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Exodus 7:3

NETBible	But I will harden¹ Pharaoh’s heart, and although I will multiply² my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt,
NIV © biblegateway Exo 7:3	But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I multiply my miraculous signs and wonders in Egypt,
NASB © biblegateway Exo 7:3	"But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart that I may multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt.
NLT © biblegateway Exo 7:3	But I will cause Pharaoh to be stubborn so I can multiply my miraculous signs and wonders in the land of Egypt.
MSG © biblegateway Exo 7:3	At the same time I am going to put Pharaoh's back up and follow it up by filling Egypt with signs and wonders.
BBE © SABDAweb Exo 7:3	And I will make Pharaoh’s heart hard, and my signs and wonders will be increased in the land of Egypt.
NRSV © bibleoremus Exo 7:3	But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and I will multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt.
NKJV © biblegateway Exo 7:3	"And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt.
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KJV	And I will harden <07185> (8686) Pharaoh's <06547> heart <03820>_, and multiply <07235> (8689) my signs <0226> and my wonders <04159> in the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>_.
NASB © biblegateway Exo 7:3	"But I will harden <07185> Pharaoh's <06547> heart <03820> that I may multiply <07235> My signs <0226> and My wonders <04159> in the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> .
LXXM	egw <1473> P-NS de <1161> PRT sklhrunw <4645> V-AAS-1S thn <3588> T-ASF kardian <2588> N-ASF faraw <5328> N-PRI kai <2532> CONJ plhyunw <4129> V-AAS-1S ta <3588> T-APN shmeia <4592> N-APN mou <1473> P-GS kai <2532> CONJ ta <3588> T-APN terata <5059> N-APN en <1722> PREP gh <1065> N-DSF aiguptw <125> N-DSF
NET [draft] ITL	But I <0589> will harden <07185> Pharaoh’s <06547> heart <03820> , and although I will multiply <07235> my signs <0226> and my wonders <04159> in the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> ,
HEBREW	Myrum <04714> Urab <0776> ytpwm <04159> taw <0853> ytta <0226> ta <0853> ytybrhw <07235> herp <06547> bl <03820> ta <0853> hsqa <07185> ynaw (7:3) <0589>

NETBible

But I will harden¹ Pharaoh’s heart, and although I will multiply² my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt,

NET Notes

¹tn The clause begins with the emphatic use of the pronoun and a disjunctive vav (ו) expressing the contrast “But as for me, I will harden.” They will speak, but God will harden.

¹sn The imperfect tense of the verb קָשָׁה (qasha) is found only here in these “hardening passages.” The verb (here the Hiphil for “I will harden”) summarizes Pharaoh’s resistance to what God would be doing through Moses – he would stubbornly resist and refuse to submit; he would be resolved in his opposition. See R. R. Wilson, “The Hardening of Pharaoh’s Heart,” CBQ 41 (1979): 18-36.

²tn The form beginning the second half of the verse is the perfect tense with vav (ו) consecutive, הִרְבֵּיתִי (hirbeti). It could be translated as a simple future in sequence after the imperfect preceding it, but the logical connection is not obvious. Since it carries the force of an imperfect due to the sequence, it may be subordinated as a temporal clause to the next clause that begins in v. 4. That maintains the flow of the argument.