NASB
""For Pharaoh will say of the sons of Israel, 'They are wandering aimlessly in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.'"
— Exodus 14:3, NASB
“For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.”
“And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. ”
“Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, 'They are entangled in the land. The wilderness has shut them in.'”
“Pharaoh will think regarding the Israelites,‘They are wandering around confused in the land– the desert has closed in on them.’”
“And Pharao will say of the children of Israel: They are straitened in the land, the desert hath shut them in.”
“And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are wandering without direction, they are shut in by the waste land.”
“For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.”
Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
"Tell the sons of Israel to turn back and camp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea; you shall camp in front of Baal-zephon, opposite it, by the sea.
"For Pharaoh will say of the sons of Israel, 'They are wandering aimlessly in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.'
"Thus I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he will chase after them; and I will be honored through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD." And they did so.
When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his servants had a change of heart toward the people, and they said, "What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?"
So he made his chariot ready and took his people with him;