the people to tell you what will happen.
When the men of magic, and the Chaldeans {\cf2\super [40]} came, I told them about the dream. But those men could not tell me what it meant.
So all the king’s wise men came in. But they could not read the writing. They could not understand what it meant.
Jesus said to the men, “I saw Satan (the devil) falling like lightning from the sky.