Exodus 8:17-19

Contemporary English Version

¹⁷ They obeyed, and when Aaron struck the ground with the stick, gnats started swarming on people and animals. In fact, every speck of dust in Egypt turned into a gnat. ¹⁸ When the magicians tried to use their secret powers to do this,^[a] they failed, and gnats stayed on people and animals.

^19 (A) The magicians told the king,^[b] “God has done this.”

But, as the Lord had said, the king was too stubborn to listen.