KJV King James Version
And 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.
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Exodus 2:23
And 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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
It happened in the course of those many days, that the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
ASV American Standard Version
And it came to pass in the course of those many days, 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass during these many days, that the king of Egypt dieth, and the sons of Israel sigh because of the service, and cry, and their cry goeth up unto God, because of the service;
Surrounding context — Exodus 2
20 And he said unto his daughters, And where [is] he? why [is] it [that] ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.
21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
22 And she bare [him] a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
23 And 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.
24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto [them].
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיְהִי֩H1961 · ha.yahto beבַיָּמִ֨יםH3117 · yomdayהָֽרַבִּ֜יםH7227 · ravmanyהָהֵ֗םH1992 · hem.mahthey(masc.)וַיָּ֙מָת֙H4191 · mutto dieמֶ֣לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingמִצְרַ֔יִםH4714 · mits.ra.yimEgyptוַיֵּאָנְח֧וּH584 · a.nachto sighבְנֵֽי־H1121 · benson: childיִשְׂרָאֵ֛לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelמִן־H4480 · minfromהָעֲבֹדָ֖הH5656 · a.vo.dahserviceוַיִּזְעָ֑קוּH2199 · za.aqto cry outוַתַּ֧עַלH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseשַׁוְעָתָ֛םH7775 · shav.ahcryאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הָאֱלֹהִ֖יםH430 · e.lo.himGodמִן־H4480 · minfromהָעֲבֹדָֽה׃H5656 · a.vo.dahservice
Cross-references
Genesis 18:20-21And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;James 5:4Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.Exodus 3:7-9And 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;Exodus 22:22-27Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.Deuteronomy 26:6-7And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:Acts 7:30And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.Genesis 16:11And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou [art] with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.Isaiah 19:20And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.Psalm 18:6In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, [even] into his ears.Nehemiah 9:9And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;Psalm 12:5For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set [him] in safety [from him that] puffeth at him.Exodus 4:19And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.Genesis 4:10And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.Acts 12:23-24And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.Deuteronomy 24:15At his day thou shalt give [him] his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he [is] poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.Psalm 107:19-20Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, [and] he saveth them out of their distresses.Judges 10:11-12And the LORD said unto the children of Israel, [Did] not [I deliver you] from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines?Psalm 81:6-7I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
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