Exodus 14:3 “For Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, ‘They are wandering the land i…”

Exodus 14:3

For Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, ‘They are wandering the land in confusion; the wilderness has boxed them in.’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.

World English Bible

Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, ‘They are entangled in the land. The wilderness has shut them in.’

American Standard Version

And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.

Geneva Bible 1599

For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are tangled in the land: the wildernesse hath shut them in.

Darby Translation

And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness has hemmed them in.

Young's Literal Translation

and Pharaoh hath said of the sons of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut upon them;

Bible in Basic English

And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are wandering without direction, they are shut in by the waste land.

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Cross references

“Pharaoh”

Acts 4:28 Psalm 139:4 Ezekiel 38:17 Deuteronomy 31:21 Psalm 139:2 Exodus 7:3

Acts 4:28 · BSB

They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.

Psalm 139:4 · BSB

Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.

Ezekiel 38:17 · BSB

This is what the Lord GOD says: Are you the one of whom I have spoken in former days through My servants, the prophets of Israel, who in those times prophesied for years that I would bring you against them?

Deuteronomy 31:21 · BSB

And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them…

Psalm 139:2 · BSB

You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.

Exodus 7:3 · BSB

But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I will multiply My signs and wonders in the land of Egypt,

“They are entangled”

1 Samuel 23:7 1 Samuel 23:23 Psalm 3:2 Psalm 71:11 Judges 16:2 Jeremiah 20:10

1 Samuel 23:7 · BSB

When Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, he said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has trapped himself by entering a town with gates and bars.”

1 Samuel 23:23 · BSB

Observe and find out all the places where he hides. Then come back to me with certainty, and I will go with you. If he is in the land, I will search him out among all the clans of Judah.”

Psalm 3:2 · BSB

Many say of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selah

Psalm 71:11 · BSB

saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”

Judges 16:2 · BSB

When the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded that place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They were quiet throughout the night, saying, “Let us wait until dawn; then we will kill him.”

Jeremiah 20:10 · BSB

For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our ve…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2“Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. You are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal-zephon.

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.

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