For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
WEB
For Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, ‘They are wandering the land in confusion; the wilderness has boxed them in.’
YLT
and Pharaoh hath said of the sons of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut upon them;
DBT
And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness has hemmed them in.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentExodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.
- Author
- Moses — traditional attribution; internal narrator identifies Moses as recorder (17:14, 24:4, 34:27)
- Date
- 15th or 13th century BC, depending on chronology of the exodus