This translation is from the New American Bible. Other translations are available here.Information about the original Hebrew meaning of what seem to be the key words is provided in blue immediately below the scriptural text. A collection of scriptures dealing with similar principles is hyperlinked at the end of this post.
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Then the Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is stubborn; he refuses to let the people go.15Go to Pharaoh in the morning as he is going out to the water, and station yourself to meet him on the bank of the Nile; and you shall take in your hand the staff that was turned into a serpent. 16You shall say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you, saying, “Let My people go, that they may serve Me in the wilderness. But behold, you have not listened until now.” 17Thus says the Lord, “By this you shall know that I am the Lord: behold, I will strike the water that is in the Nile with the staff that is in my hand, and it will be turned to blood. 18The fish that are in the Nile will die, and the Nile will become foul, and the Egyptians will find difficulty in drinking water from the Nile.”’” 19Then the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their reservoirs of water, that they may become blood; and there will be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.’”
20So Moses and Aaron did even as the Lord had commanded. And he lifted up the staff and struck the water that was in the Nile, in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants, and all the water that was in the Nile was turned to blood. 21The fish that were in the Nile died, and the Nile became foul, so that the Egyptians could not drink water from the Nile. And the blood was through all the land of Egypt. 22But the magicians of Egypt did the same with their secret arts; and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them, as the Lord had said. 23Then Pharaoh turned and went into his house with no concern even for this.24So all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, for they could not drink of the water of the Nile.
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heart= לֵב = lēḇ Blue Letter Bible inner man, mind, will, understanding; midst; soul; mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory; inclination, resolution, determination (of will); conscience; seat of appetites, emotions, passions, courage; feelings, the will and even the intellect; the centre of anything
stubborn = כָּבֵד = kāḇēḏ Blue Letter Bible heavy, great; very oppressive; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid): not easily moved
go = יָלַךְ = yālaḵ Blue Letter Bible go, walk, come; lead, bring, lead away, carry, cause to walk; journey; proceed
to = אֵל = 'ēl Blue Letter Bible to, unto (of motion); direction, not necessarily physical motion; concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of; in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to); in among; denoting motion towards; tens to anything; verge to or towards any place; turning or direction; even to; in respect to; because of; concerning; the direction of the mind; concerning; according to; motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or among; the direction of the mind; directed or disposed towards
station yourself = נָצַב = nāṣaḇ Blue Letter Bible to stand, take one's stand, stand upright, be set over, establish; to station oneself, be stationed; take an upright position; be appointed; to be fixed, determined, stationary; erect; pillar; settle, sharpen, best state; to set one’s self, be ready; to put; stand firmly; be planted
meet = קָרָא = qārā' Blue Letter Bible to encounter, befall, meet; an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile; seek; opposite to, over against; cause to happen
the Lord = יְהֹוָה = Yᵊhōvâ Blue Letter Bible Yahweh; I am he who I am, I am who I am; he who is essentially unnameable, inexplicable; the God of the patriarchs; the existing One; the proper name of the one true God; the self-Existent or Eternal; the one bringing into being, life-giver; giver of existence, creator; performer of his promises; he who causes to fall, rain or lightning; he one who is: i.e. the absolute and unchangeable one; the existing, ever living, as self-consistent and unchangeable; or the one ever coming into manifestation as the God of redemption; the supreme God; God eternal and immutable
God = אֱלֹהִים = 'ĕlōhîm Blue Letter Bible rulers, judges; divine ones; god, goddess; godlike one; deities
sent = שָׁלַח = šālaḥ Blue Letter Bible stretch out; extend, direct; shoot forth (of branches); reach forth; sow, spread, stretch forth; to send, send away; to let loose; to send off or away or out or forth, dismiss, give over, cast out or away; to let go, set free; to be sent off, be put away, be divorced, be impelled; forsake, give (up); eave, let depart; drive cattle to pasture
to = אֵל = 'ēl Blue Letter Bible to, unto (of motion); direction, not necessarily physical motion; concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of; in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to); in among; denoting motion towards; tens to anything; verge to or towards any place; turning or direction; even to; in respect to; because of; concerning; the direction of the mind; concerning; according to; motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or among; the direction of the mind; directed or disposed towards
know =יָדַע= yāḏaʿ Blue Letter Bible perceive and see, find out and discern; discriminate, distinguish; know by experience; recognize; be acquainted with; know (a person carnally); know how, be skillful in; have knowledge, be wise; made known, be or become known, be revealed; be instructed; privy to; seeing; observe with the eyes; be aware of; get to know, discover; turn the mind to anything, care about, see about
did = עָשָׂה = ʿāśâ Blue Letter Bible to do, fashion, accomplish, make; work, make, produce; to deal (with); to act, act with effect, effect; to attend to, put in order; to observe, celebrate; advance; follow, fulfill; be industrious, labor; yield; produce by labor
even as = אֲשֶׁר = 'ăšer Blue Letter Bible when, whilst, because; in order that; as soon as; forasmuch; in order that; until; in that; a causal force; a temporal force
the Lord = יְהֹוָה = Yᵊhōvâ Blue Letter Bible Yahweh; I am he who I am, I am who I am; he who is essentially unnameable, inexplicable; the God of the patriarchs; the existing One; the proper name of the one true God; the self-Existent or Eternal; the one bringing into being, life-giver; giver of existence, creator; performer of his promises; he who causes to fall, rain or lightning; he one who is: i.e. the absolute and unchangeable one; the existing, ever living, as self-consistent and unchangeable; or the one ever coming into manifestation as the God of redemption; the supreme God; God eternal and immutable
commanded = צָוָה = ṣāvâ Blue Letter Bible command, charge, give orders, lay charge, give charge to, order; to constitute, enjoin; appoint; put, (set) in order; delegate
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Scriptures addressing related principles are collected at:
Wisdom Principles--Rely on God, not Material Power or Wealth
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