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Exodus Chapter 4 verse 2 Holy Bible

ASV Exodus 4:2

And Jehovah said unto him, What is that in thy hand? And he said, A rod.
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BBE Exodus 4:2

And the Lord said to him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod.
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DARBY Exodus 4:2

And Jehovah said to him, What is that in thy hand? And he said, A staff.
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KJV Exodus 4:2

And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.
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WBT Exodus 4:2

And the LORD said to him, What is that in thy hand? And he said, A rod.
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WEB Exodus 4:2

Yahweh said to him, "What is that in your hand?" He said, "A rod."
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YLT Exodus 4:2

And Jehovah saith unto him, `What `is' this in thy hand?' and he saith, `A rod;'
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 2. - A rod. Or "a staff." Some suppose the ordinary shepherd's staff, or crook, to be meant; but it is objected that this would have been an unfit object to have brought into the presence of Pharaoh (Kalisch), being unsuitable for a court, and emblematic of an occupation which the Egyptians loathed (Genesis 46:34); and the suggestion is therefore made, that it was the baton or long stick commonly carried by Egyptians of good position and especially by persons in authority. But Moses in Midian, forty years after he quitted Egypt, is not likely to have possessed such an article; nor, if he had possessed it, would he have taken it with him when shepherding. Probably a simple staff, the natural support of a man of advanced years, is meant.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(2) A rod.--Most commentators regard the "rod" of Moses as his shepherd's crook, and this is certainly possible; but the etymology of the word employed seems rather to point to an ordinary staff, or walking-stick. Egyptians of rank usually carried long batons; and one suggestion is, that the rod of Moses was "that which he had been accustomed to carry as the son of Pharaoh's daughter." But even if this was still in his possession after forty years of exile, he is not likely to have taken it with him when he went a-shepherding. Probably the "rod" was a common staff, such as a shepherd of eighty years old might need for a support.