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Exodus 14:5

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3 For Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, ‘They are wandering the land in confusion; the wilderness has boxed them in.’

4 And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart so that he will pursue them. But I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” So this is what the Israelites did.

When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.”

6 So Pharaoh prepared his chariot and took his army with him.

7 He took 600 of the best chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them.

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BSB
When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.”
KJV
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?
WEB
The king of Egypt was told that the people had fled; and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed toward the people, and they said, “What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?”
ASV
And it was told the king of Egypt that the people were fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed towards the people, and they said, What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?
DARBY
And it was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled; and the heart of Pharaoh and of his bondmen was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from our service?
BLB
And it was told to the king of Egypt that the people had fled, and the heart of Pharaoh and his servants was turned against the people, and they said, “What [is] this [that] we have done, that we have sent out Israel from serving us?”
ÅB
Da det nå ble meldt kongen i Egypt at folket var flyktet, skiftet Farao og hans tjenere sinn mot folket, og de sa: Hvordan kunne vi gjøre dette og la Israel dra bort fra vår tjeneste?
OTB
Da kongen av Egypt fikk beskjed om at folket hadde flyktet, forandret farao og hans tjenere mening om dem, og sa: "Hva har vi gjort? Vi har latt israelittene gå og mistet deres tjenester!"
B1930
Da det nu blev meldt kongen i Egypten at folket var flyktet, skiftet Farao og hans tjenere sinn mot folket, og de sa: Hvorledes kunde vi gjøre dette og la Israel dra bort fra vår tjeneste?

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Cross references

  • Psalms 105:25

    whose hearts He turned to hate His people, to conspire against His servants.

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  • Luke 11:24–26

    When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’

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  • Exodus 12:33

    And in order to send them out of the land quickly, the Egyptians urged the people on. “For otherwise,” they said, “we are all going to die!”

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  • Jeremiah 34:10–17

    So all the officials and all the people who entered into this covenant agreed that they would free their menservants and maidservants and no longer hold them in bondage. They obeyed and released them,

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  • 2 Peter 2:20–22

    If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.

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