And when the king of Israel read the letter, he rent his clothes and said, “Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends word to me to cure a man of his leprosy? Only consider, and see how he is seeking a quarrel with me.”
Exodus 4:8 - Revised Standard Version “If they will not believe you,” God said, “or heed the first sign, they may believe the latter sign. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [Then God said] If they will not believe you or heed the voice or the testimony of the first sign, they may believe the voice or the witness of the second sign. American Standard Version (1901) And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. Common English Bible “If they won’t believe you or pay attention to the first sign, they may believe the second sign. Catholic Public Domain Version "If they will not believe you," he said, "and will not listen to the sermon of the first sign, then they will believe the word of the subsequent sign. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If they will not believe thee, saith he, nor hear the voice of the former sign, they will believe the word of the latter sign. |
And when the king of Israel read the letter, he rent his clothes and said, “Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends word to me to cure a man of his leprosy? Only consider, and see how he is seeking a quarrel with me.”
And Moses told Aaron all the words of the Lord with which he had sent him, and all the signs which he had charged him to do.
Then God said, “Put your hand back into your bosom.” So he put his hand back into his bosom; and when he took it out, behold, it was restored like the rest of his flesh.
If they will not believe even these two signs or heed your voice, you shall take some water from the Nile and pour it upon the dry ground; and the water which you shall take from the Nile will become blood upon the dry ground.”
For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little.”
Though he had done so many signs before them, yet they did not believe in him;
“ ‘See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god beside me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
And he said to him, “If now I have found favor with thee, then show me a sign that it is thou who speakest with me.