Exodus 7:22

Exodus 7:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the Lord had said.
• New International Version (NIV)But the Egyptian magicians did the same things by their secret arts, and Pharaoh’s heart became hard; he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But the magicians of Egypt did the same by their secret arts. So Pharaoh's heart remained hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments; and Pharaoh’s heart grew hard, and he did not heed them, as the Lord had said.

Context of Exodus 7:22

20Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded; in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials, Aaron raised the staff and struck the water of the Nile, and all the water was turned to blood. 21The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. And there was blood throughout the land of Egypt. But the magicians of Egypt did the same things by their magic arts. So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said. 23Instead, Pharaoh turned around, went into his palace, and did not take any of this to heart. 24So all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, because they could not drink the water from the river.

Exodus 7:22 word by word

וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־כֵ֛ן חַרְטֻמֵּ֥י מִצְרַ֖יִם בְּלָטֵיהֶ֑ם וַיֶּחֱזַ֤ק לֵב־פַּרְעֹה֙ וְלֹא־שָׁמַ֣ע אֲלֵהֶ֔ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• But the magiciansחַרְטֹםcharţôm · magicianH2748
• of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• didעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• the same thingsכֵּןkên · soH3651
• by their magic artsלָטlâţ · secrecyH3909
• So Pharaoh’sפַּרְעֹהpar‛ôh · PharaohH6547
• heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• was hardenedחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: strengthenH2388
• and he would notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• listenשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• toאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• just asכַּאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · as whichH834
• the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• had saidדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696

Cross-references for Exodus 7:22

• Exodus 7:11But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts.
• Exodus 8:7But the magicians did the same thing by their magic arts, and they also brought frogs up onto the land of Egypt.
• Jeremiah 27:18If they are indeed prophets and the word of the LORD is with them, let them now plead with the LORD of Hosts that the articles remaining in the house of the LORD, in the palace of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem, not be taken to Babylon.
• 2 Timothy 3:8Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.
• Exodus 7:13Still, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.
• Exodus 7:3But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I will multiply My signs and wonders in the land of Egypt,

Commentaries on Exodus 7:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22And the magicians - did so - But if all the water in Egypt was turned into blood by Moses, where did the magicians get the water which they changed into blood? This question is answered in Exodus 7:24. The Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink, and it seems that the water obtained by this means was not bloody like that in the river: on this water therefore the magicians might operate. Again, though a general commission was given to Moses…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-25Verses 14-25 Here is the first of the ten plagues, the turning of the water into blood. It was a dreadful plague. The sight of such vast rolling streams of blood could not but strike horror. Nothing is more common than water: so wisely has Providence ordered it, and so kindly, that what is so needful and serviceable to the comfort of human life, should be cheap and almost every where to be had; but now the Egyptians must either drink blood, or die for…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22The Egyptian priests did not do anything as great as Moses and Aaron had done, but Pharaoh did not want to believe, so it took only the smallest thing to justify his unbelief.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. And the magicians ... did so with their enchantments, &c.--Little or no pure water could be procured, and therefore their imitation must have been on a small scale--the only drinkable water available being dug among the sands. It must have been on a sample or specimen of water dyed red with some coloring matter. But it was sufficient to serve as a pretext or command for the king to turn unmoved and go to his house.Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 7:22

• Blood
• Disobedience to God
• Heart
• Magician
• Miracles
• Plague
• Sorcery

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
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Commentaries on Exodus 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings