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

1The Lord answered Moses, “I have made you a god to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron is your prophet. 2Tell your brother Aaron everything I command you, and he must tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites leave the country. But I will make Pharaoh stubborn. Even though I will do many miraculous signs and amazing things in Egypt, 4Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will use my power to punish Egypt severely, and I will bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt in organized family groups. 5The Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I use my power against Egypt and bring the Israelites out of 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 4:21The Lord said to Moses, “When you get back to Egypt, see that you show Pharaoh all the amazing things that I have given you the power to do. But I will make him stubborn so that he will not let the people go.
• Exodus 4:7“Now put your hand back inside your shirt,” the Lord said. Moses put it back, and when he took it out this time, it was healthy again like the rest of his body.
• Exodus 9:16But I have spared you for this reason. I want to show you my power and make my name famous throughout the earth.
• Exodus 11:9The Lord had said to Moses, “Pharaoh will not listen to you. This is why I will do more amazing things in Egypt.”
• Deuteronomy 4:34Or has any god ever tried to come and take one nation away from another for himself? The Lord your God used his mighty hand and powerful arm to do this for you in Egypt. He did this using plagues, miraculous signs, amazing things, and war. He did his great and awe-inspiring deeds in front of you.
• Deuteronomy 7:19You saw with your own eyes the terrible plagues, the miraculous signs, and the amazing things the Lord did. He used his mighty hand and powerful arm to bring you out. He will do the same thing to all the people you’re afraid of.
• Nehemiah 9:10You performed miraculous signs and did amazing things to Pharaoh and all his servants and all the people in his land because you knew how arrogantly they were treating our ancestors. You made a name for yourself, a name which remains to this day.
• Psalms 78:43when he performed his miraculous signs in Egypt, his wonders in the fields of Zoan.
• Psalms 105:27They displayed his miraculous signs among them and did amazing things in the land of Ham.
• Psalms 135:9He sent miraculous signs and amazing things into the heart of Egypt against Pharaoh and all his officials.
• Isaiah 51:9Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O Lord! Wake up as you did in days long past, as in generations long ago. Didn’t you cut Rahab into pieces and stab the serpent?
• Jeremiah 32:20You performed miraculous signs and amazing things in Egypt. To this day you are still doing them in Israel. You made a name for yourself that continues to this day.
• Micah 7:15Let us see miracles like the time you came out of Egypt.
• John 4:48Jesus told the official, “If people don’t see miracles and amazing things, they won’t believe.”
• Acts 2:22“Men of Israel, listen to what I say: Jesus from Nazareth was a man whom God brought to your attention. You know that through this man God worked miracles, did amazing things, and gave signs.
• Acts 7:36This is the man who led our ancestors out of Egypt. He is the person who did amazing things and worked miracles in Egypt, at the Red Sea, and in the desert for 40 years.

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