Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
The magicians tried to do the same thing with their secret arts, but they were unable to bring out the gnats. The gnats were on the people and the animals.
New American Standard Bible
The
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
The magicians tried to produce gnats using their occult practices, but they could not. The gnats remained on man and beast.
A Conservative Version
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.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
The magicians (soothsayer-priests) tried by their secret arts and enchantments to create gnats, but they could not; and there were gnats on man and animal.
Bible in Basic English
And the wonder-workers with their secret arts, attempting to make insects, were unable to do so: and there were insects on man and on beast.
Darby Translation
And the scribes did so with their sorceries, to bring forth gnats; but they could not. And the gnats were on man and on beast.
Julia Smith Translation
And the sacred scribes will do so with their enchantments to bring forth gnats, and they will not be able: and there will be gnats upon man and upon quadrupeds.
King James 2000
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the magicians did so with their secret arts to bring out the gnats, but they were not able, and the gnats were on the humans and on the animals.
Modern King James verseion
And the magicians did so with their secret arts to bring forth lice, but they could not. So there were lice upon man and upon beast.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the enchanters assayed likewise with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not. And the lice were both upon man and beast.
NET Bible
When the magicians attempted to bring forth gnats by their secret arts, they could not. So there were gnats on people and on animals.
New Heart English Bible
The magicians tried with their secret arts to bring forth lice, but they couldn't. There were lice on man, and on animal.
The Emphasized Bible
And the sacred scribes did in like manner with their secret arts, to bring forth the gnats, but they could not. So there came to be gnats, among men and among beasts.
Webster
And the magicians did so with their inchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man and upon beast.
World English Bible
The magicians tried with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they couldn't. There were lice on man, and on animal.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the scribes do so with their flashings, to bring out the gnats, and they have not been able, and the gnats are on man and on beast;
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 8:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Plague Three: Gnats
17 They did this. Aaron stretched his hand out with his staff, struck the dust of the land, and gnats came on people and animals all the dust of the ground became gnats throughout the land of Egypt. 18 The magicians tried to do the same thing with their secret arts, but they were unable to bring out the gnats. The gnats were on the people and the animals. 19 The magicians told Pharaoh, "It is the finger of God!" But Pharaoh's heart was stubborn and he did not listen to them, just as the LORD had predicted.
Cross References
Exodus 7:11
Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and sorcerers, and they along with the Egyptian magicians did the same thing with their secret arts.
Exodus 9:11
The magicians were not able to stand before Moses because of the boils, because the boils were on the magicians and on all the Egyptians.
Daniel 5:8
Then all the king's advisors came in, but they were unable to read the writing or tell the king what it meant.
Genesis 41:8
The very next morning, he was frustrated about the dream, so he sent word to summon all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them what he had dreamed, but no one could interpret them.
Isaiah 19:12
Where are your wise men now? Let them tell you, let them make known what the LORD has planned against Egypt.
Isaiah 47:12-13
"But stand up now with your spells and your many incantations, at which you have labored from your childhood until today,
Daniel 2:10-11
The Chaldeans answered the king directly, "There's not a single man on earth who can do what the king has commanded. No king, lord, or ruler has ever asked such a thing from any diviner, enchanter, or Chaldean.
Daniel 4:7
Then the diviners, enchanters, Chaldeans, and astrologers came in, and I told them the dream. But they could not reveal its interpretation to me.
Luke 10:18
He told them, "I watched Satan falling from heaven like lightning.
2 Timothy 3:8-9
Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and their faith is a counterfeit.