Exodus 8:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and struck the dust of the earth, and it became lice on man and beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    If you do not let my people go, I will send swarms of flies upon you, your officials, your people, and your houses. The houses of the Egyptians will be filled with flies, and even the ground they stand on will be covered.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And they did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and there were lice upon man, and upon beast; all the dust of the earth became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And they dyd so. And Aaron stretched out his hande with his rodd and smote the dust of the erth. ad it turned to lyse both in man and beest, so that all the dust of the lande turned to lyse, thorowe out all the lande of Egipte.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    They dyd so. And Aaron stretched out his hande wt his staff, & smote the dust vpon the earth, & there were lyse vpon men and vpon catell: All the dust of the lande was turned vnto lyse in all the lande of Egipte.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And they did so: for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth: and lyce came vpon man and vpon beast: all the dust of the earth was lyce throughout all the land of Egypt.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And they did so: for Aaron stretched out his hande with his rodde, and smote the dust of the earth, whiche turned to lyce in man and beast: so that all the dust of the lande turned to lyce throughout all the lande of Egypt.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    They did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and struck the dust of the earth, and there were lice on man, and on animal; all the dust of the earth became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And they do so, and Aaron stretcheth out his hand with his rod, and smiteth the dust of the land, and the gnats are on man and on beast; all the dust of the land hath been gnats in all the land of Egypt.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And they did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and there were lice upon man, and upon beast; all the dust of the earth became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And they did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and there were lice upon man, and upon beast; all the dust of the earth became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And they did so; and Aaron, stretching out the rod in his hand, gave a touch to the dust of the earth, and insects came on man and on beast; all the dust of the earth was changed into insects through all the land of Egypt.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    They did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and struck the dust of the earth, and there were lice on man, and on animal; all the dust of the earth became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    They did so; Aaron extended his hand with his staff, he struck the dust of the ground, and it became gnats on people and on animals. All the dust of the ground became gnats throughout all the land of Egypt.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 105:31 : 31 He spoke, and there came various sorts of flies, and lice in all their territory.
  • Isa 23:9 : 9 The LORD of hosts has purposed it, to mar the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.
  • Acts 12:23 : 23 And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Exod 8:16
    94%

    16And the LORD said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch out your rod, and strike the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 8:18-19
    2 verses
    89%

    18And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man and upon beast.

    19Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them; as the LORD had said.

  • Exod 9:8-11
    4 verses
    78%

    8And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, Take handfuls of ashes from the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.

    9And it shall become fine dust in all the land of Egypt, and will cause boils to break out with sores upon man and beast throughout all the land of Egypt.

    10And they took ashes from the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it toward heaven; and it became boils breaking out with sores upon man and beast.

    11And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were on the magicians, and on all the Egyptians.

  • Ps 105:31
    77%

    31He spoke, and there came various sorts of flies, and lice in all their territory.

  • Exod 8:24
    76%

    24And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted because of the swarm of flies.

  • Exod 8:5-7
    3 verses
    75%

    5And the LORD spoke to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch forth your hand with your rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.

    6And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.

    7And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 10:12-15
    4 verses
    75%

    12And the LORD said to Moses, Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come upon the land of Egypt and eat every herb of the land, all that the hail has left.

    13And Moses stretched out his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.

    14And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt and rested in all the territory of Egypt; they were very grievous; before them there were no locusts like them, nor after them shall be such.

    15For they covered the surface of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they ate every herb of the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left; and no green thing remained in the trees or in the plants of the field throughout all the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 7:19-21
    3 verses
    73%

    19And the LORD spoke to Moses, Say to Aaron, Take your rod, and stretch out your hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.

    20And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and struck the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.

    21And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 7:8-10
    3 verses
    73%

    8And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

    9When Pharaoh shall speak to you, saying, Show a miracle for you, then you shall say to Aaron, Take your rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.

    10And Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded, and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent.

  • Exod 9:22-23
    2 verses
    72%

    22And the LORD said to Moses, Stretch forth your hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and beast, and every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.

    23And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and fire ran along the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 7:12
    72%

    12For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents, but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.

  • Exod 8:31
    72%

    31And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one.

  • Exod 8:12-14
    3 verses
    71%

    12And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried to the LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.

    13And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.

    14And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.

  • Exod 8:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

    21Else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon you, and upon your servants, and upon your people, and into your houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.

    22And I will set apart in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end you may know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.

  • Ps 135:8
    71%

    8He struck the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.

  • Exod 9:15
    70%

    15For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may strike you and your people with pestilence; and you shall be cut off from the earth.

  • Deut 28:27
    69%

    27The LORD will strike you with the boils of Egypt, and with tumors, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof you cannot be healed.

  • Exod 4:3-4
    2 verses
    69%

    3And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent, and Moses fled from it.

    4And the LORD said to Moses, Stretch out your hand, and take it by the tail. And he stretched out his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand.

  • Exod 10:19
    68%

    19And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts and cast them into the Red Sea; there remained not one locust in all the territory of Egypt.