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Exodus 14:3

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1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baal-zephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.

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?

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BSB
For Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, ‘They are wandering the land in confusion; the wilderness has boxed them in.’
KJV
For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
WEB
Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, ‘They are entangled in the land. The wilderness has shut them in.’
ASV
And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
DARBY
And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness has hemmed them in.
BLB
And Pharaoh will say of the sons of Israel, ‘They are bewildered by the land; the wilderness has closed in on them.’
ÅB
Farao vil da si om Israels barn: De farer vill i landet, ørkenen har lukket dem inne.
OTB
For farao vil si om israelittene: 'De har gått seg vill i landet; ørkenen har stengt dem inne.'
B1930
Farao vil da si om Israels barn: De farer vill i landet, ørkenen har lukket dem inne.

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Cross references

  • Acts 4:28

    For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

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  • Ezekiel 38:17

    Thus 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?

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  • Psalms 139:4

    For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.

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  • 1 Samuel 23:7

    And 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.

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  • Psalms 3:2

    Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.

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  • Deuteronomy 31:21

    And 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.

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  • Jeremiah 20:10–11

    For 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.

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  • Ezekiel 38:10–11

    Thus 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:

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