Exodus 7:14

Easy-to-Read Version

Then the Lord said to Moses, "Pharaoh is being stubborn. He refuses to let the people go.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD said to Moshe, "Par`oh's heart is stubborn. He refuses to let the people go.

King James Version
And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go.

Lexham English Bible
And Yahweh said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is insensitive; he refuses to release the people.

New Century Version
Then the Lord said to Moses, "The king is being stubborn and refuses to let the people go.

New English Translation
The Lord said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is hard; he refuses to release the people.

Amplified Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is hard; he refuses to let the people go.

New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is stubborn; he refuses to let the people go.

Geneva Bible (1587)
The Lorde then saide vnto Moses, Pharaohs heart is obstinate, hee refuseth to let the people goe.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is hard with firmness; he refuses to let the people go.

Contemporary English Version
The Lord said to Moses: The Egyptian king stubbornly refuses to change his mind and let the people go.

Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai said to Moshe, "Pharaoh is stubborn. He refuses to let the people go.

Darby Translation
And Jehovah said to Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened: he refuseth to let the people go.

English Standard Version
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is hardened; he refuses to let the people go.

George Lamsa Translation
Then the LORD said to Moses, Pharaohs heart is hardened, he refuses to let the people go.

Good News Translation

Blood

Then the Lord said to Moses, "The king is very stubborn and refuses to let the people go.

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is hard: He refuses to let the people go.

Literal Translation
And Jehovah said to Moses, The heart of Pharaoh is heavy; he refuses to send away the people.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses: The hert of Pharao is hardened, he refuseth to let ye people go.

American Standard Version
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is stubborn, he refuseth to let the people go.

Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Pharaoh's heart is unchanged; he will not let the people go.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The Lorde also sayde vnto Moyses: Pharaos heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Pharaoh's heart is stubborn, he refuseth to let the people go.

King James Version (1611)
And the Lord saide vnto Moses, Pharaohs heart is hardened: he refuseth to let the people goe.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and the Lord said to Moses, The heart of Pharao is made hard, so that he should not let the people go.

English Revised Version
And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is stubborn, he refuseth to let the people go.

Berean Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is stubborn; he refuses to let the people go.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe the Lord seide to Moyses, The herte of Farao is maad greuouse, he nyle delyuere the puple;

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `The heart of Pharaoh hath been hard, he hath refused to send the people away;

Update Bible Version
And Yahweh said to Moses, Pharaoh's heart is stubborn, he refuses to let the people go.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD said to Moses, Pharaoh's heart [is] hardened; he refuseth to let the people go.

World English Bible
Yahweh said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is stubborn. He refuses to let the people go.

New King James Version
So the LORD said to Moses: "Pharaoh's heart is hard; he refuses to let the people go.

New Living Translation
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is stubborn, and he still refuses to let the people go.

New Life Bible
The Lord said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is not changed. He will not let the people go.

New Revised Standard
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is hardened; he refuses to let the people go.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Dull, is the heart of Pharaoh, - he hath refused to let the people go.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord said to Moses: Pharao’s heart is hardened, he will not let the people go.

Revised Standard Version
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is hardened, he refuses to let the people go.

THE MESSAGE
God said to Moses: "Pharaoh is a stubborn man. He refuses to release the people. First thing in the morning, go and meet Pharaoh as he goes down to the river. At the shore of the Nile take the staff that turned into a snake and say to him, ‘ God , the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you with this message, "Release my people so that they can worship me in the wilderness." So far you haven't listened. This is how you'll know that I am God . I am going to take this staff that I'm holding and strike this Nile River water: The water will turn to blood; the fish in the Nile will die; the Nile will stink; and the Egyptians won't be able to drink the Nile water.'"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is stubborn; he refuses to let the people go.

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ Then the Lord said to Moses, "Pharaoh is being stubborn. He refuses to let the people go. ¹⁵ In the morning Pharaoh will go out to the river. Go to him by the edge of the Nile River. Take the walking stick that became a snake. ¹⁶ Tell him this: ‘The Lord , the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you. He told me to tell you to let his people go worship him in the desert. Until now you have not listened to the Lord. ¹⁷ So the Lord says that he will do something to show you that he is the Lord . I will hit the water of the Nile River with this walking stick in my hand, and the river will turn into blood. ¹⁸ The fish in the river will die, and the river will begin to stink. Then the Egyptians will not be able to drink the water from the river.'" ¹⁹ The Lord said to Moses: "Tell Aaron to hold the walking stick in his hand over the rivers, canals, lakes, and every place where they store water. When he does this, all the water will turn into blood. All the water, even the water stored in wood and stone jars, will turn into blood." ²⁰ So Moses and Aaron did what the Lord commanded. Aaron raised the walking stick and hit the water in the Nile River. He did this in front of Pharaoh and his officials. So all the water in the river changed into blood. ²¹ The fish in the river died, and the river began to stink. So the Egyptians could not drink water from the river. The blood was everywhere in Egypt. ²² The magicians used their magic to do the same thing. So Pharaoh refused to listen to Moses and Aaron. This happened just as the Lord said. ²³ Pharaoh ignored what Moses and Aaron had done. He turned and went into his house.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Pharaoh's: Exodus 8:15, Exodus 10:1, Exodus 10:20, Exodus 10:27, Zechariah 7:12

he refuseth: Exodus 4:23, Exodus 8:2, Exodus 9:2, Exodus 10:4, Isaiah 1:20, Jeremiah 8:5, Jeremiah 9:6, Hebrews 12:25

Reciprocal: Exodus 8:32 - General Exodus 9:7 - the heart Exodus 9:12 - General Exodus 9:34 - and hardened Exodus 11:10 - the Lord Exodus 14:4 - harden Exodus 14:17 - I will

Cross-References

Genesis 7:2
Get seven pairs (seven males and seven females) of every kind of clean animal. And get one pair (one male and one female) of every other animal on the earth. Lead all these animals into the boat with you.

Genesis 7:3
Get seven pairs (seven males and seven females) of all the birds. This will allow all these animals to continue living on the earth after the other animals are destroyed.

Genesis 7:8
All the clean animals, all the other animals on the earth, the birds, and everything that crawls on the earth

Genesis 7:9
went into the boat with Noah. These animals went into the boat in groups of two, male and female, just as God commanded.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened,.... Or "heavy" c, dull and stupid, stiff and inflexible, cannot lift up his heart, or find in his heart to obey the will of God:

he refuseth to let the people go; which was an instance and proof of the hardness and heaviness of his heart, on which the above miracle had made no impression, to regard what God by his ambassadors had required of him.

c כבד "grave", Montanus, Drusius. So Ainsworth.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 7:14. Pharaoh'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.