The magicians tried to produce gnats using their occult practices, but they could not. The gnats remained on people and animals.

行法术的也用邪术要生出虱子来，却是不能。于是在人身上和牲畜身上都有了虱子。

术士也用邪术要照样产生蚊子，却做不成。于是人和牲畜的身上都有了蚊子。

术士也用邪术要照样产生蚊子，却做不成。于是人和牲畜的身上都有了蚊子。

巫师们也试图用邪术变出虱子来，却无法成功。埃及的百姓和牲畜身上长满了虱子。

众术士也用他们的巫术照样行，要生出虱子来，却不能办到；所以在人身上和牲畜身上都有虱子。

行法術的也用邪術要生出虱子來，卻是不能。於是在人身上和牲畜身上都有了虱子。

術士也用邪術要照樣產生蚊子，卻做不成。於是人和牲畜的身上都有了蚊子。

術士也用邪術要照樣產生蚊子，卻做不成。於是人和牲畜的身上都有了蚊子。

巫師們也試圖用邪術變出蝨子來，卻無法成功。埃及的百姓和牲畜身上長滿了蝨子。

眾術士也用他們的巫術照樣行，要生出虱子來，卻不能辦到；所以在人身上和牲畜身上都有虱子。

術士們也用他們的祕術照樣地行，要引出蝨子來，卻是不能：於是在人身上和牲口身上就都有了蝨子。

術士亦施厥術、欲生蚋而不能、蚋在人畜、

博士亦施厥術、欲生蚋、而術不行。人畜既被嘬。

術士欲用其術、亦如是行、欲生虱而不能、於是有虱著人與畜、

But when the magicians tried to produce gnats by their secret arts, they could not. Since the gnats were on people and animals everywhere,

The magicians tried to produce gnats by doing their magic tricks. But they couldn’t. The gnats stayed on people and animals everywhere.

The magicians tried by their secret arts to produce gnats, but they could not. So there were gnats on man and beast.

Pharaoh’s magicians tried to do the same thing with their secret arts, but this time they failed. And the gnats covered everyone, people and animals alike.

The soothsayer priests tried with their secret arts to produce gnats, but they could not; so there were gnats on every person and animal.

Now the magicians so worked with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not. So there were lice 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.

The magicians tried to produce gnats using their occult practices, but they could not. The gnats remained on man and beast.

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.

When the magicians attempted to bring forth gnats by their secret arts, they could not. So there were gnats on people and on animals.

The magicians tried with their enchantments to produce lice, but they couldn’t. There were lice on man, and on animal.

But then Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers— the magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same thing by their occult practices.

The magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils were on the magicians as well as on all the Egyptians.

So all the king’s wise men came in, but none could read the inscription or make its interpretation known to him.

When morning came, he was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.

Where then are your wise men? Let them tell you and reveal what the LORD of Armies has planned against Egypt.

He said to them,“ I watched Satan fall from heaven like lightning.

The Chaldeans answered the king,“ No one on earth can make known what the king requests. Consequently, no king, however great and powerful, has ever asked anything like this of any magician, medium, or Chaldean.What the king is asking is so difficult that no one can make it known to him except the gods, whose dwelling is not with mortals.”

So take your stand with your spells and your many sorceries, which you have wearied yourself with from your youth. Perhaps you will be able to succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror!You are worn out with your many consultations. So let the astrologers stand and save you— those who observe the stars, those who predict monthly what will happen to you.

When the magicians, mediums, Chaldeans, and diviners came in, I told them the dream, but they could not make its interpretation known to me.

Just as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so these also resist the truth. They are men who are corrupt in mind and worthless in regard to the faith.But they will not make further progress, for their foolishness will be clear to all, as was the foolishness of Jannes and Jambres.