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The Bible: Old Testament Chapter 7

Chapter 57 of 1,075

Canonical reference Exodus 7

English

World English Bible editorial project · World English Bible, Catholic book order (2020)

1. The LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I have made you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.
2. You shall speak all that I command you; and Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.
3. I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.
4. But Pharaoh will not listen to you, so I will lay my hand on Egypt, and bring out my armies, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
5. The Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD when I stretch out my hand on Egypt, and bring the children of Israel out from among them.”
6. Moses and Aaron did so. As the LORD commanded them, so they did.
7. Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
8. The LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
9. “When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, ‘Perform a miracle!’ then you shall tell Aaron, ‘Take your rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, and it will become a serpent.’”
10. Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, as the LORD had commanded. Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
11. Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers. They also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same thing with their enchantments.
12. For they each cast down their rods, and they became serpents; but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.
13. Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he didn’t listen to them, as the LORD had spoken.
14. The LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is stubborn. He refuses to let the people go.
15. Go to Pharaoh in the morning. Behold, he is going out to the water. You shall stand by the river’s bank to meet him. You shall take the rod which was turned to a serpent in your hand.
16. You shall tell him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, “Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness. Behold, until now you haven’t listened.”
17. The LORD says, “In this you shall know that I am the LORD. Behold: I will strike with the rod that is in my hand on the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
18. The fish that are in the river will die and the river will become foul. The Egyptians will loathe to drink water from the river.”’”
19. The LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your rod, and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood. There will be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.’”
20. 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.
21. The fish that were in the river died. The river became foul. The Egyptians couldn’t drink water from the river. The blood was throughout all the land of Egypt.
22. The magicians of Egypt did the same thing with their enchantments. So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he didn’t listen to them, as the LORD had spoken.
23. Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and he didn’t even take this to heart.
24. All the Egyptians dug around the river for water to drink; for they couldn’t drink the river water.
25. Seven days were fulfilled, after the LORD had struck the river.

French

Fraternite de Tiberiade · Sainte Bible neo-Crampon Libre (2022)

