Instead, Pharaoh turned around, went into his palace, and did not take any of this to heart.
Parallel translations
- WEB Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and he didn’t even take this to heart.
- KJV And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to this also.
- NKJV And Pharaoh turned and went into his house. Neither was his heart moved by this.
- NASB Then Pharaoh turned and went into his house with no concern even for this.
- NLT Pharaoh returned to his palace and put the whole thing out of his mind.
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Quick answer
Pharaoh turns away unmoved, not taking the plague to heart. His indifference reveals a deeply hardened soul.
Overview
Rather than humbling himself, Pharaoh simply returns home and refuses to reflect on what God has done. His failure to 'take this to heart' shows the spiritual danger of treating divine warnings lightly. Such hardness of heart stands as a perpetual warning against ignoring God's gracious yet serious calls, which Scripture urges us to heed today while it is still called today.
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Cross-references · 15
- Exod 9:21but those who disregarded the word of the LORD left their servants and livestock in the field.
- Ps 62:10Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
- 1 Sam 4:20As she was dying, the women attending to her said, “Do not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son!” But she did not respond or pay any heed.
- Prov 24:32I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction:
- Deut 32:46he said to them, “Take to heart all these words I testify among you today, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law.
- Hab 1:5“Look at the nations and observe—be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you.
- Jer 36:24Yet in hearing all these words, the king and his servants did not become frightened or tear their garments.
- Prov 29:1A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
- Ezek 40:4“Son of man,” he said to me, “look with your eyes, hear with your ears, and pay attention to everything I am going to show you, for that is why you have been brought here. Report to the house of Israel everything you see.”
- Mal 2:2If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart.
- Amos 4:7–12“I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered.
- Isa 26:11O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them!
- Prov 22:17Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise—apply your mind to my knowledge—
- Jer 5:3O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
- Job 7:17What is man that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart upon him,
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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