¹⁸ Now ^(A)the magicians so worked with their ^[a]enchantments to bring forth lice, but they ^(B)could not. So there were lice on man and beast.

¹⁹ Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is ^(A)the^[a] finger of God.” But Pharaoh’s ^(B)heart grew hard, and he did not heed them, just as the Lord had said.

⁹ but they will progress no further, for their folly will be manifest to all, ^(A)as theirs also was.