Exodus 4:31
29 Then Moses and Aaron went and assembled all the elders of the Israelites,
30 and Aaron relayed everything the LORD had said to Moses. And Moses performed the signs before the people,
and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.
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- BSB
- and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.
- KJV
- And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
- WEB
- The people believed, and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.
- ASV
- And the people believed: and when they heard that Jehovah had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
- DARBY
- And the people believed. And when they heard that Jehovah had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
- BLB
- and the people believed; and they heard that YHWH had visited the sons of Israel, and that He had seen their affliction. And they bowed and worshiped.
- ÅB
- Og folket trodde; og da de hørte hvordan Herren hadde sett til Israels barn og gitt akt på deres nød, bøyde de seg og tilba.
- OTB
- og folket trodde. Da de hørte at Herren brydde seg om dem og hadde sett deres lidelse, bøyde de seg ned og tilbad.
- B1930
- Og folket trodde; og da de hørte hvorledes Herren hadde sett til Israels barn og gitt akt på deres nød, bøide de sig og tilbad.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 3:18
The elders of Israel will listen to what you say, and you must go with them to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’
Read in contextExodus 12:27
you are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck down the Egyptians and spared our homes.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped.
Read in contextExodus 2:25
God saw the Israelites and took notice.
Read in contextPsalms 106:12–13
Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.
Read in contextExodus 3:16
Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me and said: I have surely attended to you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt.
Read in contextExodus 3:7
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.
Read in contextLuke 8:13
The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a season, but in the time of testing, they fall away.
Read in contextGenesis 24:26
Then the man bowed down and worshiped the LORD,
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