KJV King James Version
And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Exodus 6:9
And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Moses relayed this message to the Israelites, but on account of their broken spirit and cruel bondage, they did not listen to him.
WEB World English Bible
Moses spoke so to the children of Israel, but they didn’t listen to Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
ASV American Standard Version
And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Moses speaketh so unto the sons of Israel, and they hearkened not unto Moses, for anguish of spirit, and for harsh service.
Surrounding context — Exodus 6
6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I [am] the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
7 And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
8 And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I [am] the LORD.
9 And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
10 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
11 Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.
12 And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who [am] of uncircumcised lips?
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וַיְדַבֵּ֥רH1696 · da.varto speak: speakמֹשֶׁ֛הH4872 · mo.shehMosesכֵּ֖ןH3651 · kenrightאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)בְּנֵ֣יH1121 · benson: childיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelוְלֹ֤אH3808 · lonotשָֽׁמְעוּ֙H8085 · sha.mato hear: hearאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)מֹשֶׁ֔הH4872 · mo.shehMosesמִקֹּ֣צֶרH7115 · qo.tsershortnessר֔וּחַH7307 · ru.achspiritוּמֵעֲבֹדָ֖הH5656 · a.vo.dahserviceקָשָֽׁה׃ פH7186 · qa.shehsevere
Cross-references
Exodus 5:21And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.Job 21:4As for me, [is] my complaint to man? and if [it were so], why should not my spirit be troubled?Exodus 14:12[Is] not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For [it had been] better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.Numbers 21:4And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.Proverbs 14:19The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
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