KJV King James Version
Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?
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1 Samuel 6:6
Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Why harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened theirs? When He afflicted them, did they not send the people out so they could go on their way?
WEB World English Bible
Why then do you harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When he had worked wonderfully among them, didn’t they let the people go, and they departed?
ASV American Standard Version
Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and why do ye harden your heart as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their heart? do they not—when He hath rolled Himself upon them—send them away, and they go?
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 6
3 And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.
4 Then said they, What [shall be] the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, [according to] the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague [was] on you all, and on your lords.
5 Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.
6 Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?
7 Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them:
8 And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him [for] a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.
9 And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, [then] he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that [it is] not his hand [that] smote us; it [was] a chance [that] happened to us.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְלָ֤מָּהH4100 · mahwhat?תְכַבְּדוּ֙H3513 · ka.vadto honor: honourאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]לְבַבְכֶ֔םH3824 · le.vavheartכַּאֲשֶׁ֧רH834 · a.sherwhichכִּבְּד֛וּH3513 · ka.vadto honor: honourמִצְרַ֥יִםH4713 · mits.riEgyptianוּפַרְעֹ֖הH6547 · par.ohPharaohאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]לִבָּ֑םH3820 · levheartהֲלוֹא֙H3808 · lonotכַּאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichהִתְעַלֵּ֣לH5953 · a.lalto abuseבָּהֶ֔םH9038 · hemthemוַֽיְשַׁלְּח֖וּםH7971 · sha.lachto send: departוַיֵּלֵֽכוּ׃H1980 · ha.lakhto go: went
Cross-references
Exodus 14:17And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.Exodus 8:15But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.Exodus 7:13And he hardened Pharaoh’s heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.Exodus 9:34And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.Hebrews 3:13But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.Romans 2:5But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;Psalm 95:8Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, [and] as [in] the day of temptation in the wilderness:Exodus 14:23And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, [even] all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.Exodus 10:3And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.Exodus 15:14-16The people shall hear, [and] be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.Exodus 12:31-33And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, [and] get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said.Job 9:4[He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened [himself] against him, and hath prospered?Exodus 8:32And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go.Exodus 9:16And in very deed for this [cause] have I raised thee up, for to shew [in] thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
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