Exodus 7:14

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.'"

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.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Pharaoh is being stubborn. He refuses 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.

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 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.'" ¹⁹ God said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and wave it over the waters of Egypt—over its rivers, its canals, its ponds, all its bodies of water—so that they turn to blood.' There'll be blood everywhere in Egypt—even in the pots and pans." ²⁰Moses and Aaron did exactly as God commanded them. Aaron raised his staff and hit the water in the Nile with Pharaoh and his servants watching. All the water in the Nile turned into blood. The fish in the Nile died; the Nile stank; and the Egyptians couldn't drink the Nile water. The blood was everywhere in Egypt. ²²But the magicians of Egypt did the same thing with their incantations. Still Pharaoh remained stubborn. He wouldn't listen to them as God had said. He turned on his heel and went home, never giving it a second thought. But all the Egyptians had to dig inland from the river for water because they couldn't drink the Nile water. Seven days went by after God had struck the Nile.

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
"Take on board with you seven pairs of every clean animal, a male and a female; one pair of every unclean animal, a male and a female; and seven pairs of every kind of bird, a male and a female, to insure their survival on Earth. In just seven days I will dump rain on Earth for forty days and forty nights. I'll make a clean sweep of everything that I've made."

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.