Exodus 8:32
in Exodus 8But 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
7 notes on this versePharaoh 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
not one fly remained
on Exodus 8:31-32
The words at this time also keep count, since Pharaoh had hardened his heart at verse 15 when the frogs went. Two plagues have now been taken away at his own asking, and neither moved him.
This site's exposition
Pharaoh hardened his heart this time as well
When the flies are gone, Pharaoh breaks his promise and hardens his heart again, as he did after the frogs in verse 15. Adam Clarke holds that it was Pharaoh's own obstinacy, which God used to show His power.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also,.... As he did before, when he found the plague was removed, and the flies were gone: neither would he let the people go; through pride and covetousness, being loath to have the number of those under his dominion so much diminished, and to lose so large a branch of his revenues arising from the labour of these people.
Note, Reigning lusts break through the strongest bounds, and make men impudently presumptuous and scandalously perfidious. Let not sin therefore reign; for, if it do, it will betray and hurry us to the grossest absurdities.
As to the plague of frogs we may observe, I. Moses, no doubt, attended the divine Majesty daily for fresh instructions, and (perhaps while the river was yet blood) he is here directed to give notice to Pharaoh of another judgment coming upon him, in case he continue obstinate: If thou refuse to let them go, it is at thy peril,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Pharaoh called for Moses, . . . Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land, &c.--Between impatient anxiety to be freed from this scourge and a reluctance on the part of the Hebrew bondsmen, the king followed the course of expediency; he proposed to let them free to engage in their religious rites within any part of the kingdom.
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּכְבֵּ֤ד | vaiyakhbed | and he made heavy | H3513 → | 113 times |
| פַּרְעֹה֙ | paroh | Pharaoh | H6547 → | 274 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| לִבּ֔וֹ | libo | heart his | H3820 → | 595 times |
| גַּ֖ם | gam | also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| בַּפַּ֣עַם | bapaam | at the time | H6471 → | 118 times |
| הַזֹּ֑את | hazot | <the> this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| וְלֹ֥א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| שִׁלַּ֖ח | shilach | he let go | H7971 → | 845 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָעָֽם׃ פ | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
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.
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
- 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.
- Joshua 11:20
Through
Romans 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.
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.
- Hebrews 3:15
Where this verse is studied
About Exodus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.