Exodus 4:2
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New International Version (©1984)
Then the LORD said to him, "What is that in your hand?" "A staff," he replied.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
The LORD said to him, "What is that in your hand?" And he said, "A staff."

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Then the LORD asked him, "What's that in your hand?" He answered, "A shepherd's staff."

King James Bible
And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.

American King James Version
And the LORD said to him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod.

American Standard Version
And Jehovah said unto him, What is that in thy hand? And he said, A rod.

Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said to him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then he said to him: What is that thou holdest in thy hand? He answered: A rod.

Darby Bible Translation
And Jehovah said to him, What is that in thy hand? And he said, A staff.

English Revised Version
And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD said to him, What is that in thy hand? And he said, A rod.

World English Bible
Yahweh said to him, "What is that in your hand?" He said, "A rod."

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith unto him, 'What is this in thy hand?' and he saith, 'A rod;'

Geneva Study Bible

And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.

Wesley's Notes

4:2 A rod - Or staff.

Scofield Reference Notes

Margin rod

Sign of the rod = power Ps 110:2 2:9 Rev 2:27. It was Moses' shepherd's crook, the tool of his calling. Cast down, it became a serpent; taken up in faith, it became "the rod of God" Ex 4:20 7:12. See Scofield Note: "Ex 7:12"

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

2. the Lord said, . What is that in thine hand?-The question was put not to elicit information which God required, but to draw the particular attention of Moses.

A rod-probably the shepherd's crook-among the Arabs, a long staff, with a curved head, varying from three to six feet in length.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

4:1-9 Moses objects, that the people would not take his word, unless he showed them some sign. God gives him power to work miracles. But those who are now employed to deliver God's messages to men, need not the power to work miracles: their character and their doctrines are to be tried by that word of God to which they appeal. These miracles especially referred to the miracles of the Lord Jesus Christ. It belonged to Him only, to cast the power of the devil out of the soul, and to heal the soul of the leprosy of sin; and so it was for Him first to cast the devil out of the body, and to heal the leprosy of the body.


Exodus 4:17 "You shall take in your hand this staff, with which you shall perform the signs."
Exodus 4:20 So Moses took his wife and his sons and mounted them on a donkey, and returned to the land of Egypt. Moses also took the staff of God in his hand. (NASB ©1995)

Hand Rod Staff


And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.

a rod. 17,20 Ge 30:37 Le 27:32 Ps 110:2 Isa 11:4 Mic 7:14

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