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Exodus 8:32

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But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time as well, and he would not let the people go.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and he did not let the people go.

KJV

And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go.

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This verse in Exodus 8

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also - See Exo 8:15. This hardening was the mere effect of his self-determining obstinacy. He preferred his gain to the will and command of Jehovah, and God made his obstinacy the means of showing forth his own power and providence in a supereminent degree.

This site's exposition

there remained not one

on Exodus 8:31-32

The removal is total, which makes the lifting as plain a sign as the plague was. Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, and the phrase at this time also is the text keeping count, since he had done the same at verse 15 when the frogs went. Two plagues have now been taken away at his own asking and neither taking away moved him.

The words behind it

11 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.

  • וַיַּכְבֵּ֤דand he made heavy

    vaiyakhbedH3513 →113 times

  • פַּרְעֹה֙Pharaoh

    parohH6547 →274 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • לִבּ֔וֹheart his

    liboH3820 →595 times

  • גַּ֖םalso

    gamH1571 →769 times

  • בַּפַּ֣עַםat the time

    bapaamH6471 →118 times

  • הַזֹּ֑את<the> this

    hazotH2063 →603 times

  • וְלֹ֥אand not

    velo'H3808 →5168 times

  • שִׁלַּ֖חhe let go

    shilachH7971 →845 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הָעָֽם׃ פthe people

    haamH5971 →1873 times

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

Related verses

13 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

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 worksExodus 4:21The 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.5 worksEcclesiastes 8:11When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.4 worksExodus 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.4 worksRomans 2:5But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.3 worksIsaiah 63:17Why, O LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways and harden our hearts from fearing You? Return, for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.2 works
The other 7 cross-references, with their words ▾
Acts 28:26–27‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”2 worksExodus 7:13–14Still, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.2 worksJames 1:13–14When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone.2 worksExodus 8:8Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.”2 works1 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?2 works2 Chronicles 36:13He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.2 worksPsalms 69:27Add iniquity to their iniquity; let them not share in Your righteousness.2 works

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 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…

    it leads to

    • Joshua 11:20

      For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts to engage Israel in battle, so that they would be set apart for destruction and would receive no mercy, being annihilated as the LORD…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Romans 9:18

      Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.

    • Exodus 14:8

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

    • Isaiah 63:17

      Why, O LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways and harden our hearts from fearing You? Return, for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.

  • Through

    Romans 2:5

    But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

    it leads to

    • Hebrews 3:15

      As it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.”

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Ecclesiastes 12:14

      For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.

    • Romans 1:18

      The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.

    • Romans 2:2–3

      And we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth.

About Exodus

The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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