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The Ninth Plague: Darkness

Exodus 10:27

In 11 translations

BSB
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was unwilling to let them go.
KJV
¶ But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let them go.
WEB
But Yahweh hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he wouldn’t let them go.
ASV
But Jehovah hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let them go.
LSV
And YHWH strengthens the heart of Pharaoh, and he has not been willing to send them away;
YLT
And Jehovah strengtheneth the heart of Pharaoh, and he hath not been willing to send them away;
DBY
But Jehovah made Pharaoh's heart stubborn, and he would not let them go.
DRC
And the Lord hardened Pharao’s heart, and he would not let them go.
GNV
(But the Lord hardened Pharaohs heart, and he would not let them goe)
JPS
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go.
LXXE
But the Lord hardened the heart of Pharao, and he would not let them go.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיְחַזֵּ֥ק יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־לֵ֣ב פַּרְעֹ֑ה וְלֹ֥א אָבָ֖ה לְשַׁלְּחָֽם׃
LXX-Br
Ἐσκλήρυνε δὲ Κύριος τὴν καρδίαν Φαραὼ, καὶ οὐκ ἐβουλήθη ἐξαποστεῖλαι αὐτούς.

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  • Exodus 10:20But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.
  • 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 he will not let the people go.
  • Exodus 14:8And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out defiantly.
  • 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.
  • Revelation 16:10–11And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness, and men began to gnaw their tongues in anguish and curse the God of heaven for their pains and sores; yet…
  • Revelation 9:20Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or…
  • Exodus 10:1Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials, that I may perform these miraculous signs of Mine among them,

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