Exodus 7:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. ”

Exodus 7:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 7:8-13 P. Aaron and the Magicians: Hardening of Pharaoh's Heart. Magic and religion are, in the last analysis, fundamentally diverse; for, while magic claims to put a compelling constrai...
Exodus 7:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

man . Hebrew. 'ish. App-14. rod . Figure of speech Ampliatio (App-6). The rod still called. rod, though it had become. serpent. swallowed up : and thus inflicted the first blow on the gods o...
Exodus 7:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12. For they cast down every man. The number of the magicians is not expressed; and although Paul names two, Jannes and Jambres, (86) ( 2 Timothy 3:8 ,) it is probable that they were not th...
Exodus 7:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods - As Egypt was remarkably addicted to magic, sorcery, etc....
Exodus 7:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For they cast down every man his rod— The ancient magicians were a species of profane conjurors, who, claiming Divine assistance, used frequently to contend with each other, in proof of the power o...
Exodus 7:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. But Aaron's rod ... This was what they could not be prepared for, and the discomfiture...
Exodus 7:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Rod of Moses turned into a Serpent. The First Plague 1. A god to Pharaoh] see on Exodus 4:16 . Thy prophet ] A prophet is a spokesman. The prophets of God are those who declare His will. In...
Exodus 7:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER VII. THE HARDENING OF PHARAOH'S HEART. Exodus 7:3-13 . When Moses received his commission, at the bush, words were spoken which are now repeated with more emphasis, and which have to...
Exodus 7:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Pharaoh Stubborn against Israel's Release Exodus 6:28-30 ; Exodus 7:1-13 How often we say in a similar tone, “I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?” Forty years in...
Exodus 7:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

We have here the record of God's answer to Moses' difficulty. He reaffirmed Himself and charged His servant to speak to Pharaoh the things commanded. Moreover, He foretold the result of the delivery...
Exodus 7:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 4:21 ; Zechariah 7:11 .
Exodus 7:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents ,.... That is, they seemed to be so, as Josephus z expresses it, but not really, in which he is followed by many; though some think tha...
Exodus 7:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. Ver. 12. And they became serpents. ] Not really such, but in appearance only. The devil's m...
Exodus 7:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They became serpents The authors of the Universal History cast considerable light on this subject: “If it be asked,” say they, “why God suffered the magicians to act thus, by a power borrowed fro...
Exodus 7:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

GOD'S ANSWER TO MOSES (vs.1-7) Though Moses had protested that he was of uncircumcised lips, God assured him that He was making Moses a god to Pharaoh, therefore that Pharaoh would not be able to...
Exodus 7:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Magicians of Egypt. B. C. 1491. 8 And the L ORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, sayi...
Exodus 7:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They became serpents; either, 1. In appearance. For the Scripture oft speaks of things otherwise than they are, because they seem to be so. And therefore as the devil appearing to Saul in the lik...
Exodus 7:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Yahweh Encourages Moses To Go Forward ( Exodus 7:1-13 ). a Yahweh tells Moses that He has made him as a God to Pharaoh, with Aaron as his prophet ( Exodus 7:1 ). b Moses is therefore to say al...
Exodus 7:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 7:9 . Miracle] A splendid or conspicuous deed: Sept. “sign or wonder;” vulg. “sign.” Serpent ] Prob. of a large species; and in Exodus 7:10 ; Exodus 7:12 . called tann...
Exodus 7:12 - Scofield Reference Notes

Aaron's rod (Cf) ( Exodus 4:2 ) As Moses' rod was the rod of power, the rod of the King ( Deuteronomy 33:4 ); ( Deuteronomy 33:5 ) so Aaron's was the rod of life, the rod of the Priest. As her...
Exodus 7:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 7:1 . I have made thee a god. אלהים Elohim. The Chaldaic renders it תחי ליה לרב Thou shalt be to him for a prince. The divine sense of the word is, I have invested thee with Godlike power...
Exodus 7:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

They also did in like manner with their enchantments. Moses and the magicians I. Moses divinely warned of Pharaoh’s demand for a supernatural credential. When men profess to bring a message fro...
Exodus 7:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE FIRST SIGN , AND ITS FAILURE TO CONVINCE . Obeying the command given them ( Exodus 7:2 , Exodus 7:9 ), Moses and Aaron went to the court a second time, and entering...
Exodus 7:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Miracles in the Presence of Pharaoh
Exodus 7:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

but Aaron's Exodus 8:18 Exodus 8:19 Exodus 9:11 Acts 8:9-13 Acts 13:8-11 Acts 19:19 Acts 19:20 1 John 4:4
Exodus 7:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Faith as Exemplified in Moses Selections from Exodus 3:1-22 ; Exodus 6:1-30 ; Exodus 7:1-25 ; Exodus 8:1-32 ; Exodus 14:1-31 ; Exodus 15:1-27 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Children of Israe...

Exodus 7:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 7:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Exodus 7:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 7:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 7:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Exodus 7:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 7:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 7:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Exodus 7:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 7:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 7:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 7:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 7:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 7:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 7:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 7:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 7:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 7:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 7:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 7:12 - Scofield Reference Notes

Exodus 7:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 7:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 7:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 7:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 7:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 7:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary