But they will proceed no further. For their folly will be evident to all men, as theirs also came to be.
Parallel translations
- KJV But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.
- BSB But they will not advance much further. For just like Jannes and Jambres, their folly will be plain to everyone.
- ESV But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, as was that of those two men.
- NKJV but they will progress no further, for their folly will be manifest to all, as theirs also was.
- NASB But they will not make further progress; for their foolishness will be obvious to all, just as was that also of Jannes and Jambres.
- NLT But they won’t get away with this for long. Someday everyone will recognize what fools they are, just as with Jannes and Jambres.
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- 2 Tim 3:8Even as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so do these also oppose the truth; men corrupted in mind, who concerning the faith, are rejected.
- Exod 7:12For they each cast down their rods, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.
- Jer 28:15–17Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, “Listen, Hananiah! Yahweh has not sent you, but you make this people trust in a lie.
- Exod 9:11The magicians couldn’t stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were on the magicians, and on all the Egyptians.
- 1 Kgs 22:25Micaiah said, “Behold, you will see on that day, when you go into an inner room to hide yourself.”
- Acts 13:11Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind, not seeing the sun for a season!” Immediately a mist and darkness fell on him. He went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.
- Acts 19:15–17The evil spirit answered, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?”
- Ps 76:10Surely the wrath of man praises you. The survivors of your wrath are restrained.
- Jer 29:31–32“Send to all them of the captivity, saying, ‘Yahweh says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: “Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, and I didn’t send him, and he has caused you to trust in a lie;”
- Jer 29:21–23Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you in my name: “Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and he shall kill them before your eyes.
- Exod 8:18–19The magicians tried with their enchantments to produce lice, but they couldn’t. There were lice on man, and on animal.
- Jer 37:19Now where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you, nor against this land?’
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