Exodus 9:35 BSB — MannaFest

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.

BSB

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ASV

And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the children of Israel go, as Jehovah had spoken by Moses.

KJV

And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go; as the Lord had spoken by Moses.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Hardened - Different words in the Hebrew. In Exo 9:34 the word means “made heavy,” i. e. obtuse, incapable of forming a right judgment; in Exo 9:35 it is stronger, and implies a stubborn resolution.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The prayer of Moses opened and shut heaven, like Elias's ( Jam. v. 17, 18 ), and such is the power of God's two witnesses ( Rev. xi. 6 ); yet neither Moses nor Elias, nor those two witnesses, could subdue the hard hearts of men. Pharaoh was frightened into a compliance by the judgment, but, when it was over, his convictions vanished, and his fair promises were forgotten.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַֽיֶּחֱזַק֙	vai.ye.che.Zak	and it was strong	H2388 →
לֵ֣ב	lev	[the] heart of	H3820 →
פַּרְעֹ֔ה	par.'Oh	Pharaoh	H6547 →
וְלֹ֥א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
שִׁלַּ֖ח	shi.Lach	he let go	H7971 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
בְּנֵ֣י	be.Nei	[the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר	ka.'a.Sher	just as	H834 →
דִּבֶּ֥ר	di.Ber	he had said	H1696 →
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
בְּיַד־	be.yad-	by [the] hand of	H3027 →
מֹשֶֽׁה׃ פ	mo.Sheh	Moses	H4872 →

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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…
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 7:13
  Still, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.