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Young's Literal Translation

Exodus 10:20

and Jehovah strengtheneth the heart of Pharaoh, and he hath not sent the sons of Israel away.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Animals;   Disobedience to God;   Hypocrisy;   Instability;   Intercession;   Plague;   Scofield Reference Index - Miracles;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Micaiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Exodus, Book of;   Locust;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Exodus;   Leviticus;   Moses;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Hardening;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Plagues of egypt;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Plagues, the Ten,;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Exodus, the Book of;   Harden;   Plagues of Egypt;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
But the LORD hardened Par`oh's heart, and he didn't let the children of Yisra'el go.
King James Version
But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go.
Lexham English Bible
And Yahweh hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not release the Israelites.
New Century Version
But the Lord caused the king to be stubborn again, and he did not let the Israelites go.
New English Translation
But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not release the Israelites.
Amplified Bible
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart [so that it was even more resolved and obstinate], and he did not let the Israelites go.
New American Standard Bible
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the sons of Israel go.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But the Lord hardened Pharaohs heart, & hee did not let the children of Israel goe.
Legacy Standard Bible
But Yahweh hardened Pharaoh's heart with strength, and he did not let the sons of Israel go.
Contemporary English Version
but the Lord made the king so stubborn that he still refused to let the Israelites go.
Complete Jewish Bible
But Adonai made Pharaoh hardhearted, and he didn't let the people of Isra'el go.
Darby Translation
And Jehovah made Pharaoh's heart stubborn, and he did not let the children of Israel go.
Easy-to-Read Version
But the Lord caused Pharaoh to be stubborn again, and Pharaoh did not let the Israelites go.
English Standard Version
But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the people of Israel go.
George Lamsa Translation
But the LORD hardened Pharaohs heart so that he would not let the children of Israel go.
Good News Translation
But the Lord made the king stubborn, and he did not let the Israelites go.
Christian Standard Bible®
But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the Israelites go.
Literal Translation
And Jehovah made strong the heart of Pharaoh, and he did not send away the sons of Israel.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But the LORDE hardened Pharaos hert, that he let not the childre of Israel go.
American Standard Version
But Jehovah hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go.
Bible in Basic English
But the Lord made Pharaoh's heart hard, and he did not let the children of Israel go.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde hardened Pharaos heart, so that he woulde not let the children of Israel go.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go.
King James Version (1611)
But the Lord hardened Pharaohs heart, so that hee would not let the children of Israel goe.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharao, and he did not send away the children of Israel.
English Revised Version
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go.
Berean Standard Bible
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord made hard the herte of Farao, and he lefte not the sones of Israel.
Update Bible Version
But Yahweh hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the sons of Israel go.
Webster's Bible Translation
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go.
World English Bible
But Yahweh hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he didn't let the children of Israel go.
New King James Version
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go.
New Living Translation
But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart again, so he refused to let the people go.
New Life Bible
But the Lord made Pharaoh's heart hard. He did not let the people of Israel go.
New Revised Standard
But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But Yahweh suffered the heart of Pharaoh to wax bold, - and he did not let the sons of Israel go.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord hardened Pharao’s heart, neither did he let the children of Israel go.
Revised Standard Version
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go.
THE MESSAGE
But God made Pharaoh stubborn as ever. He still didn't release the Israelites.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the sons of Israel go.

Contextual Overview

12 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Stretch out thy hand against the land of Egypt for the locust, and it goeth up against the land of Egypt, and doth eat every herb of the land -- all that the hail hath left.' 13 And Moses stretcheth out his rod against the land of Egypt, and Jehovah hath led an east wind over the land all that day, and all the night; the morning hath been, and the east wind hath lifted up the locust. 14 And the locust goeth up against all the land of Egypt, and resteth in all the border of Egypt -- very grievous: before it there hath not been such a locust as it, and after it there is none such; 15 and it covereth the eye of all the land, and the land is darkened; and it eateth every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail hath left, and there hath not been left any green thing in the trees, or in the herb of the field, in all the land of Egypt.' 16 And Pharaoh hasteth to call for Moses and for Aaron, and saith, `I have sinned against Jehovah your God, and against you, 17 and now, bear with, I pray you, my sin, only this time, and make ye supplication to Jehovah your God, that He turn aside from off me only this death.' 18 And he goeth out from Pharaoh, and maketh supplication unto Jehovah, 19 and Jehovah turneth a very strong sea wind, and it lifteth up the locust, and bloweth it into the Red Sea -- there hath not been left one locust in all the border of Egypt; 20 and Jehovah strengtheneth the heart of Pharaoh, and he hath not sent the sons of Israel away.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 4:21, Exodus 7:13, Exodus 7:14, Exodus 9:12, Exodus 11:10, Deuteronomy 2:30, Isaiah 6:9, Isaiah 6:10, John 12:39, John 12:40, Romans 9:18, 2 Thessalonians 2:11, 2 Thessalonians 2:12

Reciprocal: Exodus 10:27 - General 1 Kings 22:23 - the Lord

Cross-References

Genesis 10:1
And these [are] births of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and born to them are sons after the deluge.
Genesis 10:6
And sons of Ham [are] Cush, and Mitzraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
Genesis 10:9
he hath begun to be a hero in the land; he hath been a hero in hunting before Jehovah; therefore it is said, `As Nimrod the hero [in] hunting before Jehovah.'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart,.... For as yet he had not brought all his judgments on him he designed to bring:

so that he would not let the children of Israel go: though he had promised to do it, and that he would never offend more in this way.


 
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