Exodus 14:3 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

and Pharaoh hath said of the sons of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut upon them;

English ASV

And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.

English Amplified

For Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, They are entangled in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

For Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, They are entangled in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

For Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, ‘They are wandering the land in confusion; the wilderness has boxed them in.’

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Pharaoh will say of the Israelites: They are wandering around the land in confusion; the wilderness has boxed them in.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness has hemmed them in.

English EASY 2024

Then Pharaoh will think, “The Israelites are confused. They do not know where they are going. The desert has stopped them.”

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Pharaoh will think that the Israelites are lost in the desert and that the people will have no place to go.

For Pharaoh will say of the people of Israel, 'They are wandering in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.'

English GNT (Good News Translation)

The king will think that the Israelites are wandering around in the country and are closed in by the desert.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Pharaoh will think, 'The Israelites are {just} wandering around. The desert is blocking their escape.'

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Pharaoh will say of the Israelites: They are wandering around the land in confusion; the wilderness has boxed them in.

English KJV 1611

For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.

English LSB

And Pharaoh will say of the sons of Israel, ‘They are wandering in confusion in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.’

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

For Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, “They are confused in the land. The wilderness has shut them in.”

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"For Pharaoh will say of the sons of Israel, 'They are wandering aimlessly in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.'

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Pharaoh will then say, 'The Israelites are wandering about aimlessly in the land. The desert has closed in on them.'

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Pharaoh will think regarding the Israelites, ‘They are wandering around confused in the land — the desert has closed in on them.’

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Pharaoh will think, 'The people of Israel are wandering around the land. They don't know which way to go. The desert is all around them.'

English NIV

Pharaoh will think, 'The Israelites are wandering around the land in confusion, hemmed in by the desert.'

English NKJ 1982

For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, ‘They are bewildered by the land; the wilderness has closed them in.’

English NLT

Then Pharaoh will think, `Those Israelites are confused. They are trapped between the wilderness and the sea!'

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, "They are wandering aimlessly in the land; the wilderness has closed in on them."

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

For Pharaoh will say of the people of Israel, ‘They are entangled in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.’

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

For Pharaoh will think, 'Those Israelites are trapped now, between the desert and the sea!'

English Tyndale 1537

For Pharao will say of the children of Israel: they are tangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.

Exodus 14:3 — Compare Translations