King James Version

Exodus 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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וַאֲנִ֥יvaaniand mineאֲנִיconjunction, pronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “and mine”H589II, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.אַקְשֶׁ֖הaqshehbe cruelקָשָׁהverb, hiphil, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “be cruel”, an unfinished actionH7185properly, to be dense, i.e. tough or severe (in various applications)be cruel, be fiercer, make grievous, be ((ask a), be in, have, seem, would) hard(-en, (labour), -ly, thing), be sore, (be, make) stiff(-en, (-necked)).אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).לֵ֣בlevcomfortablyלֵבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “comfortably”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything[phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom]…פַּרְעֹ֑הparoPharaohפַּרְעֹהnoun, proper name — “Pharaoh”H6547Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kingsPharaoh.וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֧יvehirbeytiand increaseרָבָהconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and increase”, a completed action in a sequenceH7235to increase (in whatever respect)(bring in) abundance ([idiom] -antly), [phrase] archer (by mistake for H7232 (רָבַב)), be in authority, bring up, [idiom] continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, [idiom] -ness), grow up, heap, incre…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).אֹתֹתַ֛יototaymarkאוֹתnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “mark”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH226a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.mark, miracle, (en-) sign, token.וְאֶתveetand object markerאֵתconjunction, particle, direct object marker — “and object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).מוֹפְתַ֖יmofetaymiracleמוֹפֵתnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “miracle”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4159a miracle; by implication, a token or omenmiracle, sign, wonder(-ed at).בְּאֶ֥רֶץbeeretsin earthאֶרֶץpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “in earth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.מִצְרָֽיִםmitsrayimEgyptמִצְרַיִםnoun, proper name — “Egypt”H4714Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower EgyptEgypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.

Young’s Literal Translation

'And I harden the heart of Pharaoh, and have multiplied My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt,

World English Bible

I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.

Darby Translation

And I will render Pharaoh's heart obdurate, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.

Douay-Rheims

But I shall harden his heart, and shall multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And I will harden the heart of Pharao, and I will multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐγὼ δὲ σκληρυνῶ τὴν καρδίαν Φαραὼ, καὶ πληθυνῶ τὰ σημεῖά μου καὶ τὰ τέρατα ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ.