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Exodus 7:14

And the Lord said to Moses: Pharao’s heart is hardened, he will not let the people go.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Judgments;   Plague;   The Topic Concordance - Sending and Those Sent;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Offerings;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Nile;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Foreknowledge;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Plague;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Exodus, Book of;   Glory;   Rod, Staff;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Exodus;   Hexateuch;   Moses;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Hardening;   Hardening of Heart;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Plagues of egypt;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Plagues of Egypt;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Exodus, the Book of;   Harden;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD said to Moshe, "Par`oh's heart is stubborn. He refuses to let the people go.
King James Version
And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go.
Lexham English Bible
And Yahweh said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is insensitive; he refuses to release the people.
New Century Version
Then the Lord said to Moses, "The king is being stubborn and refuses to let the people go.
New English Translation
The Lord said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is hard; he refuses to release the people.
Amplified Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is hard; he refuses to let the people go.
New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is stubborn; he refuses to let the people go.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The Lorde then saide vnto Moses, Pharaohs heart is obstinate, hee refuseth to let the people goe.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is hard with firmness; he refuses to let the people go.
Contemporary English Version
The Lord said to Moses: The Egyptian king stubbornly refuses to change his mind and let the people go.
Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai said to Moshe, "Pharaoh is stubborn. He refuses to let the people go.
Darby Translation
And Jehovah said to Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened: he refuseth to let the people go.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Pharaoh is being stubborn. He refuses to let the people go.
English Standard Version
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is hardened; he refuses to let the people go.
George Lamsa Translation
Then the LORD said to Moses, Pharaohs heart is hardened, he refuses to let the people go.
Good News Translation

Blood

Then the Lord said to Moses, "The king is very stubborn and refuses to let the people go.
Christian Standard Bible®
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is hard: He refuses to let the people go.
Literal Translation
And Jehovah said to Moses, The heart of Pharaoh is heavy; he refuses to send away the people.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses: The hert of Pharao is hardened, he refuseth to let ye people go.
American Standard Version
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is stubborn, he refuseth to let the people go.
Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Pharaoh's heart is unchanged; he will not let the people go.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The Lorde also sayde vnto Moyses: Pharaos heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Pharaoh's heart is stubborn, he refuseth to let the people go.
King James Version (1611)
And the Lord saide vnto Moses, Pharaohs heart is hardened: he refuseth to let the people goe.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and the Lord said to Moses, The heart of Pharao is made hard, so that he should not let the people go.
English Revised Version
And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is stubborn, he refuseth to let the people go.
Berean Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is stubborn; he refuses to let the people go.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe the Lord seide to Moyses, The herte of Farao is maad greuouse, he nyle delyuere the puple;
Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `The heart of Pharaoh hath been hard, he hath refused to send the people away;
Update Bible Version
And Yahweh said to Moses, Pharaoh's heart is stubborn, he refuses to let the people go.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD said to Moses, Pharaoh's heart [is] hardened; he refuseth to let the people go.
World English Bible
Yahweh said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is stubborn. He refuses to let the people go.
New King James Version
So the LORD said to Moses: "Pharaoh's heart is hard; he refuses to let the people go.
New Living Translation
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is stubborn, and he still refuses to let the people go.
New Life Bible
The Lord said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is not changed. He will not let the people go.
New Revised Standard
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is hardened; he refuses to let the people go.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Dull, is the heart of Pharaoh, - he hath refused to let the people go.
Revised Standard Version
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is hardened, he refuses to let the people go.
THE MESSAGE
God said to Moses: "Pharaoh is a stubborn man. He refuses to release the people. First thing in the morning, go and meet Pharaoh as he goes down to the river. At the shore of the Nile take the staff that turned into a snake and say to him, ‘ God , the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you with this message, "Release my people so that they can worship me in the wilderness." So far you haven't listened. This is how you'll know that I am God . I am going to take this staff that I'm holding and strike this Nile River water: The water will turn to blood; the fish in the Nile will die; the Nile will stink; and the Egyptians won't be able to drink the Nile water.'"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is stubborn; he refuses to let the people go.

Contextual Overview

14 And the Lord said to Moses: Pharao’s heart is hardened, he will not let the people go. 15 Go to him in the morning, behold he will go out to the waters: and thou shalt stand to meet him on the’bank of the river: and thou shalt take in thy hand the rod that was turned into a serpent. 16 And thou shalt say to him: The Lord God of the Hebrews sent me to thee, saying: Let my people go to sacrifice to me in the desert: and hitherto thou wouldst not hear. 17 Thus therefore saith the Lord: In this thou shalt know that I am the Lord: behold I will strike with the rod, that is in my hand, the water of the river, and it shall be turned into blood. 18 And the fishes that are in the river, shall die, and the waters shall be corrupted, and the Egyptians shall be afflicted when they drink the water of the river. 19 The Lord also said to Moses: Say to Aaron, Take thy rod; and stretch forth thy hand upon the waters of Egypt, and upon their rivers, and streams and pools, and all the ponds of waters, that they may be turned into blood: and let blood be in all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and of stone. 20 And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord had commanded: and lifting up the rod, he struck the water of the river before Pharao and his servants: and it was turned into blood. 21 And the fishes that were in the river died; and the river corrupted, and the Egyptians could not drink the water of the river, and there was blood in all the land of Egypt. 22 And the magicians of the Egyptians with their enchantments did in like manner; and Pharao’s heart was hardened, neither did he hear them, as the Lord had commanded. 23 And he turned himself away, and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to it this time also.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Pharaoh's: Exodus 8:15, Exodus 10:1, Exodus 10:20, Exodus 10:27, Zechariah 7:12

he refuseth: Exodus 4:23, Exodus 8:2, Exodus 9:2, Exodus 10:4, Isaiah 1:20, Jeremiah 8:5, Jeremiah 9:6, Hebrews 12:25

Reciprocal: Exodus 8:32 - General Exodus 9:7 - the heart Exodus 9:12 - General Exodus 9:34 - and hardened Exodus 11:10 - the Lord Exodus 14:4 - harden Exodus 14:17 - I will

Cross-References

Genesis 7:2
Of all clean beasts take seven and seven, the male and the female.
Genesis 7:3
But of the beasts that are unclean two and two, the male and the female. Of the fowls also of the air seven and seven, the male and the female: that seed may be saved upon the face of the whole earth.
Genesis 7:8
And of beasts clean and unclean, and of fowls, and of every thing that moveth upon the earth,
Genesis 7:9
Two and two went in to Noe into the ark, male and female, as the Lord had commanded Noe.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened,.... Or "heavy" c, dull and stupid, stiff and inflexible, cannot lift up his heart, or find in his heart to obey the will of God:

he refuseth to let the people go; which was an instance and proof of the hardness and heaviness of his heart, on which the above miracle had made no impression, to regard what God by his ambassadors had required of him.

c כבד "grave", Montanus, Drusius. So Ainsworth.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 7:14. Pharaoh's heart is hardened — כבד cabed, is become heavy or stupid; he receives no conviction, notwithstanding the clearness of the light which shines upon him. We well know the power of prejudice: where persons are determined to think and act after a predetermined plan, arguments, demonstrations, and even miracles themselves, are lost on them, as in the case of Pharaoh here, and that of the obstinate Jews in the days of our Lord and his apostles.


 
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