Exodus 7 Clementine Vulgate
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1 Dixitque Dominus ad Moysen: Ecce constitui te Deum Pharaonis: et Aaron frater tuus erit propheta tuus.
1 Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, I have made you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.
2 Tu loqueris ei omnia quæ mando tibi: et ille loquetur ad Pharaonem, ut dimittat filios Israël de terra sua.
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 Sed ego indurabo cor ejus, et multiplicabo signa et ostenta mea in terra Ægypti,
3 I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.
4 et non audiet vos: immittamque manum meam super Ægyptum, et educam exercitum et populum meum filios Israël de terra Ægypti per judicia maxima.
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 Et scient Ægyptii quia ego sum Dominus qui extenderim manum meam super Ægyptum, et eduxerim filios Israël de medio eorum.
5 The Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh when I stretch out my hand on Egypt, and bring the children of Israel out from among them.”
6 Fecit itaque Moyses et Aaron sicut præceperat Dominus: ita egerunt.
6 Moses and Aaron did so. As Yahweh commanded them, so they did.
7 Erat autem Moyses octoginta annorum, et Aaron octoginta trium, quando locuti sunt ad Pharaonem.
7 Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
8 Dixitque Dominus ad Moysen et Aaron:
8 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
9 Cum dixerit vobis Pharao, Ostendite signa: dices ad Aaron: Tolle virgam tuam, et projice eam coram Pharaone, ac vertetur in colubrum.
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 Ingressi itaque Moyses et Aaron ad Pharaonem, fecerunt sicut præceperat Dominus: tulitque Aaron virgam coram Pharaone et servis ejus, quæ versa est in colubrum.
10 Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, as Yahweh had commanded. Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
11 Vocavit autem Pharao sapientes et maleficos: et fecerunt etiam ipsi per incantationes ægyptiacas et arcana quædam similiter.
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 Projeceruntque singuli virgas suas, quæ versæ sunt in dracones: sed devoravit virga Aaron virgas eorum.
12 For they each cast down their rods, and they became serpents; but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.
13 Induratumque est cor Pharaonis, et non audivit eos, sicut præceperat Dominus.
13 Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he didn’t listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken.
14 Dixit autem Dominus ad Moysen: Ingravatum est cor Pharaonis: non vult dimittere populum.
14 Yahweh said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is stubborn. He refuses to let the people go.
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.
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 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.
16 You shall tell him, ‘Yahweh, 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 Hæc igitur dicit Dominus: In hoc scies quod sim Dominus: ecce percutiam virga, quæ in manu mea est, aquam fluminis, et vertetur in sanguinem.
17 Yahweh says, “In this you shall know that I am Yahweh. 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 Pisces quoque, qui sunt in fluvio, morientur, et computrescent aquæ, et affligentur Ægyptii bibentes aquam fluminis.
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 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.
19 Yahweh 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 Feceruntque Moyses et Aaron sicut præceperat Dominus: et elevans virgam percussit aquam fluminis coram Pharaone et servis ejus: quæ versa est in sanguinem.
20 Moses and Aaron did so, as Yahweh 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 Et pisces, qui erant in flumine, mortui sunt: computruitque fluvius, et non poterant Ægyptii bibere aquam fluminis, et fuit sanguis in tota terra Ægypti.
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 Feceruntque similiter malefici Ægyptiorum incantationibus suis: et induratum est cor Pharaonis, nec audivit eos, sicut præceperat Dominus.
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 Yahweh had spoken.
23 Avertitque se, et ingressus est domum suam, nec apposuit cor etiam hac vice.
23 Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and he didn’t even take this to heart.
24 Foderunt autem omnes Ægyptii per circuitum fluminis aquam ut biberent: non enim poterant bibere de aqua fluminis.
24 All the Egyptians dug around the river for water to drink; for they couldn’t drink the river water.
25 Impletique sunt septem dies, postquam percussit Dominus fluvium.
25 Seven days were fulfilled, after Yahweh had struck the river.
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Aaron
Moses' brother and spokesman, Israel's first high priest.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 4–40; Leviticus 8–10
Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Cross references (23)
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- 1 Exodus 4:15–16; Psalm 82:6; John 10:35–36; Jeremiah 1:10; 1 Kings 17:23
- 2 Exodus 4:15; Ezekiel 3:10; Exodus 6:29; Jeremiah 1:7; Deuteronomy 4:2
- 3 Exodus 4:21; Exodus 11:9; Acts 7:36; Psalm 105:27–36; Psalm 135:9
- 4 Exodus 6:6; Exodus 11:9; Exodus 12:51; Lamentations 3:3; Exodus 10:1
- 5 Exodus 14:18; Exodus 7:17; Exodus 8:22; Exodus 14:4; Exodus 3:20
- 6 Exodus 7:2; Exodus 7:10; Genesis 6:22; Psalm 119:4; John 15:14
- 7 Deuteronomy 34:7; Acts 7:30; Acts 7:23; Deuteronomy 31:2; Deuteronomy 29:5
- 9 Exodus 4:2; Isaiah 7:11; John 2:18; John 6:30; Exodus 4:17
- 10 Exodus 4:3; Mark 16:18; Luke 10:19; Amos 9:3
- 11 Exodus 7:22; 2 Timothy 3:8; Exodus 8:18; Exodus 8:7; 2 Thessalonians 2:9
- 12 1 John 4:4; Exodus 8:18–19; Exodus 9:11; Acts 13:8–11; Acts 8:9–13
- 13 Exodus 4:21; Exodus 8:15; Zechariah 7:11–12; Exodus 10:27; Hebrews 3:13
- 14 Exodus 10:20; Exodus 10:1; Exodus 10:27; Exodus 8:15; Exodus 9:2
- 15 Exodus 8:20; Exodus 7:10; Exodus 2:5; Ezekiel 29:3; Exodus 4:2–4
- 16 Exodus 3:18; Exodus 9:1; Exodus 9:13; Exodus 5:1–3; Exodus 3:12
- 17 Exodus 4:9; Exodus 5:2; Exodus 7:5; Ezekiel 39:28; Ezekiel 38:23
- 18 Exodus 7:24; Exodus 7:21; Numbers 21:5; Numbers 11:20
- 19 Exodus 14:21; Exodus 14:26; Exodus 10:21; Exodus 8:16; Exodus 8:5–6
- 20 Psalm 78:44; Psalm 105:29; John 2:9–11; Exodus 17:5–6; Exodus 7:17–18
- 21 Exodus 7:18; Revelation 8:9
- 22 Exodus 7:11; 2 Timothy 3:8; Exodus 8:7–8; Jeremiah 27:18
- 23 Psalm 62:10; Ezekiel 40:4; Habakkuk 1:5; Proverbs 22:17; Jeremiah 36:24
- 25 2 Samuel 24:13; Exodus 10:23; Exodus 8:9–10
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