And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to this also.
Parallel translations
- WEB Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and he didn’t even take this to heart.
- BSB Instead, Pharaoh turned around, went into his palace, and did not take any of this to heart.
- 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.
Cross-references & the web
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- Exod 9:21And he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and his cattle in the field.
- Ps 62:10Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
- 1 Sam 4:20And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.
- Prov 24:32Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.
- Deut 32:46And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.
- Hab 1:5Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.
- Jer 36:24Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.
- Prov 29:1He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
- Ezek 40:4And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee; for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel.
- Mal 2:2If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
- Amos 4:7–12And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
- Isa 26:11LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.
- Prov 22:17Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
- Jer 5:3O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
- Job 7:17What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine 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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