Tree of Life Version
Exodus 7:22
22But the magicians of Egypt did the same with their secret arts. So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them—just as Adonai had said.
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 as Adonai commanded. He lifted up the staff and struck the waters that were in the river in the sight of Pharaoh and his servants, and all the waters of the Nile turned to blood. 21When the fish that were in the river died, the river became so foul that the Egyptians could not drink water from the river. The blood was throughout all the land of Egypt. But the magicians of Egypt did the same with their secret arts. So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them—just as Adonai had said. 23Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and did not even take it to heart. 24So all the Egyptians dug around the river for water to drink, because they could not drink of the water from the Nile.
Read all of Exodus 7Exodus 7:22 word by word
וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־כֵ֛ן חַרְטֻמֵּ֥י מִצְרַ֖יִם בְּלָטֵיהֶ֑ם וַיֶּחֱזַ֤ק לֵב־פַּרְעֹה֙ וְלֹא־שָׁמַ֣ע אֲלֵהֶ֔ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And the magiciansחַרְטֹםcharţôm · magicianH2748
- of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
- didעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- so with their enchantmentsלָטlâţ · secrecyH3909
- and Pharaoh’sפַּרְעֹהpar‛ôh · PharaohH6547
- heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
- was hardenedחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: strengthenH2388
- neither did he hearkenשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
- unto them; as the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- had saidדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
Cross-references for Exodus 7:22
- Exodus 7:11Then Pharaoh called for the wise men and the sorcerers, and they too, the magicians of Egypt, did the same with their secret arts.
- Exodus 8:7The frogs will depart from you, from your houses, from your servants and from your people. They will remain only in the Nile.”
- Jeremiah 27:18But if they are prophets, and if the word of Adonai is with them, let them now make intercession to Adonai-Tzva’ot, that the vessels that are left in the House of Adonai, in the palace of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem, would not go to Babylon.”
- 2 Timothy 3:8Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so do these people oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and worthless concerning the faith.
- Exodus 7:13Yet Pharaoh’s heart was hardened. So he did not listen to them— just as Adonai had said.
- Exodus 7:3Yet I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply My signs and 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
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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
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