| New American Standard Bible 1995 | New International Version |
| 1Then the LORD said to Moses, "See, I make you as God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet. | 1Then the LORD said to Moses, "See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet. |
| 2"You shall speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron shall speak to Pharaoh that he let the sons of Israel go out of his land. | 2You are to say everything I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his country. |
| 3"But I will harden Pharaoh's heart that I may multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt. | 3But I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in Egypt, |
| 4"When Pharaoh does not listen to you, then I will lay My hand on Egypt and bring out My hosts, My people the sons of Israel, from the land of Egypt by great judgments. | 4he will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and with mighty acts of judgment I will bring out my divisions, my people the Israelites. |
| 5"The Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand on Egypt and bring out the sons of Israel from their midst." | 5And the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out of it." |
| 6So Moses and Aaron did it; as the LORD commanded them, thus they did. | 6Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD commanded them. |
| 7Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three, when they spoke to Pharaoh. | 7Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh. |
| 8Now the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, | 8The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, |
| 9"When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, 'Work a miracle,' then you shall say to Aaron, 'Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh, that it may become a serpent.'" | 9"When Pharaoh says to you, 'Perform a miracle,' then say to Aaron, 'Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,' and it will become a snake." |
| 10So Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and thus they did just as the LORD had commanded; and Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a serpent. | 10So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD commanded. Aaron threw his staff down in front of Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a snake. |
| 11Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers, and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same with their secret arts. | 11Pharaoh then summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the Egyptian magicians also did the same things by their secret arts: |
| 12For each one threw down his staff and they turned into serpents. But Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs. | 12Each one threw down his staff and it became a snake. But Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs. |
| 13Yet Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them, as the LORD had said. | 13Yet Pharaoh's heart became hard and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said. |
| 14Then the LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is stubborn; he refuses to let the people go. | 14Then the LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is unyielding; he refuses to let the people go. |
| 15"Go to Pharaoh in the morning as he is going out to the water, and station yourself to meet him on the bank of the Nile; and you shall take in your hand the staff that was turned into a serpent. | 15Go to Pharaoh in the morning as he goes out to the river. Confront him on the bank of the Nile, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake. |
| 16"You shall say to him, 'The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you, saying, "Let My people go, that they may serve Me in the wilderness. But behold, you have not listened until now." | 16Then say to him, 'The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to say to you: Let my people go, so that they may worship me in the wilderness. But until now you have not listened. |
| 17'Thus says the LORD, "By this you shall know that I am the LORD: behold, I will strike the water that is in the Nile with the staff that is in my hand, and it will be turned to blood. | 17This is what the LORD says: By this you will know that I am the LORD: With the staff that is in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will be changed into blood. |
| 18"The fish that are in the Nile will die, and the Nile will become foul, and the Egyptians will find difficulty in drinking water from the Nile."'" | 18The fish in the Nile will die, and the river will stink; the Egyptians will not be able to drink its water.'" |
| 19Then the LORD said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their reservoirs of water, that they may become blood; and there will be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.'" | 19The LORD said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt--over the streams and canals, over the ponds and all the reservoirs--and they will turn to blood.' Blood will be everywhere in Egypt, even in vessels of wood and stone." |
| 20So Moses and Aaron did even as the LORD had commanded. And he lifted up the staff and struck the water that was in the Nile, in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants, and all the water that was in the Nile was turned to blood. | 20Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded. He raised his staff in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials and struck the water of the Nile, and all the water was changed into blood. |
| 21The fish that were in the Nile died, and the Nile became foul, so that the Egyptians could not drink water from the Nile. And the blood was through all the land of Egypt. | 21The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. Blood was everywhere in Egypt. |
| 22But the magicians of Egypt did the same with their secret arts; and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them, as the LORD had said. | 22But the Egyptian magicians did the same things by their secret arts, and Pharaoh's heart became hard; he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said. |
| 23Then Pharaoh turned and went into his house with no concern even for this. | 23Instead, he turned and went into his palace, and did not take even this to heart. |
| 24So all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, for they could not drink of the water of the Nile. | 24And all the Egyptians dug along the Nile to get drinking water, because they could not drink the water of the river. |
| 25Seven days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile. | 25Seven days passed after the LORD struck the Nile. |
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