KJV King James Version
For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They [are] entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
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Exodus 14:3
For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They [are] entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, ‘They are wandering the land in confusion; the wilderness has boxed them in.’
WEB World English Bible
Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, ‘They are entangled in the land. The wilderness has shut them in.’
ASV American Standard Version
And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
YLT 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;
Surrounding context — Exodus 14
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.
3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They [are] entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
4 And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I [am] the LORD. And they did so.
5 And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?
6 And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him:
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וְאָמַ֤רH559 · a.marto sayפַּרְעֹה֙H6547 · par.ohPharaohלִבְנֵ֣יH1121 · benson: childיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelנְבֻכִ֥יםH943 · bukhto perplexהֵ֖םH1992 · hem.mahthey(masc.)בָּאָ֑רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetסָגַ֥רH5462 · sa.garto shutעֲלֵיהֶ֖םH5921 · aluponהַמִּדְבָּֽר׃H4057 · mid.barmouth
Cross-references
Acts 4:28For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.Ezekiel 38:10-11Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, [that] at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:1 Samuel 23:23See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.Deuteronomy 31:21And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.1 Samuel 23:7And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.Psalm 71:11Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for [there is] none to deliver [him].Psalm 139:2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.Psalm 3:2Many [there be] which say of my soul, [There is] no help for him in God. Selah.Jeremiah 20:10-11For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, [say they], and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, [saying], Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.Ezekiel 38:17Thus saith the Lord GOD; [Art] thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days [many] years that I would bring thee against them?Exodus 7:3-4And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.Psalm 139:4For [there is] not a word in my tongue, [but], lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.Judges 16:2[And it was told] the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed [him] in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.
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