1. Yahwehdit à Moïse : « Vois, j’ai fait de toi un dieu pour Pharaon, et Aaron, ton frère, sera ton prophète.
2. Toi, tu diras tout ce que je te commanderai, et Aaron, ton frère, parlera à Pharaon, pour qu’il laisse partir de son pays les enfants d’Israël.
3. Et moi, j’endurcirai le cœur de Pharaon, et je multiplierai mes signes et mes prodiges dans le pays d’Égypte.
4. Pharaon ne vous écoutera pas et je mettrai ma main sur l’Égypte, et je ferai sortir du pays d’Égypte mes armées, mon peuple, les enfants d’Israël, par de grands jugements.
5. Les Égyptiens connaîtront que je suis Yahweh, lorsque j’étendrai ma main sur l’Égypte et que je ferai sortir du milieu d’eux les enfants d’Israël. »
6. Moïse et Aaron firent ce que Yahwehleur avait ordonné ; ainsi firent-ils.
7. Moïse était âgé de quatre-vingts ans, et Aaron de quatre-vingt-trois ans, lorsqu’ils parlèrent à Pharaon.
8. Yahwehdit à Moïse et à Aaron :
9. « Lorsque Pharaon vous parlera, en disant : Faites un miracle, tu diras à Aaron : Prends ton bâton et jette-le devant Pharaon ; il deviendra un serpent. »
10. Moïse et Aaron allèrent auprès de Pharaon, et ils firent ce que Yahwehavait ordonné. Aaron jeta son bâton devant Pharaon et devant ses serviteurs, et il devint un serpent.
11. Pharaon aussi appela ses sages et ses enchanteurs ; et les magiciens d’Égypte, eux aussi, firent la même chose par leurs enchantements :
12. ils jetèrent chacun leur bâton, et ces bâtons devinrent des serpents. Mais le bâton d’Aaron engloutit leurs bâtons.
13. Et le cœur de Pharaon s’endurcit, et il n’écouta pas Moïse et Aaron, selon que Yahwehl’avait dit.
14. Yahwehdit à Moïse : « Le cœur de Pharaon est endurci ; il refuse de laisser aller le peuple.
15. Va vers Pharaon dès le matin ; voici qu’il sortira pour aller au bord de l’eau, et tu te tiendras pour l’attendre sur la rive du fleuve. Tu prendras en main le bâton qui a été changé en serpent,
16. et tu lui diras : Yahweh, Dieu des Hébreux, m’a envoyé vers toi pour te dire : Laisse aller mon peuple, afin qu’il me serve dans le désert. Et voici, jusqu’à présent tu n’as pas écouté.
17. Ainsi dit Yahweh: A ceci tu connaîtras que je suis Yahweh: je vais frapper les eaux du fleuve avec le bâton qui est dans ma main, et elles seront changées en sang.
18. Les poissons qui sont dans le fleuve mourront, le fleuve deviendra infect, et les Égyptiens répugneront à boire de l’eau du fleuve. »
19. Yahwehdit à Moïse : « Dis à Aaron : Prends ton bâton et étends ta main sur les eaux de l’Égypte, sur ses rivières, sur ses canaux, sur ses étangs et sur tous ses réservoirs d’eau. Elles deviendront du sang, et il y aura du sang dans tout le pays d’Égypte, dans les vases de bois comme dans les vases de pierre. »
20. Moïse et Aaron firent ce que Yahwehavait ordonné. Aaron, levant le bâton, frappa les eaux qui étaient dans le fleuve, sous les yeux de Pharaon et sous les yeux de ses serviteurs, et toutes les eaux du fleuve furent changées en sang.
21. Les poissons qui étaient dans le fleuve moururent, le fleuve devint infect, les Égyptiens ne pouvaient plus boire de l’eau du fleuve, et il y eut du sang dans tout le pays d’Égypte.
22. Mais les magiciens d’Égypte firent la même chose par leurs enchantements, et le cœur de Pharaon s’endurcit, et il n’écouta pas Moïse et Aaron, selon que Yahwehl’avait dit.
23. Pharaon s’en retourna et, étant entré dans sa maison, il n’appliqua pas son cœur à ces choses.
24. Tous les Égyptiens creusèrent aux environs du fleuve pour trouver de l’eau potable, car ils ne pouvaient boire de l’eau du fleuve.
25. Il s’écoula sept jours, après que Yahweheut frappé le fleuve.
26. Yahwehdit à Moïse : « Va vers Pharaon, et tu lui diras : Ainsi dit Yahweh: Laisse aller mon peuple, afin qu’il me serve.
27. Si tu refuses de le laisser aller, voici que je vais frapper du fléau des grenouilles toute l’étendue de ton pays.
28. Le fleuve fourmillera de grenouilles ; elles monteront et entreront dans ta maison, dans ta chambre à coucher et sur ton lit, dans la maison de tes serviteurs, et au milieu de ton peuple, dans tes fours et dans tes pétrins ;
29. sur toi, sur ton peuple et sur tous tes serviteurs les grenouilles monteront. »

Latin

Biblia Vulgata Clementina (1598), Migne witness (1880)

