¹¹ The magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils afflicted the magicians as well as all the Egyptians.

² So the first angel went and poured his bowl on the earth, and a foul and painful sore came on those who had the brand of the beast and who worshiped its image.^(A)

⁸ As Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these people, of corrupt mind and counterfeit faith, also oppose the truth.^{(A) 9} But they will not make much progress because, as in the case of those two men,^[a] their folly will become plain to everyone.

¹⁸ The magicians tried to produce gnats by their secret arts, but they could not. There were gnats on both humans and animals.^{(A) 19} And the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger of God!” But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.^(B)

¹¹ Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers, and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same by their secret arts.^{(A) 12} Each one threw down his staff, and they became snakes, but Aaron’s staff swallowed up theirs.