Exodus 10 · Verse 27

Exodus 10:27

But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let them go.
Exodus 10:27, King James Version

Exodus 10:27 in other translations

BSBBut the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was unwilling to let them go.
WEBBut the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he wouldn’t let them go.
ASVBut Jehovah hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let them go.
YLTAnd Jehovah strengtheneth the heart of Pharaoh, and he hath not been willing to send them away;
DARBYBut Jehovah made Pharaoh's heart stubborn, and he would not let them go.
BBEBut the Lord made Pharaoh's heart hard, and he would not let them go.
WebsterBut the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go.

What does Exodus 10:27 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 27 The Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart - He had yet another miracle to work for the complete conviction of the Egyptians and triumph of his people; and till that was wrought he permitted the natural obstinacy of Pharaoh's haughty heart to have its full sway, after each resistance of the gracious influence which was intended to soften and bring him to repentance.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 10:21-29

The plague of darkness brought upon Egypt was a dreadful plague. It was darkness which might be felt, so thick were the fogs. It astonished and terrified. It continued three days; six nights in one; so long the most lightsome palaces were dungeons. Now Pharaoh had time to consider, if he would have improved it. Spiritual darkness is spiritual bondage; while Satan blinds men's eyes that they see not, he binds their…

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Exodus 10:27 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיְחַזֵּ֥קvay.cha.Zekand he made strongH2388
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
לֵ֣בlev[the] heart ofH3820
פַּרְעֹ֑הpar.'OhPharaohH6547
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808
אָבָ֖ה'a.Vahhe was willingH14
לְשַׁלְּחָֽם\׃le.sha.le.Chamto let go themH7971

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Cross references for Exodus 10:27

  • Exodus 10:20

    But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go.

  • Exodus 4:21

    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.

  • Exodus 14:8

    And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand.

  • Exodus 14:4

    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.

  • Revelation 9:20

    And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:

  • Exodus 10:1

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him:

  • Revelation 16:10-11

    And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1,20; 4:21; 14:4,8; Re 9:20; 16:10,11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Exodus 10:26

    Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the Lord our God; and we know not with what we must serve the Lord, until we come thither.

  • Exodus 10:27

    But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let them go.

  • Exodus 10:28

    And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die.

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Exodus 10:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas Jehová endureció el corazón de Faraón, y no quiso dejarlos ir.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et l’ Éternel endurcit le cœur du Pharaon, et il ne voulut pas les laisser aller.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Aber Jehova verhärtete das Herz des Pharao, und er wollte sie nicht ziehen lassen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Induravit autem Dominus cor Pharaonis, et noluit dimittere eos.