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Exodus 14:8

in Exodus 14

And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out defiantly.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And Jehovah hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: for the children of Israel went out with a high hand.

KJV

And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand.

This verse in Exodus 14

Commentary

1 note on this verse

This site's exposition

hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt

on Exodus 14:8-9

One verse says both that the LORD hardened Pharaoh and that Israel went out with an high hand, so the pursuit and the boldness are reported together. Numbers 33:3 looks back on the same march and keeps the same phrase for it. What overtakes them is the whole force counted item by item, the horses, the chariots, the horsemen and the army, drawn up against a camp the text gives no weapons to.

The words behind it

16 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיְחַזֵּ֣קand he made strong

    vaychazekH2388291 times

  • יְהֹוָ֗הYahweh

    yahwehH30686520 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • לֵ֤ב[the] heart of

    levH3820595 times

  • פַּרְעֹה֙Pharaoh

    parohH6547274 times

  • מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH44282525 times

  • מִצְרַ֔יִםEgypt

    mitzrayimH4714641 times

  • וַיִּרְדֹּ֕ףand he pursued

    vaiyirdofH7291143 times

  • אַחֲרֵ֖יafter

    ʾachareiH310715 times

  • בְּנֵ֣י[the] people of

    beneiH11214930 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael

    yisraelH34782507 times

  • וּבְנֵ֣יand [the] people of

    uveneiH11214930 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael

    yisraelH34782507 times

  • יֹצְאִ֖ים[were] going out

    yotzeimH33181067 times

  • בְּיָ֥דwith a hand

    beyadH30271618 times

  • רָמָֽה׃raised

    ramahH7311190 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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 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…

    it leads to

    • Exodus 12:33

      And in order to send them out of the land quickly, the Egyptians urged the people on. “For otherwise,” they said, “we are all going to die!”

    • Exodus 3:19–20

      But I know that the king of Egypt will not allow you to go unless a mighty hand compels him.

    • Exodus 12:39

      Since their dough had no leaven, the people baked what they had brought out of Egypt into unleavened loaves. For when they had been driven out of Egypt, they could not delay and had…

    • Exodus 12:31

      Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested.

    • Psalms 136:12

      with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. His loving devotion endures forever.

  • Through

    Exodus 13:16

    So it shall serve as a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead, for with a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt.”

    it leads to

    • Exodus 13:9

      It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the…

  • Through

    Acts 13:17

    The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers. He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of that land.

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 7:6–8

      For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of…

  • Through

    Exodus 14:4

    And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart so that he will pursue them. But I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the…

    it leads to

    • Romans 9:22–23

      What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?

Where this verse is studied

About Exodus

The Egyptians Drown in the Sea — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Egyptians Drown in the Sea — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.