1. Dixitque Dominus ad Moysen: Ecce constitui te Deum Pharaonis: et Aaron frater tuus erit propheta tuus.
2. Tu loqueris ei omnia quæ mando tibi: et ille loquetur ad Pharaonem, ut dimittat filios Israël de terra sua.
3. Sed ego indurabo cor ejus, et multiplicabo signa et ostenta mea in terra Ægypti,
4. et non audiet vos: immittamque manum meam super Ægyptum, et educam exercitum et populum meum filios Israël de terra Ægypti per judicia maxima.
5. Et scient Ægyptii quia ego sum Dominus qui extenderim manum meam super Ægyptum, et eduxerim filios Israël de medio eorum.
6. Fecit itaque Moyses et Aaron sicut præceperat Dominus: ita egerunt.
7. Erat autem Moyses octoginta annorum, et Aaron octoginta trium, quando locuti sunt ad Pharaonem.
8. Dixitque Dominus ad Moysen et Aaron:
9. Cum dixerit vobis Pharao, Ostendite signa: dices ad Aaron: Tolle virgam tuam, et projice eam coram Pharaone, ac vertetur in colubrum.
10. Ingressi itaque Moyses et Aaron ad Pharaonem, fecerunt sicut præceperat Dominus: tulitque Aaron virgam coram Pharaone et servis ejus, quæ versa est in colubrum.
11. Vocavit autem Pharao sapientes et maleficos: et fecerunt etiam ipsi per incantationes ægyptiacas et arcana quædam similiter.
12. Projeceruntque singuli virgas suas, quæ versæ sunt in dracones: sed devoravit virga Aaron virgas eorum.
13. Induratumque est cor Pharaonis, et non audivit eos, sicut præceperat Dominus.
14. Dixit autem Dominus ad Moysen: Ingravatum est cor Pharaonis: non vult dimittere populum.
15. Vade ad eum mane, ecce egredietur ad aquas: et stabis in occursum ejus super ripam fluminis: et virgam quæ conversa est in draconem, tolles in manu tua.
16. Dicesque ad eum: Dominus Deus Hebræorum misit me ad te, dicens: Dimitte populum meum ut sacrificet mihi in deserto: et usque ad præsens audire noluisti.
17. Hæc igitur dicit Dominus: In hoc scies quod sim Dominus: ecce percutiam virga, quæ in manu mea est, aquam fluminis, et vertetur in sanguinem.
18. Pisces quoque, qui sunt in fluvio, morientur, et computrescent aquæ, et affligentur Ægyptii bibentes aquam fluminis.
19. Dixit quoque Dominus ad Moysen: Dic ad Aaron: Tolle virgam tuam, et extende manum tuam super aquas Ægypti, et super fluvios eorum, et rivos ac paludes, et omnes lacus aquarum, ut vertantur in sanguinem: et sit cruor in omni terra Ægypti, tam in ligneis vasis quam in saxeis.
20. Feceruntque Moyses et Aaron sicut præceperat Dominus: et elevans virgam percussit aquam fluminis coram Pharaone et servis ejus: quæ versa est in sanguinem.
21. Et pisces, qui erant in flumine, mortui sunt: computruitque fluvius, et non poterant Ægyptii bibere aquam fluminis, et fuit sanguis in tota terra Ægypti.
22. Feceruntque similiter malefici Ægyptiorum incantationibus suis: et induratum est cor Pharaonis, nec audivit eos, sicut præceperat Dominus.
23. Avertitque se, et ingressus est domum suam, nec apposuit cor etiam hac vice.
24. Foderunt autem omnes Ægyptii per circuitum fluminis aquam ut biberent: non enim poterant bibere de aqua fluminis.
25. Impletique sunt septem dies, postquam percussit Dominus fluvium.

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Verses in this chapter

  1. Verse 1The LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I have made you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.
  2. Verse 2You shall speak all that I command you; and Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out …
  3. Verse 3I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.
  4. Verse 4But Pharaoh will not listen to you, so I will lay my hand on Egypt, and bring out my armies, my people the children of Israel, ou…
  5. Verse 5The Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD when I stretch out my hand on Egypt, and bring the children of Israel out from among …
  6. Verse 6Moses and Aaron did so. As the LORD commanded them, so they did.
  7. Verse 7Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
  8. Verse 8The LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
  9. Verse 9“When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, ‘Perform a miracle!’ then you shall tell Aaron, ‘Take your rod, and cast it down before Phar…
  10. Verse 10Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, as the LORD had commanded. Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before…
  11. Verse 11Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers. They also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same thing with their enc…
  12. Verse 12For they each cast down their rods, and they became serpents; but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.
  13. Verse 13Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he didn’t listen to them, as the LORD had spoken.
  14. Verse 14The LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is stubborn. He refuses to let the people go.
  15. Verse 15Go to Pharaoh in the morning. Behold, he is going out to the water. You shall stand by the river’s bank to meet him. You shall ta…
  16. Verse 16You shall tell him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, “Let my people go, that they may serve me in t…
  17. Verse 17The LORD says, “In this you shall know that I am the LORD. Behold: I will strike with the rod that is in my hand on the waters wh…
  18. Verse 18The fish that are in the river will die and the river will become foul. The Egyptians will loathe to drink water from the river.”…
  19. Verse 19The LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your rod, and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over …
  20. Verse 20Moses 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 sig…
  21. Verse 21The fish that were in the river died. The river became foul. The Egyptians couldn’t drink water from the river. The blood was thr…
  22. Verse 22The magicians of Egypt did the same thing with their enchantments. So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he didn’t listen to them,…
  23. Verse 23Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and he didn’t even take this to heart.
  24. Verse 24All the Egyptians dug around the river for water to drink; for they couldn’t drink the river water.
  25. Verse 25Seven days were fulfilled, after the LORD had struck the river.

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