Exodus 10:20
New International Version
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.

New Living Translation
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart again, so he refused to let the people go.

English Standard Version
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the people of Israel go.

Berean Standard Bible
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.

King James Bible
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go.

New King James Version
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go.

New American Standard Bible
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the sons of Israel go.

NASB 1995
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the sons of Israel go.

NASB 1977
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the sons of Israel go.

Legacy Standard Bible
But Yahweh hardened Pharaoh’s heart with strength, and he did not let the sons of Israel go.

Amplified Bible
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart [so that it was even more resolved and obstinate], and he did not let the Israelites go.

Christian Standard Bible
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the Israelites go.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the Israelites go.

American Standard Version
But Jehovah hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And LORD JEHOVAH hardened the heart of Pharaoh and he did not send out the children of Israel.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharao, and he did not send away the children of Israel.

Contemporary English Version
but the LORD made the king so stubborn that he still refused to let the Israelites go.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord hardened Pharao's heart, neither did he let the children of Israel go.

English Revised Version
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But the LORD made Pharaoh stubborn, so he did not let the Israelites go.

Good News Translation
But the LORD made the king stubborn, and he did not let the Israelites go.

International Standard Version
But the LORD made Pharaoh's heart stubborn and he would not let the Israelis go.

JPS Tanakh 1917
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go.

Literal Standard Version
and YHWH strengthens the heart of Pharaoh, and he has not sent the sons of Israel away.

Majority Standard Bible
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.

New American Bible
Yet the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.

NET Bible
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not release the Israelites.

New Revised Standard Version
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.

New Heart English Bible
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go.

Webster's Bible Translation
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go.

World English Bible
But Yahweh hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he didn’t let the children of Israel go.

Young's Literal Translation
and Jehovah strengtheneth the heart of Pharaoh, and he hath not sent the sons of Israel away.

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Context
The Eighth Plague: Locusts
19And the LORD changed the wind to a very strong west wind that carried off the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust remained anywhere in Egypt. 20But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.

Cross References
Romans 9:18
Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.

Exodus 4:21
The 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.

Exodus 7:13
Still, Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.

Exodus 9:12
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said to Moses.

Exodus 10:19
And the LORD changed the wind to a very strong west wind that carried off the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust remained anywhere in Egypt.

Exodus 10:27
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he was unwilling to let them go.

Exodus 11:10
Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart so that he would not let the Israelites go out of his land.


Treasury of Scripture

But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go.

Exodus 4:21
And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.

Exodus 7:13,14
And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said…

Exodus 9:12
And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses.

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Exodus 10
1. God threatens to send locusts
7. Pharaoh, moved by his servants, inclines to let the Israelites go
12. The plague of the locusts
16. Pharaoh entreats Moses
21. The plague of darkness
24. Pharaoh again entreats Moses, but yet is hardened














(20) The Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart.--Comp. above, Exodus 9:12.

Verse 20. - But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart. The word used here is the intensive one, khazoq, instead of the milder kabod of ver. 1. Pharaoh's prolonged obstinacy and impenitence was receiving aggravation by the working of the just laws of God. (See the comment on Exodus 4:21.)

CHAPTER 10:21-29

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
But the LORD
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

hardened
וַיְחַזֵּ֥ק (way·ḥaz·zêq)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer

Pharaoh’s
פַּרְעֹ֑ה (par·‘ōh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6547: Pharaoh -- a title of Egypt kings

heart,
לֵ֣ב (lêḇ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

and he would not
וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

let the Israelites
בְּנֵ֥י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

go.
שִׁלַּ֖ח (šil·laḥ)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out


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