Exodus 7 · Verse 3

Exodus 7:3

And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.
Exodus 7:3, King James Version

Exodus 7:3 in other translations

BSBBut I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I will multiply My signs and wonders in the land of Egypt,
WEBI will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.
ASVAnd I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.
YLT‘And I harden the heart of Pharaoh, and have multiplied My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt,
DARBYAnd I will render Pharaoh's heart obdurate, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.
BBEAnd I will make Pharaoh's heart hard, and my signs and wonders will be increased in the land of Egypt.
WebsterAnd I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.

What does Exodus 7:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. I will harden Pharaoh's heart--This would be the result. But the divine message would be the occasion, not the cause of the king's impenitent obduracy.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 I will harden Pharaoh's heart - I will permit his stubbornness and obstinacy still to remain, that I may have the greater opportunity to multiply my wonders in the land, that the Egyptians may know that I only am Jehovah, the self-existent God. See Clarke's note on Exo 4:21.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 7:1-7

God glorifies himself. He makes people know that he is Jehovah. Israel is made to know it by the performance of his promises to them, and the Egyptians by the pouring out of his wrath upon them. Moses, as the ambassador of Jehovah, speaking in his name, laid commands upon Pharaoh, denounced threatenings against him, and called for judgments upon him. Pharaoh, proud and great as he was, could not resist. Moses stood…

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Exodus 7:3 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.

וַאֲנִ֥יva.'a.Niand IH589
אַקְשֶׁ֖ה'ak.ShehI will make stubbornH7185
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
לֵ֣בlev[the] heart ofH3820
פַּרְעֹ֑הpar.'OhPharaohH6547
וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֧יve.hir.bei.Tiand I will multiplyH7235
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אֹתֹתַ֛י'o.to.Taisigns myH226
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
מוֹפְתַ֖יmof.Taiwonders myH4159
בְּאֶ֥רֶץbe.'E.retzin [the] land ofH776
מִצְרָֽיִם\׃mitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 7:3

  • 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 11:9

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.

  • Acts 7:36

    He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

  • Psalms 105:27-36

    They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word. He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings. …

  • Psalms 135:9

    Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.

  • Acts 2:22

    Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:

  • Psalms 78:43-51

    How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan: And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink. He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them. He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust. …

  • John 4:48

    Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.

  • Romans 15:19

    Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

  • Exodus 4:29

    And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:

  • Micah 7:15

    According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things.

  • Exodus 9:16

    And 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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And I.
4:21,29
multiply.
4:7; 9:16; 11:9; De 4:34; 7:19; Ne 9:10; Ps 78:43-51; 105:27-36
Ps 135:9; Isa 51:9; Jer 32:20,21; Mic 7:15; Joh 4:48; Ac 2:22; 7:36
Ro 15:19

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Context

  • Exodus 7:2

    Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land.

  • Exodus 7:3

    And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.

  • Exodus 7:4

    But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.

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Exodus 7:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y yo endureceré el corazón de Faraón, y multiplicaré en la tierra de Egipto mis señales y mis maravillas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et moi, j’endurcirai le cœur du Pharaon, et je multiplierai mes signes et mes miracles dans le pays d’Égypte.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ich will das Herz des Pharao verhärten und meine Zeichen und meine Wunder mehren im Lande Ägypten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Sed ego indurabo cor ejus, et multiplicabo signa et ostenta mea in terra Ægypti,