Still, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.
Parallel translations
- WEB Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he didn’t listen to them; as Yahweh had spoken.
- KJV And he hardened Pharaoh’s heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
- NKJV And Pharaoh’s heart grew hard, and he did not heed them, as the Lord had said.
- NASB Yet Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.
- NLT Pharaoh’s heart, however, remained hard. He still refused to listen, just as the Lord had predicted.
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Quick answer
Pharaoh's heart is hardened and he refuses to listen, as God foretold. His defiance opens the way for the plagues.
Overview
Despite the clear demonstration of Yahweh's superiority, Pharaoh remains obstinate, fulfilling God's earlier word. The hardening shows that mere displays of power do not soften a rebellious heart apart from grace. Pharaoh stands as a sobering example that resisting God's word leads deeper into judgment, underscoring humanity's need for the new heart that only God can give.
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- Exod 4:21The LORD instructed Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put within your power. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.
- Exod 8:15When Pharaoh saw that there was relief, however, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.
- Zech 7:11–12But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.
- Exod 10:27But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was unwilling to let them go.
- Exod 10:1Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials, that I may perform these miraculous signs of Mine among them,
- Rom 2:5But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
- Exod 10:20But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.
- Heb 3:13But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
- Heb 3:7–8Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,
- Rom 1:28Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
- Exod 7:3–4But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I will multiply My signs and wonders in the land of Egypt,
- Deut 2:30But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as is the case this day.
- Exod 14:17And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. Then I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army and chariots and horsemen.
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