Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Pharaoh will say of the {Israelites}, 'They are wandering around in the land. The desert has closed in on them.'
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.
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.
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 to the {Israelites} so that they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol {and the sea}; before Baal Zephon, [which is] opposite it, you will camp by the sea. 3 And Pharaoh will say of the {Israelites}, 'They are wandering around in the land. The desert has closed in on them.' 4 And I will harden the heart of Pharaoh, and he will chase after them, and I will be glorified through Pharaoh and through all his army, and [the] Egyptians will know that I [am] Yahweh." And they did so.
Cross References
Exodus 7:3-4
And I myself will harden the heart of Pharaoh, and I will make my signs and my wonders numerous in the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 31:21
{And then} many disasters and troubles will come upon them, and this song will give evidence before them as a witness, because it will not be forgotten from [out of] the mouth of their descendants, for I know their inclination that they [are] having {today} before I have brought them into the land that I swore."
Judges 16:2
The Gazites [were told], "Samson has come here," so they surrounded [the place] and lay in ambush for him all night at the city gate. They kept silent all night, saying, "[We will wait] until the morning light, and then we will kill him."
1 Samuel 23:7
When it was told to Saul that David had gone to Keilah, Saul said, "God {has given him} into my hand, because he has shut himself in by going into a city [with] {two barred gates}.
1 Samuel 23:23
Look, find out all of the hiding places where he hides. Then return to me {with dependable information}, and I will go with you. And then if he [is] there in the land, then I will seek him among all the thousands of Judah."
Psalm 3:2
Many [are] saying about my soul, "There is no deliverance for him from God. Selah
Psalm 71:11
saying, "His God has abandoned him. Pursue and seize him, because there is no deliverer."
Psalm 139:2
You know my sitting down and my rising up. You understand my thought from afar.
Psalm 139:4
For [there is] not a word [yet] on my tongue, [but] behold, O Yahweh, you know it completely.
Jeremiah 20:10-11
For I hear the rumor of many, "Terror [is] from all around, denounce [him], yes, let us denounce him!" {All my close friends} [are] watchers of my stumbling, [saying], "perhaps he can be persuaded, and we can prevail over him, and we can take our revenge on him."
Ezekiel 38:10-11
" 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "{And then} on that day, things will come up on your mind, and you will devise evil plans.
Ezekiel 38:17
"Thus says the Lord Yahweh, '[Are] you he of whom I spoke in former days by the hand of my servants the prophets of Israel [who] were prophesying in those days for years [that I would] bring you against them?
Acts 4:28
to do all that your hand and plan had predestined to take place.