The First Plague: Blood
Exodus 7:14
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is unyielding; he refuses to let the people go.Or heavy or stubborn
- KJV
- ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh’s heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go.
- WEB
- Yahweh said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is stubborn. He refuses to let the people go.
- ASV
- And Jehovah said unto Moses, Pharaoh’s heart is stubborn, he refuseth to let the people go.
- LSV
- And YHWH says to Moses, “The heart of Pharaoh has been hard, he has refused to send the people away;
- YLT
- And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'The heart of Pharaoh hath been hard, he hath refused to send the people away;
- DBY
- And Jehovah said to Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened: he refuseth to let the people go.
- DRC
- And the Lord said to Moses: Pharao’s heart is hardened, he will not let the people go.
- GNV
- The Lord then saide vnto Moses, Pharaohs heart is obstinate, hee refuseth to let the people goe.
- JPS
- And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Pharaoh's heart is stubborn, he refuseth to let the people go.
- LXXE
- And the Lord said to Moses, The heart of Pharao is made hard, so that he should not let the people go.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה כָּבֵ֖ד לֵ֣ב פַּרְעֹ֑ה מֵאֵ֖ן לְשַׁלַּ֥ח הָעָֽם׃
- LXX-Br
- Εἶπε δὲ Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν, βεβάρηται ἡ καρδία Φαραὼ, τοῦ μὴ ἐξαποστεῖλαι τὸν λαόν.
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PlagueDivorce in the Old TestamentMagic; MagicianHardenPlagues of EgyptOfferingsEgyptiansJudgmentsMosesEgypt
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Cross-references most cited first
- 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,
- Exodus 10:20But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.
- Exodus 10:27But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was unwilling to let them go.
- Exodus 8:15When Pharaoh saw that there was relief, however, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.
- Exodus 8:2But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs.
- Isaiah 1:20But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
- Exodus 9:2But if you continue to restrain them and refuse to let them go,
- Hebrews 12:25See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?
- Exodus 10:4But if you refuse to let My people go, I will bring locusts into your territory tomorrow.
- Jeremiah 8:5Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
- Zechariah 7:12They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts.
- Jeremiah 9:6You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD.
- Exodus 4:23and I told you to let My son go so that he may worship Me. But since you have refused to let him go, behold, I will kill your firstborn son!’”
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).