Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are wandering without direction, they are shut in by the waste land.
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.’
King James Version
For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
Holman Bible
Pharaoh will say of the Israelites: They are wandering around the land in confusion; the wilderness has boxed them in.
International Standard Version
Pharaoh will say about the Israelis, "They're wandering aimlessly in the land, and the desert has closed in on them.'
A Conservative Version
And Pharaoh will say of the sons of Israel, They are entangled in the land; the wilderness has shut 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.
Amplified
For Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, ‘They are wandering aimlessly in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.’
Darby Translation
And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness has hemmed them in.
Julia Smith Translation
And Pharaoh will say concerning the sons of Israel, They are wandering in perplexity in the land; the desert closed upon them.
King James 2000
For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness has shut them in.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Pharaoh will say of the {Israelites}, 'They are wandering around in the land. The desert has closed in on them.'
Modern King James verseion
For Pharaoh will say of the sons of Israel, They are tangled in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, 'They are tangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.'
NET Bible
Pharaoh will think regarding the Israelites, 'They are wandering around confused in the land -- the desert has closed in on them.'
New Heart English Bible
Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, 'They are entangled in the land. The wilderness has shut them in.'
The Emphasized Bible
Then will Pharaoh say, of the sons of Israel, Entangled, they are in the land, - the desert hath closed in upon them.
Webster
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.'
Youngs Literal Translation
and Pharaoh hath said of the sons of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut upon them;
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 14:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Rescues Israel At The Red Sea
2 Give orders to the children of Israel to go back and put up their tents before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, in front of Baal-zephon, opposite to which you are to put up your tents by the sea. 3 And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are wandering without direction, they are shut in by the waste land. 4 And I will make Pharaoh's heart hard, and he will come after them and I will be honoured over Pharaoh and all his army, so that the Egyptians may see that I am the Lord. And they did so.
Cross References
Exodus 7:3-4
And I will make Pharaoh's heart hard, and my signs and wonders will be increased in the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 31:21
Then when evils and troubles without number have overtaken them, this song will be a witness to them, for the words of it will be clear in the memories of their children: for I see the thoughts which are moving in their hearts even now, before I have taken them into the land of my oath.
Judges 16:2
And it was said to the Gazites, Samson is here. So they went round, watching for him all day at the doorway of the town, but at night they kept quiet, saying, When daylight comes we will put him to death.
1 Samuel 23:7
And news was given to Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, Now God has given him into my hands; for by going into a walled town with locked doors, he has let himself be shut in.
1 Samuel 23:23
So take care to get knowledge of all the secret places where he is taking cover, and be certain to come back to me, and I will go with you: and without doubt, if he is anywhere in the land, I will get him, among all the families of Judah.
Psalm 71:11
Saying, God has given him up; go after him and take him, for he has no helper.
Psalm 139:2
You have knowledge when I am seated and when I get up, you see my thoughts from far away.
Psalm 139:4
For there is not a word on my tongue which is not clear to you, O Lord.
Jeremiah 20:10-11
For numbers of them say evil secretly in my hearing (there is fear on every side): they say, Come, let us give witness against him; all my nearest friends, who are watching for my fall, say, It may be that he will be taken by deceit, and we will get the better of him and give him punishment.
Ezekiel 38:10-11
This is what the Lord has said: In that day it will come about that things will come into your mind, and you will have thoughts of an evil design:
Ezekiel 38:17
This is what the Lord has said: You are he of whom I gave them word in earlier times by my servants, the prophets of Israel, who in those days went on saying, year after year, that I would make you come up against them.
Acts 4:28
To do that which had been fixed before by your hand and your purpose.