Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness has hemmed 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.’
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.’
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.
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 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea: before Baal-Zephon, opposite to it, shall ye encamp by the sea. 3 And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness has hemmed them in. 4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he may pursue after them; and I will glorify myself in Pharaoh, and in all his host; and the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah. And they did so.
Cross References
Exodus 7:3-4
And I will render Pharaoh's heart obdurate, 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 have 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 are forming already this day, before I bring them into the land which I have sworn unto them.
Judges 16:2
The Gazites were told, "Samson has come here," and they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city. They kept quiet all night, saying, "Let us wait till the light of the morning; then we will kill him."
1 Samuel 23:7
And it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. Then Saul said, God has cast him off into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a city that has gates and bars.
1 Samuel 23:23
And see, and ascertain all the lurking-places where he hides himself, and come ye again to me with sure information, that I may go with you; and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout the thousands of Judah.
Psalm 3:2
Many say of my soul, There is no salvation for him in God. Selah.
Psalm 71:11
Saying, God hath forsaken him; pursue and seize him, for there is none to deliver.
Psalm 139:2
Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off;
Psalm 139:4
For there is not yet a word on my tongue, but lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.
Jeremiah 20:10-11
For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side: Report, and we will report it. All my familiars are watching for my stumbling: Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him; and we shall take our revenge on him.
Ezekiel 38:10-11
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: It shall even come to pass in that day that things shall come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought;
Ezekiel 38:17
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Art thou not he of whom I have spoken in old time through my servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days, for many years, that I would bring thee against them?
Acts 4:28
to do whatever thy hand and thy counsel had determined before should come to pass.