Exodus 11:9
in Exodus 11The LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh will not listen to you, so that My wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.”
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ASV
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Pharaoh will not hearken unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.
KJV
And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.
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This verse in Exodus 11
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you
on Exodus 11:9-10
The word wonders goes back to the bush at 3:20, where God said he would smite Egypt with all my wonders, and verse 10 reports that Moses and Aaron did all of them. The order of the hardening across the book is checkable in the text, since God announces it at 4:21 and 7:3, the first five plagues put the act on Pharaoh or leave the verb stative, and 9:12 is the first place the words read that the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, after which the subject stays the same through 14:17. Romans 9:17 quotes Exodus 9:16 and draws the conclusion at 9:18, whom he will he hardeneth. Sproul reads sovereignty and human responsibility as two true descriptions of one act, while the free will reading takes the sequence as God confirming a man in the direction he had already chosen, and both are held by teachers this site honours.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
): The Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken to you. The scripture has foretold the incredulity of those who should hear the gospel, that it might not be a surprise nor stumbling-block to us, John xii. Let us think never the worse of the gospel of Christ for the slights men generally put upon it, for we were told before what cold entertainment it would meet with.
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And the Lord said unto Moses,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you - Though shall and will are both reputed signs of the future tense, and by many indiscriminately used, yet they make a most essential difference in composition in a variety of cases.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֔ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יִשְׁמַ֥ע | yishma' | he will listen | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| אֲלֵיכֶ֖ם | ʾaleikhem | to you | H413 → | 5510 times |
| פַּרְעֹ֑ה | paroh | Pharaoh | H6547 → | 274 times |
| לְמַ֛עַן | lemaan | so as | H4616 → | 272 times |
| רְב֥וֹת | revot | to be many | H7235 → | 227 times |
| מוֹפְתַ֖י | moftai | wonders my | H4159 → | 36 times |
| בְּאֶ֥רֶץ | beeretz | in [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| מִצְרָֽיִם׃ | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
מֹשֶׁ֔הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
יִשְׁמַ֥עhe will listen
yishma'H8085 →1159 times
אֲלֵיכֶ֖םto you
ʾaleikhemH413 →5510 times
פַּרְעֹ֑הPharaoh
parohH6547 →274 times
לְמַ֛עַןso as
lemaanH4616 →272 times
רְב֥וֹתto be many
revotH7235 →227 times
מוֹפְתַ֖יwonders my
moftaiH4159 →36 times
בְּאֶ֥רֶץin [the] land of
beeretzH776 →2504 times
מִצְרָֽיִם׃Egypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 3:19But I know that the king of Egypt will not allow you to go unless a mighty hand compels him.
it leads to
- Exodus 5:2
But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”
- Exodus 6:1
But the LORD said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, for because of My mighty hand he will let the people go; because of My strong hand he…
- Isaiah 63:12–13
who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown,
- Exodus 7:1–14
The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.
- Exodus 5:2
Through
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,
it leads to
- 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…
- Exodus 7:13–14
Still, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.
- Romans 9:17
For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
- Exodus 3:20
So I will stretch out My hand and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders I will perform among them. And after that, he will release you.
- Exodus 4:21
About Exodus
Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and R.C. Sproul, Chosen by God.