Exodus 4:17
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New International Version (©2011)
But take this staff in your hand so you can perform the signs with it."

New Living Translation (©2007)
And take your shepherd's staff with you, and use it to perform the miraculous signs I have shown you."

English Standard Version (©2001)
And take in your hand this staff, with which you shall do the signs.”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"You shall take in your hand this staff, with which you shall perform the signs."

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
And take this staff in your hand that you will perform the signs with."

International Standard Version (©2012)
Now pick up that staff with your hand. You'll use it to perform the signs."

NET Bible (©2006)
You will also take in your hand this staff, with which you will do the signs."

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Take that shepherd's staff with you, and use it to do the miraculous signs."

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And you shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do signs.

American King James Version
And you shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do signs.

American Standard Version
And thou shalt take in thy hand this rod, wherewith thou shalt do the signs.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And take this rod in thy hand, wherewith thou shalt do the signs.

Darby Bible Translation
And thou shalt take this staff in thy hand, with which thou shalt do the signs.

English Revised Version
And thou shalt take in thine hand this rod, wherewith thou shalt do the signs.

Webster's Bible Translation
And thou shalt take this rod in thy hand, with which thou shalt perform signs.

World English Bible
You shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do the signs."

Young's Literal Translation
and this rod thou dost take in thy hand, with which thou doest the signs.'

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

4:10-17 Moses continued backward to the work God designed him for; there was much of cowardice, slothfulness, and unbelief in him. We must not judge of men by the readiness of their discourse. A great deal of wisdom and true worth may be with a slow tongue. God sometimes makes choice of those as his messengers, who have the least of the advantages of art or nature, that his grace in them may appear the more glorious. Christ's disciples were no orators, till the Holy Spirit made them such. God condescends to answer the excuse of Moses. Even self-diffidence, when it hinders us from duty, or clogs us in duty, is very displeasing to the Lord. But while we blame Moses for shrinking from this dangerous service, let us ask our own hearts if we are not neglecting duties more easy, and less perilous. The tongue of Aaron, with the head and heart of Moses, would make one completely fit for this errand. God promises, I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth. Even Aaron, who could speak well, yet could not speak to purpose, unless God gave constant teaching and help; for without the constant aid of Divine grace, the best gifts will fail.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 17. - Thou shalt take this rod. Not any rod, but the particular one which had already once become a serpent. Wherewith thou shalt do signs. Rather, "the signs," i.e. the signs which thou wilt have to do, as already declared in Exodus 3:20. It is quite gratuitous to suppose that God had already particularised them

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Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And thou shall take this rod in thine hand,.... Which he then had in his hand, and was no other than his shepherd's staff:

wherewith thou shall do signs: wondrous things, meaning the ten plagues inflicted on Egypt.

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The Appointment of Aaron
…15And you shall speak to him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do. 16And he shall be your spokesman to the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to you instead of a mouth, and you shall be to him instead of God. 17And you shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do signs.

Exodus 4:2 Then the LORD said to him, "What is that in your hand?" "A staff," he replied.
Exodus 4:20 So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey and started back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.
Exodus 7:9 "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."
Exodus 14:16 Raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.
Exodus 17:9 Moses said to Joshua, "Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hands."
Numbers 20:8 "Take the staff, and you and your brother Aaron gather the assembly together. Speak to that rock before their eyes and it will pour out its water. You will bring water out of the rock for the community so they and their livestock can drink."
2 Kings 4:29 Elisha said to Gehazi, "Tuck your cloak into your belt, take my staff in your hand and run. Don't greet anyone you meet, and if anyone greets you, do not answer. Lay my staff on the boy's face."