²⁷ But the Lord ^(A)hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go.

²⁰ But the Lord ^(A)hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the people of Israel go.

²¹ And the Lord said to Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the ^(A)miracles that I have put in your power. But ^(B)I will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go.

⁸ And ^(A)the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the people of Israel while ^(B)the people of Israel were going out defiantly.

⁴ And ^(A)I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he will pursue them, and I will ^(B)get glory over Pharaoh and all his host, ^(C)and the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord.” And they did so.

¹⁰ The fifth angel poured out his bowl on ^(A)the throne of the beast, and ^(B)its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues in anguish ¹¹ and cursed ^(C)the God of heaven for their pain and ^(D)sores. ^(E)They did not repent of their deeds.

²⁰ The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, ^(A)did not repent of ^(B)the works of their hands nor give up worshiping ^(C)demons ^(D)and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk,

The Eighth Plague: Locusts

10 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may show these signs of mine among them,