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

20So Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord had commanded. And he lifted up the staff and struck the water that was in the Nile in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants; and all the water that was in the Nile was turned into blood. 21Then the fish that were in the Nile died, and the Nile stank, so that the Egyptians could not drink water from the Nile. And the blood was through all the land of Egypt. But the soothsayer priests of Egypt did the same with their secret arts; and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had said. 23Then Pharaoh turned and went into his house with no concern even for this. 24So all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, because they could not drink from the water of the Nile.

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 soothsayerחַרְטֹםcharţôm · magicianH2748
• of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• didעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• the sameכֵּןkên · soH3651
• with their secretלָטlâţ · secrecyH3909
• and Pharaoh’sפַּרְעֹהpar‛ôh · PharaohH6547
• heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• hardenedחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: strengthenH2388
• and he did not listenשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• had saidדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696

Cross-references for Exodus 7:22

• Exodus 7:11Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers, and they too, the soothsayer priests of Egypt, did the same with their secret arts.
• Exodus 8:7However, the soothsayer priests did the same with their secret arts, making frogs come up on the land of Egypt.
• Jeremiah 27:18But if they are prophets, and if the word of the Lord is with them, have them now plead with the Lord of armies that the vessels which are left in the house of the Lord and the house of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem do not go to Babylon.
• 2 Timothy 3:8Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men of depraved mind, worthless in regard to the faith.
• Exodus 7:13Yet Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.
• Exodus 7:3But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, so that I may multiply My signs and My 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
• Egypt, Egyptian
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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