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He still refused to listen, just as the LORD had predicted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/7.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Still Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the LORD had said.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Still, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/7.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/7.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And Pharaoh’s heart grew hard, and he did not heed them, as the LORD had said.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Yet Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/7.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Yet Pharaoh&#8217s heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them, as the LORD had said.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Yet Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them, as the LORD had said.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Yet Pharaoh’s heart was hardened with strength, and he did not listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Yet Pharaoh’s heart was hardened and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />However, Pharaoh’s heart was hard, and he did not listen to them, as the LORD had said.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />However, Pharaoh&#8217s heart hardened, and he did not listen to them, as the LORD had said. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/7.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as Jehovah had spoken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The king behaved just as the LORD had said and stubbornly refused to listen. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/7.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Yet, Pharaoh continued to be stubborn and would not listen to them, as the LORD had predicted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The king, however, remained stubborn and, just as the LORD had said, the king would not listen to Moses and Aaron. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/7.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Yet Pharaoh's heart was stubborn and he did not listen to them, just as the LORD had said would happen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Still, Pharaoh?s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/7.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Yet Pharaoh's heart became hard, and he did not listen to them, just as the LORD had predicted. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them; as the LORD had spoken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And he hardened Pharaoh's heart that he hearkened not to them; as the LORD had said.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/7.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he didn’t listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and the heart of Pharaoh is strong, and he has not listened to them, as YHWH has spoken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and the heart of Pharaoh is strong, and he hath not hearkened unto them, as Jehovah hath spoken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Pharaoh's heart will be strengthened, and he will not hear to them; as Jehovah said.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Pharao's heart was hardened, and he did not hearken to them, as the Lord had commanded. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had instructed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Pharaoh, however, hardened his heart and would not listen to them, just as the LORD had foretold. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Still Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the LORD had said.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />However Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and would not let them go, as the LORD had said.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened and he did not send them away, just as LORD JEHOVAH said.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />and the heart of Pharao was hardened, and he hearkened not to them, as the Lord charged them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/7-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=1497" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/7.htm">Aaron's Staff Becomes a Serpent</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">12</span>Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up the other staffs. <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6547.htm" title="6547: par·‘ōh (N-proper-ms) -- A title of Eg. kings. Of Egyptian derivation; Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings.">Still, Pharaoh’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820: lêḇ (N-msc) -- A form of lebab; the heart; also used very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.">heart</a> <a href="/hebrew/2388.htm" title="2388: way·ye·ḥĕ·zaq (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong, obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer.">was hardened,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">and he would not</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: šā·ma‘ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">listen</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ă·lê·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- To, into, towards. ">to them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ka·’ă·šer (Prep-k:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">just as</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: dib·ber (V-Piel-Perf-3ms) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">had said.