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Exodus 10:20 KJV
Exodus · chapter 10 · verse 20
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go.Exodus 10:20 · King James Version
Exodus 10:20 in context
18And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.
19And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.
20But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go.
21And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.
22And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- Pharaoh'sParʻôhParoh, a general title of Egyptian kingsH6547 →
- hardenedchâzaqto fasten uponH2388 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- heartlêbthe heartH3820 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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Here is, I. The invasion of the land by the locusts - God's great army, Joe 2:11. God bids Moses stretch out his hand (Exo 10:12), to beckon them, as it wee (for they came at a call), and he stretched forth his rod, Exo 10:13. Compare Exo 9:22 23.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-20