3Pharaoh will think, 'The Israelites are wandering around the land in confusion, hemmed in by the desert.'


In Context

1 Then the Lord said to Moses,

2 "Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp near Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. They are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal Zephon.

3 Pharaoh will think, 'The Israelites are wandering around the land in confusion, hemmed in by the desert.'

4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he will pursue them. But I will gain glory for myself through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord ." So the Israelites did this.

5 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 let the Israelites go and have lost their services!"

Exodus 14:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:3For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They [are] entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:3And Pharao will say of the children of Israel: They are straitened in the land, the desert hath shut them in.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:3And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:3And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness has hemmed them in.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:3And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:3For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:3Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, 'They are entangled in the land. The wilderness has shut them in.'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:3and Pharaoh hath said of the sons of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut upon them;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:3For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness has shut them in.