And Pharaoh turned and went into his house. Neither was his heart moved by this.
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.
- BSB Instead, Pharaoh turned around, went into his palace, and did not take any of this to heart.
- 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
Cross-references · 15
- Exod 9:21Whoever didn’t respect Yahweh’s word left his servants and his livestock in the field.
- Ps 62:10Don’t trust in oppression. Don’t become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don’t set your heart on them.
- 1 Sam 4:20About the time of her death the women who stood by her said to her, “Don’t be afraid; for you have given birth to a son.” But she didn’t answer, neither did she regard it.
- Prov 24:32Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:
- Deut 32:46He said to them, “Set your heart to all the words which I testify to you today, which you shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.
- Hab 1:5“Look among the nations, watch, and wonder marvelously; for I am working a work in your days, which you will not believe though it is told you.
- Jer 36:24The king and his servants who heard all these words were not afraid, and didn’t tear their garments.
- Prov 29:1He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.
- Ezek 40:4The man said to me, Son of man, see with your eyes, and hear with your ears, and set your heart on all that I shall show you; for, to the intent that I may show them to you, you are brought here: declare all that you see to the house of Israel.
- Mal 2:2If you will not listen, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name,” says Yahweh of Armies, “then will I send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you do not lay it to heart.
- Amos 4:7–12“I also have withheld the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain on one city, and caused it not to rain on another city. One place was rained on, and the piece where it didn’t rain withered.
- Isa 26:11Yahweh, your hand is lifted up, yet they don’t see; but they will see your zeal for the people, and be disappointed. Yes, fire will consume your adversaries.
- Prov 22:17Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching.
- Jer 5:3O Yahweh, don’t your eyes look on truth? You have stricken them, but they were not grieved. You have 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 you should magnify him, that you should set your mind on 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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