Exodus 14:5

Modern English Version

When it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled, the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, “Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?”

Cross References

Genesis 31:22

Laban was told on the third day that Jacob had fled.

Psalm 105:25

He turned their heart to hate His people, to deal craftily with His servants.

Exodus 12:33

The Egyptians urged the people, so that they might send them out of the land in haste, for they said, “We all will be dead.”

Exodus 14:4

So I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, so that he shall pursue them. And I will be honored because of Pharaoh and because of all his army, so that the Egyptians may know that I am the Lord. And they did so.

Exodus 14:6

So he made ready his chariot and took his people with him.

Exodus 15:9

“The enemy said, ‘I will pursue. I will overtake. I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them. I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.’