Exodus 10:27
in Exodus 10But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was unwilling to let them go.
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ASV
But Jehovah hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let them go.
KJV
But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let them go.
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This verse in Exodus 10
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
he was unwilling to let them go
on Exodus 10:27-29
Pharaoh ends the audience with a threat of death, “Make sure you never see my face again”. Moses takes it as settled: “I will never see your face again”. The bargaining is over, and what follows is announced.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart,.... Yet more and more: and he would not let them go; his heart was set against it, his will was resolute, and he was determined never to let them go.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
The Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart - He had yet another miracle to work for the complete conviction of the Egyptians and triumph of his people; and till that was wrought he permitted the natural obstinacy of Pharaoh’s haughty heart to have its full sway, after each resistance of the gracious influence which was intended to soften and bring him to repentance.
The words behind it
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְחַזֵּ֥ק | vaychazek | and he made strong | H2388 → | 291 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| לֵ֣ב | lev | [the] heart of | H3820 → | 595 times |
| פַּרְעֹ֑ה | paroh | Pharaoh | H6547 → | 274 times |
| וְלֹ֥א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| אָבָ֖ה | ʾavah | he was willing | H14 → | |
| לְשַׁלְּחָֽם׃ | leshalecham | to let go them | H7971 → | 845 times |
וַיְחַזֵּ֥קand he made strong
vaychazekH2388 →291 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
לֵ֣ב[the] heart of
levH3820 →595 times
פַּרְעֹ֑הPharaoh
parohH6547 →274 times
וְלֹ֥אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
אָבָ֖הhe was willing
ʾavahH14 →
לְשַׁלְּחָֽם׃to let go them
leshalechamH7971 →845 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 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…
it leads to
- 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.
- 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…
- 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.
- Exodus 9:35
So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the LORD had said through Moses.
- Romans 9:18
Through
Exodus 14:8And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out defiantly.
it leads to
- Numbers 33:3
On the fifteenth day of the first month, on the day after the Passover, the Israelites set out from Rameses. They marched out defiantly in full view of all the Egyptians,
- 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.
- Numbers 33:3
Through
Exodus 14:4And 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?
- Romans 9:22–23
Where this verse is studied
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About Exodus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.