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 man threw down his staff, and they became serpents. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs. 13Yet Pharaoh’s heart was hardened. So he did not listen to them— just as Adonai had said. Then Adonai said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is stubborn; he refuses to let the people go. 15Go to Pharaoh in the morning as he is coming out to the water, and stand ready to meet him by the bank of the Nile. Take the staff that was transformed into a serpent in your hand. 16You are to say to him: Adonai, God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, ‘Let My people go, so they may serve Me in the wilderness,’ and behold, you have not listened.

Exodus 7:14 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

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

Cross-references for Exodus 7:14

• Exodus 8:15So the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger of God.” But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them—just as Adonai had said.
• Exodus 10:1Then Adonai said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, because I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, so that I might show these My signs in their midst,
• Zechariah 7:12Indeed, they made their hearts as hard as flint preventing them from hearing the Torah or the words that Adonai-Tzva’ot sent by His Ruach through the former prophets. Consequently, great wrath came from Adonai-Tzva’ot.
• Exodus 4:23So I have said to you, Let My son go, that he may serve Me, but you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will slay your son, your firstborn.’”
• Exodus 8:2So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land.
• Exodus 9:2For if you refuse to let them go, and hold them still,
• Exodus 10:4Or else, if you refuse to let My people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your borders.
• Isaiah 1:20But if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured with the sword.” For the mouth of Adonai has spoken.
• Jeremiah 8:5Why then has this people—Jerusalem— turned away in perpetual backsliding? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
• Jeremiah 9:6Therefore thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot: “I am about to refine them and test them. For what else can I do for the daughter of My people?
• Hebrews 12:25See to it that you do not refuse the One who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the One who was warning them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject the One 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