Exodus 3:7
5 “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”
6 Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
8 I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
9 And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
- KJV
- And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
- WEB
- The LORD said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
- ASV
- And Jehovah said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people that are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
- DARBY
- And Jehovah said, I have seen assuredly the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and their cry have I heard on account of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows.
- BLB
- And YHWH said, “I have surely seen the affliction of My people who [are] in Egypt, and their cry I have heard from before their taskmasters, for I know their pains;
- ÅB
- Og Herren sa: Jeg har sett mitt folks nød i Egypt, og jeg har hørt deres klagerop over arbeidsfogdene; jeg vet hva de lider.
- OTB
- Herren sa: «Jeg har sannelig sett mitt folks nød i Egypt og hørt deres klagerop over slavefogdene, for jeg kjenner deres lidelser.
- B1930
- Og Herren sa: Jeg har sett mitt folks nød i Egypten, og jeg har hørt deres klagerop over arbeidsfogdene; jeg vet hvad de lider.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 145:19
He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.
Read in contextPsalms 106:44
Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.
Read in contextExodus 2:23–25
After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
Read in contextPsalms 34:6
This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.
Read in contextExodus 22:23
If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to Me in distress, I will surely hear their cry.
Read in contextNehemiah 9:9
You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea.
Read in contextGenesis 29:32
And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”
Read in contextExodus 1:11
So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
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