Exodus Chapter 8 verse 18 Holy Bible
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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And the wonder-workers with their secret arts, attempting to make insects, were unable to do so: and there were insects on man and on beast.
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And the scribes did so with their sorceries, to bring forth gnats; but they could not. And the gnats were on man and on beast.
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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.
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And the magicians did so with their inchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man and upon beast.
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The magicians tried with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they couldn't. There were lice on man, and on animal.
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And the scribes do so with their flashings, to bring out the gnats, and they have not been able, and the gnats are on man and on beast;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 18. - The magicians did so with their enchantments. The magicians stretched out their rods over certain collections of dust, but no gnats were produced; which would be the natural result, if they had made no secret arrangements. No reason can be assigned why they should not have seemed to produce gnats, as easily as frogs, if they had employed all the arts of which they were masters in so doing. But events had convinced them that they could not cope with Moses and Aaron; and it would seem that they therefore declined further contest,
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(18) The magicians did so--i.e., tried to do so--took moist earth, and dried it, and pulverised it, and tried the effect of their magic charms upon it, but. failed to produce mosquitoes, as Aaron had done. Mosquitoes were things too delicate to be caught, and manipulated, and produced at a given moment by sleight-of-hand. The magicians tried to produce a counterfeit of the miracle, but could not. Then they excused themselves to their master with the words, "This is the finger of a god."
