KJV King James Version
And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto [them].
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Exodus 2:25
And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto [them].
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
God saw the Israelites and took notice.
WEB World English Bible
God saw the children of Israel, and God was concerned about them.
ASV American Standard Version
And God saw the children of Israel, and God took knowledge of them.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and God seeth the sons of Israel, and God knoweth.
Surrounding context — Exodus 2
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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Exodus 4:31And 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.Psalm 55:22Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.Exodus 3:7-8And 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;Luke 1:25Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on [me], to take away my reproach among men.Psalm 1:6For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.Matthew 7:23And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.2 Samuel 16:12It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.1 Samuel 1:11And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no rasor come upon his head.Job 33:27He looketh upon men, and [if any] say, I have sinned, and perverted [that which was] right, and it profited me not;Exodus 1:8Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.
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