| English Standard Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1And the LORD said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet. | 1Then the LORD said to Moses, "See, I make you as God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet. |
| 2You shall speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron shall tell Pharaoh to let the people of Israel go out of his land. | 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. |
| 3But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, | 3"But I will harden Pharaoh's heart that I may multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt. |
| 4Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and bring my hosts, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment. | 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. |
| 5The Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring out the people of Israel from among them.” | 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." |
| 6Moses and Aaron did so; they did just as the LORD commanded them. | 6So Moses and Aaron did it; as the LORD commanded them, thus they did. |
| 7Now Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh. | 7Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three, when they spoke to Pharaoh. |
| 8Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, | 8Now the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, |
| 9“When Pharaoh says to you, ‘Prove yourselves by working a miracle,’ then you shall say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it may become a serpent.’” | 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.'" |
| 10So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD commanded. Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a serpent. | 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. |
| 11Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers, and they, the magicians of Egypt, also did the same by their secret arts. | 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. |
| 12For each man cast down his staff, and they became serpents. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs. | 12For each one threw down his staff and they turned into serpents. But Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs. |
| 13Still Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the LORD had said. | 13Yet Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them, as the LORD had said. |
| 14Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is hardened; he refuses to let the people go. | 14Then the LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is stubborn; he refuses to let the people go. |
| 15Go to Pharaoh in the morning, as he is going out to the water. Stand on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that turned into a serpent. | 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. |
| 16And 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 so far, you have not obeyed. | 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." |
| 17Thus says the LORD, “By this you shall know that I am the LORD: behold, with the staff that is in my hand I will strike the water that is in the Nile, and it shall turn into blood. | 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. |
| 18The fish in the Nile shall die, and the Nile will stink, and the Egyptians will grow weary of drinking water from the Nile.”’” | 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."'" |
| 19And the LORD said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, their canals, and their ponds, and all their pools of water, so that they may become blood, and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, even in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.’” | 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.'" |
| 20Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded. In the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants he lifted up the staff and struck the water in the Nile, and all the water in the Nile turned into blood. | 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. |
| 21And the fish in the Nile died, and the Nile stank, so that the Egyptians could not drink water from the Nile. There was blood throughout all the land of Egypt. | 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. |
| 22But the magicians of Egypt did the same by their secret arts. So Pharaoh’s heart remained hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the LORD had said. | 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. |
| 23Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and he did not take even this to heart. | 23Then Pharaoh turned and went into his house with no concern even for this. |
| 24And all the Egyptians dug along the Nile for water to drink, for they could not drink the water of the Nile. | 24So all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, for they could not drink of the water of the Nile. |
| 25Seven full days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile. | 25Seven days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile. |
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