Exodus 7 (KJV With Strong's) - Bible Truth Library

• Now God Himself appears on the scene, and a succession of terrible judgments falls upon Pharaoh and his land—judgments which will be known while time shall last as “the plagues of Egypt.” They are ten in number. First, the waters of the Nile are turned into blood (7:14-25); then follow the plagues of frogs (8:1-15), of lice (8:16-19), of the swarms of flies (8:20-32), of the murrain of the cattle (9:1-7), of boils (9:8-12), of thunder and hail (9:18-35), of the locusts (10:1-20), of darkness (10:21-29), and finally that of the death of the firstborn of man and beast (11; 12). The Psalmist recounts them more than once in graphic language when celebrating the mighty works of the Lord in song—describing “how He had wrought His signs in Egypt, and His wonders in the field of Zoan” (Psa. 78:43) (Psa. 78:43; see also Psa. 105:26-36). (“Judgments Upon Egypt: Exodus 7-11” by E. Dennett)

• His conflict was with Pharaoh and all that wherein Pharaoh trusted. We therefore read that He executed judgment upon the gods of Egypt (Ex. 12:12; Num. 33:4). (“Judgments Upon Egypt: Exodus 7-11” by E. Dennett)

• Here were ten plagues sent upon Egypt. The last, the death of the firstborn, was specially directed against Pharaoh, being the execution of the threat concerning the death of his son, should he refuse to let Israel go. This plague stands by itself. The nine others are formed in three groups of three. The first and second of each group have in each case a preliminary warning, the third none. (“The First Three Plagues of Egypt” by H.F. Witherby)

• In the ten plagues of Egypt we see a divine fullness of judgment and a, completion of it upon all the gods of Egypt. The number nine was symbolically most important to the Egyptians; it signified “either the gods of a locality or the entire Pantheon.” (“The First Three Plagues of Egypt” by H.F. Witherby)

• The plagues were signs as well as judgments – they were sent to prove who Jehovah was, in a land which once knew sufficient of God to restrain it from idolatry, but which “did not like to retain God in” its “knowledge,” and which consequently had sunk into the grossest idolatry. (“The First Three Plagues of Egypt” by H.F. Witherby)

J. N. Darby Translation

And Jehovah said to Moses, Pharaoh’s heart is hardenede: he refuseth to let the people go.

JND Translation Notes

Lit. "heavy." so ch. 9.7, and similarly chs. 8.15,32; 9.34; 10.1.

W. Kelly Translation

And Jehovah said to Moses, Pharaoh’s heart is hardened: he refuseth to let the people go.

WK Verse Note

(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)