Exodus 7:14-11:15

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 7:14

Exodus 7:14. Pharaoh’s heart is hardened כבד לב , is made heavy. Neither my word nor works make any impression upon him. He is obdurate and obstinate, and what was designed for his conviction and humiliation only aggravates his guilt, and prepares him for a more signal destruction. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 7:14-25

Nine plagues (7:14-10:29)The timing, intensity and extent of these plagues show clearly that they were sent by God. It also seems fairly clear that God used the physical characteristics of the Nile valley to produce them.When the first plague struck, it polluted all the water in the Nile and in the irrigation canals and reservoirs connected with it, resulting in all the fish dying. As the dead fish floated to the banks they would force the frogs out of the water, thereby producing the second... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 7:14

the LORD said. See note on Exodus 3:7 with Exodus 6:10 . hardened. See note on Exodus 4:2 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 7:14-18

"And Jehovah said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is stubborn, he refuses to let the people go. Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river brink to meet him; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thy hand. And thou shalt say unto him, Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou hast not hearkened. Thus saith... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 7:14

Exodus 7:14. Pharaoh's heart is hardened— In the Hebrew, is made heavy: i.e. What was designed for his conviction, has proved the means only of aggravating his guilt, and rendering his stoney heart more heavy and obdurate. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Exodus 7:14

14. Pharaoh's heart is hardened—Whatever might have been his first impressions, they were soon dispelled; and when he found his magicians making similar attempts, he concluded that Aaron's affair was a magical deception, the secret of which was not known to his wise men. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 7:14-19

4. The first three plagues 7:14-8:19Psalms 78:43 places the scene of the plagues in northern Egypt near Zoan.The plagues were penal; God sent them to punish Pharaoh for his refusal to obey God and to move him to obey Yahweh. They involved natural occurrences rather than completely unknown phenomena. At various times of the year gnats, flies, frogs, etc., were a problem to the Egyptians. Even the pollution of the Nile, darkness, and death were common to the Egyptians.Evidence that the plagues... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 7:14-25

The water turned to blood (the first plague) 7:14-25The first mighty act of God serves in the narrative as a paradigm of the nine plagues that follow. Striking the Nile with the rod suggested dominion over creation and all the gods of Egyptian mythology. The Egyptians linked many of their gods with the life-giving force of the Nile. The tenth plague is unique in that it is both a part of the narrative of Exodus as a whole and is a mighty act of God in itself. [Note: Durham, p. 95.] Evidently... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 7:1-25

The Rod of Moses turned into a Serpent. The First Plague1. A god to Pharaoh] see on Exodus 4:16. Thy prophet] A prophet is a spokesman. The prophets of God are those who declare His will. In doing this they may foretell His judgments and predict the future; but prediction is a secondary feature of prophecy, and is not contained in the original and proper sense of the word in which it is used here, where Aaron is called the prophet or mouthpiece of Moses. To prophesy sometimes means to declare... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 7:14-21

THE FIRST PLAGUE.(14-21) The water turned to blood.—Moses had already been empowered to turn water into blood on a small scale (Exodus 4:9), and had exhibited his power before his own people (Exodus 4:30). But the present miracle is different. (1) It is to be done on the largest possible scale; (2) in the sight of all the Egyptians; and (3) not as a sign, but as a “judgment.” All the Nile water—whether in the main river, or its branches, or the canals derived from it, or the pools formed by its... read more

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