Exodus 4:21 “The LORD instructed Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you pe…”

Exodus 4:21

The 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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

The LORD said to Moses, “When you go back into Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand, but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the Lord saide vnto Moses, When thou art entred and come into Egypt againe, see that thou doe all the wonders before Pharaoh, which I haue put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, and he shall not let the people goe.

Darby Translation

And Jehovah said to Moses, When thou goest to return to Egypt, see that thou do all the wonders before Pharaoh that I have put in thy hand. And I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.

Young's Literal Translation

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'In thy going to turn back to Egypt, see — all the wonders which I have put in thy hand — that thou hast done them before Pharaoh, and I — I strengthen his heart, and he doth not send the people away;

Bible in Basic English

And the Lord said to Moses, When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have given you power to do: but I will make his heart hard and he will not let the people go.

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Cross references

“wonders”

Exodus 3:20

Exodus 3:20 · BSB

So I will stretch out My hand and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders I will perform among them. And after that, he will release you.

“I will harden”

Romans 9:18 Exodus 14:8 Joshua 11:20 Isaiah 63:17 Exodus 7:13 Exodus 9:12

Romans 9:18 · BSB

Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.

Exodus 14:8 · BSB

And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out defiantly.

Joshua 11:20 · BSB

For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts to engage Israel in battle, so that they would be set apart for destruction and would receive no mercy, being annihilated as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Isaiah 63:17 · BSB

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.

Exodus 7:13 · BSB

Still, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.

Exodus 9:12 · BSB

But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said to Moses.

Also

Exodus 14:4

Exodus 14:4 · BSB

And 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.

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

In context

20So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.

22Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,

Read Exodus 4