English Standard Version
Exodus 9:35
35So the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people of Israel go, just as the Lord had spoken through Moses.
Exodus 9:35 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go; as the Lord had spoken by Moses.
- New International Version (NIV)So Pharaoh’s heart was hard and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the Lord had said through Moses.
- New King James Version (NKJV)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 (NLT)Because his heart was hard, Pharaoh refused to let the people leave, just as the Lord had predicted through Moses.
Context of Exodus 9:35
33So Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh and stretched out his hands to the Lord, and the thunder and the hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured upon the earth. 34But when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunder had ceased, he sinned yet again and hardened his heart, he and his servants. 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.
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וַֽיֶּחֱזַק֙ לֵ֣ב פַּרְעֹ֔ה וְלֹ֥א שִׁלַּ֖ח אֶת־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר דִּבֶּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה בְּיַד־מֹשֶֽׁה׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And the heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
- of Pharaohפַּרְעֹהpar‛ôh · PharaohH6547
- was hardenedחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: strengthenH2388
- neither would he let the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- goשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: let goH7971
- as the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- had spokenדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
- byיָדyâd · hand: byH3027
- Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
Commentaries on Exodus 9:35
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 35And 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…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 35Hardened - 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.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-35Verses 22-35 Woful havoc this hail made: it killed both men and cattle; the corn above ground was destroyed, and that only preserved which as yet was not come up. The land of Goshen was preserved. God causes rain or hail on one city and not on another, either in mercy or in judgment. Pharaoh humbled himself to Moses. No man could have spoken better: he owns himself wrong; he owns that the Lord is righteous; and God must be justified when he speaks, though…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 27-3527-35. Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned--This awful display of divine displeasure did seriously impress the mind of Pharaoh, and, under the weight of his convictions, he humbles himself to confess he has done wrong in opposing the divine will. At the same time he calls for Moses to intercede for cessation of the calamity. Moses accedes to his earnest wishes, and this most awful visitation ended. But his…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Exodus 9
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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