Exodus 17:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And the Lord said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.”
Exodus 17:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Exodus 17:5 in 6 Bible Translations
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Exodus 17:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Yahweh said to Moses, “Walk on before the people, and take the elders of Israel with you, and take the rod in your hand with which you struck the Nile, and go.”
Exodus 17:5 — World English Bible
Exodus 17:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And Jehovah said unto Moses, Pass on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thy hand, and go. ”
Exodus 17:5 — American Standard Version
Exodus 17:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Pass over before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel, and thy rod with which thou hast smitten the River take in thy hand, and thou hast gone:”
Exodus 17:5 — Young's Literal Translation
Exodus 17:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Jehovah said to Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel, and thy staff with which thou didst smite the river, take in thy hand, and go. ”
Exodus 17:5 — Darby Translation
Exodus 17:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And ye Lord answered to Moses, Goe before the people, and take with thee of the Elders of Israel: and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the riuer, take in thine hand, and go:”
Exodus 17:5 — Geneva Bible
Exodus 17:5 in Context — Exodus 17
3 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
4 And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.
5 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.
6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us, or not?
What Does Exodus 17:5 Mean?
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