Exodus 7:14

Exodus 7:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh’s heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go.
• New International Version (NIV)Then the Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is unyielding; he refuses to let the people go.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then the Lord said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is hardened; he refuses to let the people go.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So the Lord said to Moses: “Pharaoh’s heart is hard; he refuses to let the people go.

Context of Exodus 7:14

12For each one threw down his staff, and they turned into serpents. But Aaron’s staff swallowed their staffs. 13Yet Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had said. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is stubborn; he refuses to let the people go. 15Go to Pharaoh in the morning just as he is going out to the water, and position yourself to meet him on the bank of the Nile; and you shall take in your hand the staff that was turned into a serpent. 16And you shall say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you, saying, “Let My people go, so that they may serve Me in the wilderness. But behold, you have not listened up to now.”

Exodus 7:14 word by word

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה כָּבֵ֖ד לֵ֣ב פַּרְעֹ֑ה מֵאֵ֖ן לְשַׁלַּ֥ח הָעָֽם׃Read the interlinear

• Then the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• to Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• Pharaoh’sפַּרְעֹהpar‛ôh · PharaohH6547
• heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• stubbornכָּבֵדkâbêd · heavyH3515
• he refusesמָאֵןmâ'ên · to refuseH3985
• to letשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: let goH7971
• the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• goשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: let goH7971

Cross-references for Exodus 7:14

• Exodus 8:15But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and did not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.
• Exodus 10:1Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, so that I may perform these signs of Mine among them,
• Zechariah 7:12They also made their hearts as hard as a diamond so that they could not hear the Law and the words which the Lord of armies had sent by His Spirit through the former prophets; therefore great wrath came from the Lord of armies.
• Exodus 4:23So I said to you, ‘Let My son go so that he may serve Me’; but you have refused to let him go. Behold, I am going to kill your son, your firstborn.”’”
• Exodus 8:2But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I am going to strike your entire territory with frogs.
• Exodus 9:2For if you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them,
• Exodus 10:4For if you refuse to let My people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your territory.
• Isaiah 1:20But if you refuse and rebel, You will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
• Jeremiah 8:5Why has this people, Jerusalem, Turned away in continual apostasy? They hold on to deceit, They refuse to return.
• Jeremiah 9:6Your dwelling is in the midst of deceit; Through deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the Lord.
• Hebrews 12:25See to it that you do not refuse Him who is speaking. For if those did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape who turn away from Him who warns us from heaven.

Commentaries on Exodus 7:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Pharaoh'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.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. 14See Theme Note for "Hardened Hearts."Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. Pharaoh's heart is hardened--Whatever might have been his first impressions, they were soon dispelled; and when he found his magicians making similar attempts, he concluded that Aaron's affair was a magical deception, the secret of which was not known to his wise men.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