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-17.htm">Romans 9:17-18</a></span><br />For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” / Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/3-8.htm">2 Timothy 3:8</a></span><br />Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-36.htm">Acts 7:36</a></span><br />He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-8.htm">Hebrews 3:8</a></span><br />do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/95-8.htm">Psalm 95:8-9</a></span><br />do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness, / where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/3-7.htm">Ezekiel 3:7</a></span><br />But the house of Israel will be unwilling to listen to you, since they are unwilling to listen to Me. For the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-30.htm">Deuteronomy 2:30</a></span><br />But 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-17.htm">Isaiah 63:17</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/12-40.htm">John 12:40</a></span><br />“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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/6-52.htm">Mark 6:52</a></span><br />for they had not understood about the loaves, but their hearts had been hardened.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-15.htm">Matthew 13:15</a></span><br />For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/3-14.htm">2 Corinthians 3:14</a></span><br />But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-9.htm">Revelation 16:9</a></span><br />And the people were scorched by intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues. Yet they did not repent and give Him glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/6-6.htm">1 Samuel 6:6</a></span><br />Why harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened theirs? When He afflicted them, did they not send the people out so they could go on their way?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/5-3.htm">Jeremiah 5:3</a></span><br />O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he listened not to them; as the LORD had said.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/7-4.htm">Exodus 7:4</a></b></br> But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, <i>and</i> my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/4-21.htm">Exodus 4:21</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/8-15.htm">Exodus 8:15</a></b></br> But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/7-4.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/exodus/7-3.htm">Hard</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-13.htm">Hardened</a> <a href="/exodus/6-12.htm">Hearkened</a> <a href="/exodus/7-3.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/exodus/7-11.htm">Pharaoh</a> <a href="/exodus/7-3.htm">Pharaoh's</a> <a href="/exodus/6-1.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/titus/1-6.htm">Stubborn</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/7-16.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/exodus/7-14.htm">Hard</a> <a href="/exodus/7-14.htm">Hardened</a> <a href="/exodus/7-16.htm">Hearkened</a> <a href="/exodus/7-14.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/exodus/7-14.htm">Pharaoh</a> <a href="/exodus/7-14.htm">Pharaoh's</a> <a href="/exodus/7-22.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/exodus/7-14.htm">Stubborn</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 7</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/7-1.htm">Moses and Aaron are encouraged to go again to Pharaoh</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/7-8.htm">Aaron's rod is turned into a serpent</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/7-11.htm">The sorcerers do the like; but their rods are swallowed up by Aaron's</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/7-13.htm">Pharaoh's heart is hardened</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/7-14.htm">God's message to Pharaoh</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/7-19.htm">The river is turned into blood; and the consequent distress of the Egyptians</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/7.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/exodus/7.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Still, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened</b><br>Pharaoh's hardened heart is a central theme in the Exodus narrative. This phrase indicates a continuation of Pharaoh's resistance to God's commands. The hardening of Pharaoh's heart can be understood as both a divine act and a result of Pharaoh's own stubbornness. In the cultural context of ancient Egypt, Pharaoh was considered a god-king, and his refusal to submit to the God of Israel highlights the spiritual battle between the God of the Hebrews and the gods of Egypt. This hardening is also a fulfillment of God's earlier pronouncement to Moses in <a href="/exodus/4-21.htm">Exodus 4:21</a>, where God foretold that He would harden Pharaoh's heart.<p><b>and he would not listen to them</b><br>Pharaoh's refusal to listen to Moses and Aaron is significant in the narrative, as it sets the stage for the subsequent plagues. This refusal is not merely a personal choice but a demonstration of the spiritual blindness and pride that often accompany a hardened heart. In the broader biblical context, this can be seen as a warning against ignoring God's word and messengers. The New Testament echoes this theme in passages like <a href="/hebrews/3-15.htm">Hebrews 3:15</a>, which warns against hardening one's heart when hearing God's voice.<p><b>just as the LORD had said</b><br>This phrase underscores the sovereignty and foreknowledge of God. It reassures the reader that the events unfolding are not outside of God's control but are happening according to His divine plan. This fulfillment of God's word is a recurring theme throughout Scripture, emphasizing that God's promises and warnings are trustworthy. It also serves as a reminder of God's faithfulness to His covenant people, as seen in His deliverance of Israel from Egypt. This theme of divine foreknowledge and fulfillment is echoed in the New Testament, particularly in the life and mission of Jesus Christ, who fulfills Old Testament prophecies.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/pharaoh.htm">Pharaoh</a></b><br>The ruler of Egypt, whose heart was hardened against the Israelites, refusing to let them go as God commanded.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses_and_aaron.htm">Moses and Aaron</a></b><br>God's chosen leaders to confront Pharaoh and demand the release of the Israelites from slavery.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The God of Israel, who sent Moses and Aaron to deliver His people and demonstrate His power over Egypt.