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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 he will not let the people go.

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ASV

And Jehovah said unto Moses, When thou goest back into Egypt, see that thou do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in thy hand: but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.

KJV

And the Lord said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.

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24 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
יְהוָה֮Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
מֹשֶׁה֒mo.ShehMosesH4872 →
בְּלֶכְתְּךָ֙be.lekh.te.Khawhen going youH1980 →
לָשׁ֣וּבla.Shuvto returnH7725 →
מִצְרַ֔יְמָהmitz.Ray.mahEgypt towardsH4714 →
רְאֵ֗הre.'EhseeH7200 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
הַמֹּֽפְתִים֙ha.mo.fe.Timthe wondersH4159 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whichH834 →
שַׂ֣מְתִּיSam.tiI have putH7760 →
בְיָדֶ֔ךָve.ya.De.khain hand yourH3027 →
וַעֲשִׂיתָ֖םva.'a.si.Tamand you will do themH6213 →
לִפְנֵ֣יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440 →
פַרְעֹ֑הfar.'OhPharaohH6547 →
וַאֲנִי֙va.'a.Niand IH589 →
אֲחַזֵּ֣ק'a.cha.ZekI will make strongH2388 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
לִבּ֔וֹli.Boheart hisH3820 →
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
יְשַׁלַּ֖חye.sha.Lachhe will let goH7971 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הָעָֽם׃ha.'Amthe peopleH5971 →

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Romans 9:18Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.Exodus 14:8And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out defiantly.Joshua 11:20For 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 had commanded Moses.Isaiah 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.Deuteronomy 2:30But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as is the case this day.Exodus 9:35So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the LORD had said through Moses.Exodus 7:13Still, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.Exodus 9:12But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said to Moses.John 12:40“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.”Exodus 3:20So I will stretch out My hand and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders I will perform among them. And after that, he will release you.Exodus 10:20But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.Exodus 7:3But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I will multiply My signs and wonders in the land of Egypt,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 LORD.” So this is what the Israelites did.Exodus 11:10Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart so that he would not let the Israelites go out of his land.Exodus 8:32But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time as well, and he would not let the people go.Romans 1:28Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.2 Thessalonians 2:10–12and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.Romans 11:8–10as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”

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