Exodus 7:14

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“Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is unyielding; he refuses to let the people go.”

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BSBPD

“Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is unyielding; he refuses to let the people go.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh’s heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And Jehovah said unto Moses, Pharaoh’s heart is stubborn, he refuseth to let the people go.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `The heart of Pharaoh hath been hard, he hath refused to send the people away;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Exodus 7:14 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 3:19But I know that the king of Egypt will not allow you to go unless a mighty hand compels him.
  2. Exodus 4:23and I told you to let My son go so that he may worship Me. But since you have refused to let him go, behold, I will kill your firstborn son!’”
  3. Exodus 8:2But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs.
  4. Exodus 8:11The frogs will depart from you and your houses and your officials and your people; they will remain only in the Nile.”
  5. Exodus 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.
  6. Exodus 9:2But if you continue to restrain them and refuse to let them go,
  7. Exodus 9:7Pharaoh sent officials and found that none of the livestock of the Israelites had died. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not let the people go.
  8. Exodus 9:34When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had ceased, he sinned again and hardened his heart—he and his officials.
  9. Exodus 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,
  10. Exodus 10:4But if you refuse to let My people go, I will bring locusts into your territory tomorrow.
  11. Exodus 10:20But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.
  12. Exodus 10:27But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was unwilling to let them go.
  13. Deuteronomy 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.
  14. 1 Samuel 6:6Why harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened theirs? When He afflicted them, did they not send the people on their way as they departed?
  15. Isaiah 1:20But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
  16. Jeremiah 8:5Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
  17. Jeremiah 9:6You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD.
  18. Zechariah 7:12They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts.
  19. Hebrews 12:25See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?

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