KJV King James Version
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;
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Exodus 3:7
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;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh 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 American Standard Version
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;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith, ‘I have certainly seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt, and their cry I have heard, because of its exactors, for I have known its pains;
Surrounding context — Exodus 3
4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here [am] I.
5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest [is] holy ground.
6 Moreover he said, I [am] the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
7 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;
8 And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
10 Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayיְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDרָאֹ֥הH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeרָאִ֛יתִיH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]עֳנִ֥יH6040 · o.niafflictionעַמִּ֖יH5971 · ampeopleאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichבְּמִצְרָ֑יִםH4714 · mits.ra.yimEgyptוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]צַעֲקָתָ֤םH6818 · tsa.a.qahcryשָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙H8085 · sha.mato hear: hearמִפְּנֵ֣יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeנֹֽגְשָׂ֔יוH5065 · na.ga.sto oppressכִּ֥יH3588 · kiforיָדַ֖עְתִּיH3045 · ya.dato knowאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]מַכְאֹבָֽיו׃H4341 · makh.ovpain
Cross-references
Psalm 145:19He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.Psalm 106:44Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:Exodus 2:23-25And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.Psalm 34:6This poor man cried, and the LORD heard [him], and saved him out of all his troubles.Nehemiah 9:9And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;Exodus 22:23If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;Genesis 29:32And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.Psalm 22:24For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.Psalm 34:4I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.Isaiah 63:9In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.Exodus 1:11Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.1 Samuel 9:16To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him [to be] captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.Psalm 142:3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.Hebrews 4:15For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as [we are, yet] without sin.Genesis 18:21I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
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