Exodus 7:14

New American Standard Bible (1995)

Then the LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is 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.

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.

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.'"

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ Then the LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is stubborn; he refuses to let the people go.¹⁵ "Go to Pharaoh in the morning as he is going out to the water, and station yourself to meet him on the bank of the Nile; and you shall take in your hand the staff that was turned into a serpent. ¹⁶ "You shall say to him, 'The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you, saying, "Let My people go, that they may serve Me in the wilderness. But behold, you have not listened until now." ¹⁷ 'Thus says the LORD, "By this you shall know that I am the LORD: behold, I will strike the water that is in the Nile with the staff that is in my hand, and it will be turned to blood. ¹⁸ "The fish that are in the Nile will die, and the Nile will become foul, and the Egyptians will find difficulty in drinking water from the Nile."'" ¹⁹ Then the LORD said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their reservoirs of water, that they may become blood; and there will be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.'" ²⁰ So Moses and Aaron did even 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 to blood. ²¹ The fish that were in the Nile died, and the Nile became foul, so that the Egyptians could not drink water from the Nile. And the blood was through all the land of Egypt. ²² But the magicians of Egypt did the same with their secret arts; and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them, as the LORD had said. ²³ Then Pharaoh turned and went into his house with no concern even for this.

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
"You shall take with you of every clean animal by sevens, a male and his female; and of the animals that are not clean two, a male and his female;

Genesis 7:3
also of the birds of the sky, by sevens, male and female, to keep offspring alive on the face of all the earth.

Genesis 7:8
Of clean animals and animals that are not clean and birds and everything that creeps on the ground,

Genesis 7:9
there went into the ark to Noah by twos, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.

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.