Exodus 8:18

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

And the magicians {H2748} did {H6213} so with their enchantments {H3909} to bring forth {H3318} lice {H3654}, but they could {H3201} not: so there were lice {H3654} upon man {H120}, and upon beast {H929}.

The magicians tried with their secret arts to produce lice, but they couldn't. There were lice on people and animals.

The magicians tried to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast.

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

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Cross-References

  • Exodus 7:11 (5 votes)

    Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.

  • Exodus 9:11 (4 votes)

    And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.

  • Daniel 5:8 (3 votes)

    Then came in all the king's wise [men]: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.

  • Daniel 2:10 (2 votes)

    The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore [there is] no king, lord, nor ruler, [that] asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.

  • Daniel 2:11 (2 votes)

    And [it is] a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.

  • Daniel 4:7 (2 votes)

    Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.

  • Luke 10:18 (2 votes)

    And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.