Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Pharaoh will think, ‘The Israelites are wandering around the land in confusion, hemmed in by the desert.’ New Living Translation Then Pharaoh will think, ‘The Israelites are confused. They are trapped in the wilderness!’ English Standard Version For Pharaoh will say of the people of Israel, ‘They are wandering in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.’ Berean Standard Bible For Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, ‘They are wandering the land in confusion; the wilderness has boxed them in.’ King James Bible For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. New King James Version For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, ‘They are bewildered by the land; the wilderness has closed them in.’ New American Standard Bible For Pharaoh will say of the sons of Israel, ‘They are wandering aimlessly in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.’ NASB 1995 “For Pharaoh will say of the sons of Israel, ‘They are wandering aimlessly in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.’ NASB 1977 “For Pharaoh will say of the sons of Israel, ‘They are wandering aimlessly in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.’ Legacy Standard Bible And Pharaoh will say of the sons of Israel, ‘They are wandering in confusion in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.’ Amplified Bible For Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, ‘They are wandering aimlessly in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.’ Christian Standard Bible Pharaoh will say of the Israelites: They are wandering around the land in confusion; the wilderness has boxed them in. Holman Christian Standard Bible Pharaoh will say of the Israelites: They are wandering around the land in confusion; the wilderness has boxed them in. American Standard Version And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And Pharaoh said about the children of Israel: “They are strangers in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.” Brenton Septuagint Translation And Pharao will say to his people, As for these children of Israel, they are wandering in the land, for the wilderness has shut them in. Contemporary English Version The king will think you were afraid to cross the desert and that you are wandering around, trying to find another way to leave the country. Douay-Rheims Bible And Pharao will say of the children of Israel: They are straitened in the land, the desert hath shut them in. English Revised Version And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. GOD'S WORD® Translation Pharaoh will think, 'The Israelites are [just] wandering around. The desert is blocking their escape.' Good News Translation The king will think that the Israelites are wandering around in the country and are closed in by the desert. International Standard Version Pharaoh will say about the Israelis, 'They're wandering aimlessly in the land, and the desert has closed in on them.' JPS Tanakh 1917 And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel: They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. Literal Standard Version and Pharaoh has said of the sons of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness has shut on them; Majority Standard Bible For Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, ‘They are wandering the land in confusion; the wilderness has boxed them in.’ New American Bible Pharaoh will then say, “The Israelites are wandering about aimlessly in the land. The wilderness has closed in on them.” NET Bible Pharaoh will think regarding the Israelites, 'They are wandering around confused in the land--the desert has closed in on them.' New Revised Standard Version Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, “They are wandering aimlessly in the land; the wilderness has closed in on them.” New Heart English Bible Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, 'They are wandering in the land. The wilderness has boxed them in.' Webster's Bible Translation For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. World English Bible Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, ‘They are entangled in the land. The wilderness has shut them in.’ Young's Literal Translation and Pharaoh hath said of the sons of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut upon them; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Pharaoh Pursues the Israelites…2“Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. You are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal-zephon. 3For Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, ‘They are wandering the land in confusion; the wilderness has boxed them in.’ 4And 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.… Cross References Exodus 14:2 "Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. You are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal-zephon. Exodus 14:4 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. Treasury of Scripture For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness has shut them in. Pharaoh Exodus 7:3,4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt… 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. Psalm 139:2,4 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off… they are entangled Judges 16:2 And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him. 1 Samuel 23:7,23 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… Psalm 3:2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah. Jump to Previous Aimlessly Children Confusion Desert Direction Entangled Hemmed Israel Israelites Pharaoh Shut They Think Wandering Waste WildernessJump to Next Aimlessly Children Confusion Desert Direction Entangled Hemmed Israel Israelites Pharaoh Shut They Think Wandering Waste WildernessExodus 14 1. God instructs the Israelites in their journey5. Pharaoh pursues after them 10. The Israelites murmur 13. Moses comforts them 15. God instructs Moses 19. The cloud removes behind the camp 21. The Israelites pass through the Red sea, which drowns the Egyptians (3) Entangled in the land.--Literally, confused, perplexed. (Comp. Esther 3:15.) Pharaoh, seeing that the Israelites had placed the Bitter Lakes on their left, and were marching southward, in a direction which would soon put the Red Sea on one side of them and a desert region--that about the Jebel Atakah--on the other, thought that they must be quite ignorant of the geography, and have, as it were, "lost their way." He observed, moreover, that "the wilderness had shut them in." The desert tract between the Nile Valley and the Red Sea lay upon their left and in their front: they would soon be unable to proceed, and would not know which way to turn.Verse 3. - They are entangled in the land. Or "they are confused," "perplexed" - i.e.. "they have lost their way." Pharaoh could not conceive that they would have taken the route to the west of the Bitter Lakes, which conducted to no tolerable territory, unless they were hopelessly at sea with respect to the geography of the country. In this "perplexity" of theirs he thought he saw his own opportunity. The wilderness hath shut them in. Pharaoh is thinking of his own "wilderness," the desert country between the Nile valley and the Red Sea. This desert, he says, "blocks their way, and shuts them in " - they cannot escape if he follows in their steps, for they will have the sea on one hand, the desert on the other, and in their front, while he himself presses upon their rear. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew For Pharaohפַּרְעֹה֙ (par·‘ōh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 6547: Pharaoh -- a title of Egypt kings will say וְאָמַ֤ר (wə·’ā·mar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say of the Israelites, לִבְנֵ֣י (liḇ·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son ‘They הֵ֖ם (hêm) Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's 1992: They are wandering the land בָּאָ֑רֶץ (bā·’ā·reṣ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land in confusion; נְבֻכִ֥ים (nə·ḇu·ḵîm) Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 943: To perplex, confuse the wilderness הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃ (ham·miḏ·bār) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech has boxed them סָגַ֥ר (sā·ḡar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5462: To shut up, to surrender in.’ עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם (‘ă·lê·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against Links Exodus 14:3 NIVExodus 14:3 NLT Exodus 14:3 ESV Exodus 14:3 NASB Exodus 14:3 KJV Exodus 14:3 BibleApps.com Exodus 14:3 Biblia Paralela Exodus 14:3 Chinese Bible Exodus 14:3 French Bible Exodus 14:3 Catholic Bible OT Law: Exodus 14:3 Pharaoh will say of the children (Exo. 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