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Exodus 4:21

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.

KJV

Dixitque ei Dominus revertenti in Ægyptum : Vide ut omnia ostenta quæ posui in manu tua, facias coram Pharaone : ego indurabo cor ejus, et non dimittet populum.

Vulgate

εἶπεν δὲ Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν Πορευομένου σου καὶ ἀποστρέφοντος εἰς Αἴγυπτον, ὅρα πάντα τὰ τέρατα ἃ ἔδωκα ἐν ταῖς χερσίν σου, ποιήσεις αὐτὰ ἐναντίον Φαραώ· ἐγὼ δὲ σκληρυνῶ τὴν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐξαποστείλῃ τὸν λαόν.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָה֮ אֶל מֹשֶׁה֒ בְּ/לֶכְתְּ/ךָ֙ לָ/שׁ֣וּב מִצְרַ֔יְמָ/ה רְאֵ֗ה כָּל הַ/מֹּֽפְתִים֙ אֲשֶׁר שַׂ֣מְתִּי בְ/יָדֶ֔/ךָ וַ/עֲשִׂיתָ֖/ם לִ/פְנֵ֣י פַרְעֹ֑ה וַ/אֲנִי֙ אֲחַזֵּ֣ק אֶת לִבּ֔/וֹ וְ/לֹ֥א יְשַׁלַּ֖ח אֶת הָ/עָֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

23 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
הֶחֱזִ֗יק
hchzyq
verb · 289×
ו
v
noun · 36×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
י
y
noun · 591×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
proper_noun · 634×
מֹשֶׁ֔ה
mshh
proper_noun · 750×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
פַּרְעֹ֔ה
pr'h
proper_noun · 267×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

God said to Moses: "I will harden Pharaoh's heart." Here God is said to harden when He does not soften, but rather continues to act upon the already hard heart. God does not work evil in us — that is, He does not create fresh evil — but He carries along by His omnipotence the evil will which He finds in us. Since God moves and actuates all in all, He necessarily moves and acts …

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 2:8 — And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
  • 2Thess 2:10 — And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
  • Deut 2:30 — But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.
  • Deut 2:30 — But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.
  • Exod 3:20 — And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go.
  • Exod 7:3 — And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.
  • Exod 7:3 — And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.
  • Exod 7:13 — And he hardened Pharaoh’s heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
  • Exod 7:13 — And he hardened Pharaoh’s heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
  • Exod 8:15 — But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
  • Exod 8:32 — And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go.
  • Exod 9:12 — And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses.
  • Exod 9:12 — And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses.
  • Exod 9:35 — And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses.
  • Exod 9:35 — And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses.
  • Exod 10:1 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him:
  • Exod 10:20 — But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go.
  • Exod 10:20 — But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go.
  • Exod 10:27 — But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let them go.
  • Exod 11:10 — And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land.
  • Exod 14:4 — And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so.
  • Exod 14:8 — And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand.
  • Isa 6:10 — Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
  • Isa 63:17 — O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.
  • John 12:40 — He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
  • John 12:40 — He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
  • Josh 11:20 — For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, a
  • Josh 11:20 — For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, a
  • Ps 78:43 — How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:
  • Rom 1:28 — And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
  • Rom 9:18 — Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
  • Rom 9:18 — Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
  • Rom 11:8 — (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.