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Exodus 4:2

World English Bible

Yahweh said to him, “What is that in your hand?”
He said, “A rod.”

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Exodus 4:2 in other translations

And Jehovah said unto him, What is that in thy hand? And he said, A rod.

Exodus 4:2 · American Standard Version

Exodus 4:2 in context

  1. 1Moses answered, “But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, ‘Yahweh has not appeared to you.’ ”
  2. 2Yahweh said to him, “What is that in your hand?”
    He said, “A rod.”
  3. 3He said, “Throw it on the ground.”
    He threw it on the ground, and it became a snake; and Moses ran away from it.
  4. 4Yahweh said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand, and take it by the tail.”
    He stretched out his hand, and took hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand.