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Exodus 14:5

When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.”

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ASV

And it was told the king of Egypt that the people were fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed towards the people, and they said, What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?

KJV

And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?

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21 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֻּגַּד֙vai.yu.Gadand it was toldH5046 →
לְמֶ֣לֶךְle.Me.lekhto [the] king ofH4428 →
מִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714 →
כִּ֥יkithatH3588 →
בָרַ֖חva.Rachit had fledH1272 →
הָעָ֑םha.'Amthe peopleH5971 →
וַ֠יֵּהָפֵךְVai.ye.ha.fekhand it was changedH2015 →
לְבַ֨בle.Vav[the] heart ofH3824 →
פַּרְעֹ֤הpar.'OhPharaohH6547 →
וַעֲבָדָיו֙va.'a.va.Davand servants hisH5650 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
הָעָ֔םha.'Amthe peopleH5971 →
וַיֹּֽאמרוּ֙vai.yo.m.Ruand they saidH559 →
מַה־mah-what?H4100 →
זֹּ֣אתzotthisH2063 →
עָשִׂ֔ינוּ'a.Si.nuhave we doneH6213 →
כִּֽי־ki-thatH3588 →
שִׁלַּ֥חְנוּshi.Lach.nuwe have let goH7971 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
מֵעָבְדֵֽנוּ׃me.'a.ve.De.nufrom serving usH5647 →

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Exodus 15:9The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’Psalms 105:25whose hearts He turned to hate His people, to conspire against His servants.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.Proverbs 27:22Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.Jeremiah 34:10–17So all the officials and all the people who entered into this covenant agreed that they would free their menservants and maidservants and no longer hold them in bondage. They obeyed and released them,Luke 11:24–26When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’Exodus 12:33And 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 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.”Exodus 7:16Then say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to tell you: Let My people go, so that they may worship Me in the wilderness. But you have not listened until now.Judges 15:14When Samson arrived in Lehi, the Philistines came out shouting against him. And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him. The ropes on his arms became like burnt flax, and the bonds broke loose from his hands.2 Peter 2:20–22If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.Romans 3:7However, if my falsehood accentuates God’s truthfulness, to the increase of His glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?

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