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Exodus 7:22

in Exodus 7

But the magicians of Egypt did the same things by their magic arts. So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And the magicians of Egypt did in like manner with their enchantments: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as Jehovah had spoken.

KJV

And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the Lord had said.

This verse in Exodus 7

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

And the magicians - did so - But if all the water in Egypt was turned into blood by Moses, where did the magicians get the water which they changed into blood? This question is answered in Exo 7:24. The Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink, and it seems that the water obtained by this means was not bloody like that in the river: on this water therefore the magicians might operate.

This site's exposition

And the magicians of Egypt did so

on Exodus 7:22-23

The magicians match the plague, and Wesley notes what the match costs Egypt, since turning more water into blood while water is scarce helps nobody and proves only that they can do it. Undoing the plague would have answered Moses, and they do not undo it. The hardening is put in the plain passive here, Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and verse 23 adds that he turned and went into his house and did not set his heart to this also.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

And the magicians did so - By God's permission with their enchantments; and this served Pharaoh for an excuse not to set his heart to this also, (ver. 23,) and a poor excuse it was. Could they have turned the river of blood into water again, it had been something; then they had proved their power, and Pharaoh had been obliged to them as his benefactors.

The words behind it

14 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.

  • וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־and they did

    vaiyaasu-H62132628 times

  • כֵ֛ןthus

    khenH3651771 times

  • חַרְטֻמֵּ֥י[the] magicians of

    chartumeiH274811 times

  • מִצְרַ֖יִםEgypt

    mitzrayimH4714641 times

  • בְּלָטֵיהֶ֑םby enchantments their

    belateihemH39096 times

  • וַיֶּחֱזַ֤קand it was strong

    vaiyechezakH2388291 times

  • לֵב־[the] heart of

    lev-H3820595 times

  • פַּרְעֹה֙Pharaoh

    parohH6547274 times

  • וְלֹא־and not

    velo'-H38085168 times

  • שָׁמַ֣עhe listened

    shama'H80851159 times

  • אֲלֵהֶ֔םto them

    ʾalehemH4135510 times

  • כַּאֲשֶׁ֖רjust as

    kaasherH8345497 times

  • דִּבֶּ֥רhe had said

    diberH16961141 times

  • יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh

    yahwehH30686520 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

    2 Timothy 3:8

    Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.

    it leads to

    • Acts 13:8–11

      But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.

    • Exodus 7:11

      But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts.

    • Revelation 2:20

      But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols.

    • 1 Timothy 6:5

      and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.

    • Titus 1:16

      They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

  • Through

    Exodus 7:11

    But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts.

    it leads to

    • Exodus 8:18

      The magicians tried to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast.

    • 2 Timothy 3:8

      Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.

    • Exodus 8:7

      But the magicians did the same thing by their magic arts, and they also brought frogs up onto the land of Egypt.

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About Exodus

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.