Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThe magicians tried to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast. Young's Literal Translation And the scribes do so with their flashings, to bring out the gnats, and they have not been able, and the gnats are on man and on beast; King James Bible And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast. Hebrew The magiciansהַחַרְטֻמִּ֧ים (ha·ḥar·ṭum·mîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 2748: An engraver, writer tried וַיַּעֲשׂוּ־ (way·ya·‘ă·śū-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 6213: To do, make to produce לְהוֹצִ֥יא (lə·hō·w·ṣî) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim gnats הַכִּנִּ֖ים (hak·kin·nîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3654: Gnat, gnats, a gnat swarm using their magic arts, בְּלָטֵיהֶ֛ם (bə·lā·ṭê·hem) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 3909: Covered, secret, incantation, secrecy, covertly but they could יָכֹ֑לוּ (yā·ḵō·lū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3201: To be able, have power not. וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no And the gnats הַכִּנָּ֔ם (hak·kin·nām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3654: Gnat, gnats, a gnat swarm remained וַתְּהִי֙ (wat·tə·hî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be on man בָּאָדָ֖ם (bā·’ā·ḏām) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being and beast. וּבַבְּהֵמָֽה׃ (ū·ḇab·bə·hê·māh) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 929: A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal |