Exodus 7:3

Exodus 7:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.
• New International Version (NIV)But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in Egypt,
• English Standard Version (ESV)But I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt.

Context of Exodus 7:3

1Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Look, I have made you like God to Pharaoh. Your brother Aaron will speak on your behalf, like your prophet. 2You must say everything that I command you to say. Your brother Aaron must tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his country. But I will make Pharaoh's mind become hard. I will do many miracles in Egypt that show my power. 4But Pharaoh will still refuse to listen to you. Then I will show my authority and I will punish the Egyptians. I will bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt like an army. 5Then the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord. I will show my great strength in Egypt and I will lead the Israelites out from there.’

Exodus 7:3 word by word

וַאֲנִ֥י אַקְשֶׁ֖ה אֶת־לֵ֣ב פַּרְעֹ֑ה וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֧י אֶת־אֹתֹתַ֛י וְאֶת־מוֹפְתַ֖י בְּאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And I will hardenקָשָׁהqâshâh · to hardenH7185
• Pharaoh’sפַּרְעֹהpar‛ôh · PharaohH6547
• heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• and multiplyרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
• my signsאוֹת'ôth · sign: miraculousH226
• and my wondersמוֹפֵתmôphêth môphêth · wonderH4159
• in the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714

Cross-references for Exodus 7:3

• Exodus 4:21Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘When you return to Egypt you must do the signs. Do all the signs that I gave you the power to do. Do them in front of Pharaoh. But I will make Pharaoh angry and cruel. Because of this, he will not let the people go.
• Exodus 4:7Then God said, ‘Put your hand back inside your robe again.’ So Moses did that. And when he took his hand out, it was well again, like the rest of his skin!
• Exodus 9:16But I have let you live, to show you my power. Then people all over the world will know how great I am.
• Exodus 11:9The Lord had already said to Moses, ‘Pharaoh will refuse to listen to you. But that will give me the chance to do even greater miracles in Egypt.’
• Deuteronomy 4:34No other god has tried to rescue a nation from the power of another nation. The Lord your God did this for you when you were in Egypt. You saw how he used his great authority and strength to punish the Egyptians. He did powerful miracles. He brought war and disease that made them very afraid.
• Deuteronomy 7:19You saw how he punished them. You saw how he used his strength and power to do great miracles. The Lord your God did all those things to rescue you from Egypt. He will use the same power against all the people that make you afraid.
• Nehemiah 9:10You did great miracles to show your power against Pharaoh, his officers and all his people. You knew that they were being cruel to your people. You showed everyone that you are a great God. And people still know that it is true.
• Psalms 78:43He did powerful miracles in Egypt, in the region of Zoan.
• Psalms 105:27Moses and Aaron did many miracles in Egypt, where Ham's descendants lived. They showed the Lord's great power to the Egyptians.
• Psalms 135:9He did great miracles in Egypt. He warned Pharaoh and his officers that he would punish them.
• Isaiah 51:9Wake up, Lord! Get ready to show your strength! Do great things, as you did in past days, when our ancestors were alive. Remember how you cut the monster, Rahab, into pieces.
• Jeremiah 32:20You did powerful miracles in Egypt, and we still remember them today. In this way you continue to be famous in Israel and everywhere in the world.
• Micah 7:15Lord, you did great things long ago, when you brought us out of the land of Egypt. Do great things like that again.
• John 4:48Jesus said to him, ‘You people want me to do great miracles that will surprise you. Unless you see these great miracles, none of you will ever believe my message.’
• Acts 2:22Peter then said, ‘People of Israel, listen to what I am saying! Jesus, the man from Nazareth, came with God's authority to do his work. God did many powerful and special things through him. These miracles showed you clearly that God had sent him. You know about all this. These things happened here, and you saw them.
• Acts 7:36So it was Moses who led the people of Israel out of Egypt. He did some powerful things before the people left Egypt. This showed that God was with him. He did more miracles at the Red Sea. Then he led the people through the wilderness for 40 years. He also did more miracles there.

Commentaries on Exodus 7:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3I will harden Pharaoh's heart - I will permit his stubbornness and obstinacy still to remain, that I may have the greater opportunity to multiply my wonders in the land, that the Egyptians may know that I only am Jehovah, the self-existent God. See Clarke's note on Exodus 4:21.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Wonders - A word used only of portents performed to prove a divine interposition; they were the credentials of God‘s messengers.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3The Lord would use miraculous signs and wonders to convince Pharaoh, just as he had promised to use signs to convince the Israelites that they should follow Moses (3:12; 4:5, 8, 9).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. I will harden Pharaoh's heart--This would be the result. But the divine message would be the occasion, not the cause of the king's impenitent obduracy.Read the comment

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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