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Brenton's Septuagint

Exodus 9:35

And the heart of Pharao was hardened, and he did not send forth the children of Israel, as the Lord said to Moses.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Hypocrisy;   Intercession;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Hardening, Hardness of Heart;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Hilkiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Exodus, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Exodus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Hardening;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Plagues of egypt;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Plagues of Egypt;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Exodus, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Exodus, the Book of;   Moses;   Plagues of Egypt;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hail;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The heart of Par`oh was hardened, and he didn't let the children of Yisra'el go, just as the LORD had spoken through Moshe.
King James Version
And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go; as the Lord had spoken by Moses.
Lexham English Bible
And Pharaoh's heart was hard, and he did not release the Israelites, as Yahweh had said by the agency of Moses.
New Century Version
So the king became stubborn and refused to let the Israelites go, just as the Lord had said through Moses.
New English Translation
So Pharaoh's heart remained hard, and he did not release the Israelites, as the Lord had predicted through Moses.
Amplified Bible
Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not let the Israelites go, just as the LORD had said through Moses.
New American Standard Bible
So Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not let the sons of Israel go, just as the LORD had spoken through Moses.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So the heart of Pharaoh was hardened: neither would he let the children of Israel goe, as the Lord had said by Moses.
Legacy Standard Bible
And Pharaoh's heart was hardened with strength, and he did not let the sons of Israel go, just as Yahweh had spoken by the hand of Moses.
Contemporary English Version
that he refused to let the Israelites go. This was exactly what the Lord had said would happen.
Complete Jewish Bible
Pharaoh was made hardhearted, and he didn't let the people of Isra'el go, just as Adonai had said through Moshe. Haftarah Va'era: Yechezk'el (Ezekiel) 28:25–29:21 B'rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah Va'era: Romans 9:14–17; 2 Corinthians 6:14–7:1
Darby Translation
And the heart of Pharaoh was stubborn, neither would he let the children of Israel go, as Jehovah had spoken by Moses.
Easy-to-Read Version
Pharaoh refused to let the Israelites go free, just as the Lord had said through Moses.
English Standard Version
So the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people of Israel go, just as the Lord had spoken through Moses.
George Lamsa Translation
And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened and he did not let the children of Israel go, as the LORD had sent word to him by Moses.
Good News Translation
and, just as the Lord had foretold through Moses, the king would not let the Israelites go.
Christian Standard Bible®
So Pharaoh’s heart was hard, and he did not let the Israelites go, as the Lord had said through Moses.
Literal Translation
And Pharaoh's heart was made strong, and he did not send away the sons of Israel, as Jehovah had said by the hand of Moses.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So Pharaos hert was hardened, yt he let not the childre of Israel go, eue as the LORDE had sayde by Moses.
American Standard Version
And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the children of Israel go; as Jehovah had spoken by Moses.
Bible in Basic English
And the heart of Pharaoh was hard, and he did not let the people go, as the Lord had said by the mouth of Moses.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the heart of Pharao was hardened, neyther woulde he let the chyldren of Israel go, as the Lorde had sayd by the hande of Moyses,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses.
King James Version (1611)
And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel goe, as the Lord had spoken by Moses.
English Revised Version
And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses.
Berean Standard Bible
So Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the LORD had said through Moses.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and the herte of hym and of hise seruauntis was maad greuouse, and his herte was maad hard greetli; nethir he lefte the sones of Israel, as the Lord comaundide bi `the hond of Moises.
Young's Literal Translation
and the heart of Pharaoh is strong, and he hath not sent the sons of Israel away, as Jehovah hath spoken by the hand of Moses.
Update Bible Version
And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the sons of Israel go, as Yahweh had spoken by Moses.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses.
World English Bible
The heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he didn't let the children of Israel go, as Yahweh had spoken through Moses.
New King James Version
So the heart of Pharaoh was hard; neither would he let the children of Israel go, as the LORD had spoken by Moses.
New Living Translation
Because his heart was hard, Pharaoh refused to let the people leave, just as the Lord had predicted through Moses.
New Life Bible
Pharaoh's heart was not changed. He did not let the people of Israel go, just as the Lord had said by Moses.
New Revised Standard
So the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the Lord had spoken through Moses.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the heart of Pharaoh waxed bold, and he did not let the sons of Israel go, - as spake Yahweh by the hand of Moses.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And his heart was hardened, and the heart of his servants, and it was made exceeding hard: neither did he let the children of Israel go, as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses.
Revised Standard Version
So the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken through Moses.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not let the sons of Israel go, just as the LORD had spoken through Moses.

Contextual Overview

22 And the Lord said to Moses, Stretch out thine hand to heaven, and there shall be hail on all the land of Egypt, both on the men and on the cattle, and on all the herbage on the land. 23 And Moses stretched forth his hand to heaven, and the Lord sent thunderings and hail; and the fire ran along upon the ground, and the Lord rained hail on all the land of Egypt. 24 So there was hail and flaming fire mingled with hail; and the hail was very great, such as was not in Egypt, from the time there was a nation upon it. 25 And the hail smote in all the land of Egypt both man and beast, and the hail smote all the grass in the field, and the hail broke in pieces all the trees in the field. 26 Only in the land of Gesem where the children of Israel were, the hail was not. 27 And Pharao sent and called Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have sinned this time: the Lord is righteous, and I and my people are wicked. 28 Pray then for me to the Lord, and let him cause the thunderings of God to cease, and the hail and the fire, and I will send you forth and ye shall remain no longer. 29 And Moses said to him, When I shall have departed from the city, I will stretch out my hands to the Lord, and the thunderings shall cease, and the hail and the rain shall be no longer, that thou mayest know that the earth is the Lord’s. 30 But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye have not yet feared the Lord. 31 And the flax and the barley were smitten, for the barley was advanced, and the flax was seeding.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Exodus 4:21 - I will harden Exodus 10:1 - I have hardened Jeremiah 34:11 - General Amos 4:10 - yet

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened,.... Instead of being softened, as it seemed to be when under the plague, it became harder and harder when delivered from it:

neither would he let the children of Israel go; though he had so absolutely promised it, and assured them that he would not keep them, and that they should not stay any longer:

as the Lord had spoken by Moses; that so his heart would be hardened until the signs and wonders were multiplied upon him, God designed to perform, Exodus 4:21.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hardened - Different words in the Hebrew. In Exodus 9:34 the word means “made heavy,” i. e. obtuse, incapable of forming a right judgment; in Exodus 9:35 it is stronger, and implies a stubborn resolution.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 9:35. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened — In consequence of his sinning yet more, and hardening his own heart against both the judgments and mercies of God, we need not be surprised that, after God had given him the means of softening and repentance, and he had in every instance resisted and abused them, he should at last have been left to the hardness and darkness of his own obstinate heart, so as to fill up the measure of his iniquity, and rush headlong to his own destruction.

IN the fifth, sixth, and seventh plagues described in this chapter, we have additional proofs of the justice and mercy of God, as well as of the stupidity, rebellion, and wickedness of Pharaoh and his courtiers. As these continued to contradict and resist, it was just that God should continue to inflict those punishments which their iniquities deserved. Yet in the midst of judgment he remembers mercy; and therefore Moses and Aaron are sent to inform the Egyptians that such plagues would come if they continued obstinate. Here is mercy; the cattle only are destroyed, and the people saved! Is it not evident from all these messages, and the repeated expostulations of Moses and Aaron in the name and on the authority of God, that Pharaoh was bound by no fatal necessity to continue his obstinacy; that he might have humbled himself before God, and thus prevented the disasters that fell on the land, and saved himself and his people from destruction? But he would sin, and therefore he must be punished.

In the sixth plague Pharaoh had advantages which he had not before. The magicians, by their successful imitations of the miracles wrought by Moses, made it doubtful to the Egyptians whether Moses himself was not a magician acting without any Divine authority; but the plague of the boils, which they could not imitate, by which they were themselves afflicted, and which they confessed to be the finger of God, decided the business. Pharaoh had no longer any excuse, and must know that he had now to contend, not with Moses and Aaron, mortals like himself, but with the living God. How strange, then, that he should continue to resist! Many affect to be astonished at this, and think it must be attributed only to a sovereign controlling influence of God, which rendered it impossible for him to repent or take warning. But the whole conduct of God shows the improbability of this opinion: and is not the conduct of Pharaoh and his courtiers copied and reacted by thousands who are never suspected to be under any such necessitating decree? Every sinner under heaven, who has the Bible in his hand, is acting the same part. God says to the swearer and the profane, Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; and yet common swearing and profaneness are most scandalously common among multitudes who bear the Christian name, and who presume on the mercy of God to get at last to the kingdom of heaven! He says also, Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy; thou shalt not kill; thou shalt not commit adultery; thou shalt not steal; thou shalt not bear false witness; thou shalt not covet; and sanctions all these commandments with the most awful penalties: and yet, with all these things before them, and the professed belief that they came from God, Sabbath-breakers, men-slayers, adulterers, fornicators, thieves, dishonest men, false witnesses, liars, slanderers, backbiters, covetous men, lovers of the world more than lovers of God, are found by hundreds and thousands! What were the crimes of the poor half-blind Egyptian king when compared with these! He sinned against a comparatively unknown God; these sin against the God of their fathers - against the God and Father of Him whom they call their Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ! They sin with the Bible in their hand, and a conviction of its Divine authority in their hearts. They sin against light and knowledge; against the checks of their consciences, the reproofs of their friends, the admonitions of the messengers of God; against Moses and Aaron in the law; against the testimony of all the prophets; against the evangelists, the apostles, the Maker of heaven and earth, the Judge of all men, and the Saviour of the world! What were Pharaoh's crimes to the crimes of these? On comparison, his atom of moral turpitude is lost in their world of iniquity. And yet who supposes these to be under any necessitating decree to sin on, and go to perdition? Nor are they; nor was Pharaoh. In all things God has proved both his justice and mercy to be clear in this point. Pharaoh, through a principle of covetousness, refused to dismiss the Israelites, whose services he found profitable to the state: these are absorbed in the love of the world, the love of pleasure, and the love of gain; nor will they let one lust go, even in the presence of the thunders of Sinai, or in sight of the agony, bloody sweat, crucifixion, and death of Jesus Christ! Alas! how many are in the habit of considering Pharaoh the worst of human beings, inevitably cut off from the possibility of being saved because of his iniquities, who outdo him so far in the viciousness of their lives, that Pharaoh, hardening his heart against ten plagues, appears a saint when compared with those who are hardening their hearts against ten millions of mercies. Reader, art thou of this number? Proceed no farther! God's judgments linger not. Desperate as thy state is, thou mayest return; and thou, even thou, find mercy through the blood of the Lamb.

See the observations at the conclusion of the next chapter. Exodus 10:29.


 
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