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>The land where the Israelites were enslaved, and where God performed signs and wonders to compel Pharaoh to release His people.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_hardening_of_pharaoh's_heart.htm">The Hardening of Pharaoh's Heart</a></b><br>A significant event where Pharaoh's resistance to God's command is emphasized, showcasing God's sovereignty and Pharaoh's stubbornness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_sovereignty.htm">Understanding God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>God's control over events, including the hardening of hearts, serves His greater purpose and plan.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_a_hardened_heart.htm">The Danger of a Hardened Heart</a></b><br>A hardened heart resists God's will and leads to spiritual blindness and eventual judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_command.htm">Obedience to God's Command</a></b><br>Moses and Aaron's obedience in confronting Pharaoh demonstrates faithfulness despite opposition.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_signs_and_wonders.htm">The Role of Signs and Wonders</a></b><br>Miraculous signs serve to reveal God's power and authority, calling people to repentance and faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_listening_to_god.htm">The Importance of Listening to God</a></b><br>Pharaoh's refusal to listen highlights the importance of heeding God's word to avoid spiritual peril.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 7</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/will_you_heed_his_voice_today.htm">Will you soften your heart to His voice today?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_doesn't_god_make_everyone_believe.htm">If God can change minds (Exodus 4:21), why doesn’t He make everyone believe in Him?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_couldn't_jesus_do_miracles_in_mark_6_5.htm">In Mark 6:5, why would an all-powerful Jesus be unable to perform miracles in His hometown due to their unbelief? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_magicians_turn_water_to_blood.htm">If Moses and Aaron turned all water to blood (Exodus 7:20-21), how did the magicians replicate this (Exodus 7:22) if no water was left?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) He hardened Pharaoh's heart.--This is a mis-translation. The verb is intransitive, and "Pharaoh's heart" is its nominative case. Translate, "Pharaoh's heart hardened itself." It is essential to the idea of a final <span class= "ital">penal</span> hardening that in the earlier stages Pharaoh should have been left to himself.<p><span class= "bld">That he hearkened not.</span>--<span class= "ital">Heb., and he hearkened</span> <span class= "ital">not.</span><p><span class= "bld">As the Lord had said.</span>--See above, <a href="/exodus/3-19.htm" title="And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.">Exodus 3:19</a>; <a href="/exodus/7-4.htm" title="But Pharaoh shall not listen to you, that I may lay my hand on Egypt, and bring forth my armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.">Exodus 7:4</a><p><span class= "bld"><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 13.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And he hardened Pharaoh's heart</span>. Rather, "But Pharaoh's heart was <span class="accented">hard."</span> The verb employed is not active, but neuter; and "his heart" is not the accusative, but the nominative. Pharaoh's heart was too hard for the sign to make much impression on it. He did not see that Moses had done much more than his own magicians could do. <span class="cmt_word">As the Lord had said</span>. See ver. 4. <p> CHAPTER 7:14-21 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/7-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Still, Pharaoh’s</span><br /><span class="heb">פַּרְעֹ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(par·‘ōh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6547.htm">Strong's 6547: </a> </span><span class="str2">Pharaoh -- a title of Egypt kings</span><br /><br /><span class="word">heart</span><br /><span class="heb">לֵ֣ב</span> <span class="translit">(lêḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3820.htm">Strong's 3820: </a> </span><span class="str2">The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was hardened,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֶּחֱזַק֙</span> <span class="translit">(way·ye·ḥĕ·zaq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2388.htm">Strong's 2388: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and he did not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">listen</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁמַ֖ע</span> <span class="translit">(šā·ma‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hear intelligently</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to them,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲלֵהֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·lê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">just as</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(ka·’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had said.</span><br /><span class="heb">דִּבֶּ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(dib·ber)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arrange, to speak, to subdue</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/7-13.htm">Exodus 7:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/7-13.htm">Exodus 7:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/7-13.htm">Exodus 7:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/7-13.htm">Exodus 7:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/7-13.htm">Exodus 7:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/7-13.htm">Exodus 7:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/7-13.htm">Exodus 7:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/7-13.htm">Exodus 7:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/7-13.htm">Exodus 7:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/7-13.htm">Exodus 7:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/7-13.htm">OT Law: Exodus 7:13 Pharaoh's heart was hardened and he didn't (Exo. 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