020.065 Y: They said: "O Moses! whether wilt thou that thou throw (first) or that we be the first to throw?"
P: They said: O Moses! Either throw first, or let us be the first to throw?
S: They said: O Musa! will you cast, or shall we be the first who cast down?
020.066 Y: He said, "Nay, throw ye first!" Then behold their ropes and their rods-so it seemed to him on account of their magic - began to be in lively motion!
P: He said: Nay, do ye throw! Then lo! their cords and their staves, by their magic, appeared to him as though they ran.
S: He said: Nay! cast down. Then lo! their cords and their rods— it was imaged to him on account of their magic as if they were running.
020.067 Y: So Moses conceived in his mind a (sort of) fear.
P: And Moses conceived a fear in his mind.
S: So Musa conceived in his mind a fear.
020.068 Y: We said: "Fear not! for thou hast indeed the upper hand:"