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the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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Nehemiah 9:9

And you saw the trouble of our fathers in Egypt, and their cry came to your ears by the Red Sea;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Red Sea;   Sin;   Thankfulness;   The Topic Concordance - Giving and Gifts;   Guidance;   Hearing;   Living Waters;   Servants;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prayer, Public;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ezra;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Time;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Red Sea;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Prayer;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezra, Book of;   Nehemiah;   Providence;   Red Sea (Reed Sea);   Salvation;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canon of the Old Testament;   Ezra;   Ezra, Book of;   Love, Lover, Lovely, Beloved;   Nehemiah, Book of;   Prayer;   Synagogue;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Red sea;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Prayer;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Sea;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Theology;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
You saw the oppression of our ancestors in Egyptand heard their cry at the Red Sea.
Hebrew Names Version
You saw the affliction of our fathers in Mitzrayim, and heard their cry by the Sea of Suf,
King James Version
And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;
English Standard Version
"And you saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt and heard their cry at the Red Sea,
New Century Version
"You saw our ancestors suffering in Egypt and heard them cry out at the Red Sea.
New English Translation
"You saw the affliction of our ancestors in Egypt, and you heard their cry at the Red Sea.
Amplified Bible
"You saw our fathers' affliction in Egypt, And You heard their cry by the Red Sea (Sea of Reeds).
New American Standard Bible
"You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, And heard their cry by the Red Sea.
World English Bible
You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their cry by the Red Sea,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thou hast also considered the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their cry by the red Sea,
Legacy Standard Bible
"You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt,And heard their cry by the Red Sea.
Berean Standard Bible
You saw the oppression of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea.
Contemporary English Version
When our ancestors were in Egypt, you saw their suffering; when they were at the Red Sea, you heard their cry for help.
Complete Jewish Bible
"‘You saw the distress of our ancestors in Egypt and heard their cry by the Sea of Suf.
Darby Translation
And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red Sea;
Easy-to-Read Version
You saw our ancestors suffering in Egypt and heard them call for help by the Red Sea.
George Lamsa Translation
And thou didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt and hear their cry by the Red Sea;
Good News Translation
"You saw how our ancestors suffered in Egypt; you heard their call for help at the Red Sea.
Lexham English Bible
"You saw the misery of our ancestors in Egypt, and you heard their shout at the Red Sea.
Literal Translation
And You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their cry by the Sea of Reeds.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And hast considered the mysery of oure fathers in Egipte, and herde their complainte by the reed See,
American Standard Version
And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red Sea,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And hast considered the miserie of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their complaynt by the red sea:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red Sea;
King James Version (1611)
And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the red Sea,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and thou heardest their cry at the Red Sea.
English Revised Version
And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red Sea;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thou hast seyn the turment of oure fadris in Egipt, and thou herdist the cry of hem on the reed see.
Update Bible Version
And you saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their cry by the Red Sea,
Webster's Bible Translation
And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;
New King James Version
"You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, And heard their cry by the Red Sea.
New Living Translation
"You saw the misery of our ancestors in Egypt, and you heard their cries from beside the Red Sea.
New Life Bible
"You saw the trouble of our fathers in Egypt. You heard their cry by the Red Sea.
New Revised Standard
"And you saw the distress of our ancestors in Egypt and heard their cry at the Red Sea.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Yea thou sawest the affliction of our fathers, in Egypt, and, their outcry, thou heardest, by the Red Sea;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt: and thou didst hear their cry by the Red Sea.
Revised Standard Version
"And thou didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt and hear their cry at the Red Sea,
Young's Literal Translation
and dost see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and their cry hast heard by the sea of Suph,
THE MESSAGE
You saw the anguish of our parents in Egypt. You heard their cries at the Red Sea; You amazed Pharaoh, his servants, and the people of his land with wonders and miracle-signs. You knew their bullying arrogance against your people; you made a name for yourself that lasts to this day. You split the sea before them; they crossed through and never got their feet wet; You pitched their pursuers into the deep; they sank like a rock in the storm-tossed sea. By day you led them with a Pillar of Cloud, and by night with a Pillar of Fire To show them the way they were to travel. You came down onto Mount Sinai, you spoke to them out of heaven; You gave them instructions on how to live well, true teaching, sound rules and commands; You introduced them to your Holy Sabbath; Through your servant Moses you decreed commands, rules, and instruction. You gave bread from heaven for their hunger, you sent water from the rock for their thirst. You told them to enter and take the land, which you promised to give them.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, And heard their cry by the Red Sea.

Contextual Overview

4 Then Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani took their places on the steps of the Levites, crying in a loud voice to the Lord their God. 5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said, Get up and give praise to the Lord your God for ever and ever. Praise be to your great name which is lifted up high over all blessing and praise. 6 You are the Lord, even you only; you have made heaven, the heaven of heavens with all their armies, the earth and all things in it, the seas and everything in them; and you keep them from destruction: and the armies of heaven are your worshippers. 7 You are the Lord, the God, who took Abram and made him yours, guiding him from Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name of Abraham; 8 You saw that his heart was true to you, and made an agreement with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Jebusite and the Girgashite, even to give it to his seed, and you have done what you said; for righteousness is yours: 9 And you saw the trouble of our fathers in Egypt, and their cry came to your ears by the Red Sea; 10 And you did signs and wonders on Pharaoh and all his servants and all the people of his land; for you saw how cruel they were to them. So you got yourself a name as it is today. 11 By you the sea was parted before them, so that they went through the sea on dry land; and those who went after them went down into the deep, like a stone into great waters. 12 And you went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light on the way they were to go. 13 And you came down on Mount Sinai, and your voice came to them from heaven, giving them right decisions and true laws, good rules and orders:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

didst see: Exodus 2:25, Exodus 3:7-9, Exodus 3:16, Acts 7:34

heardest: Exodus 14:10-12

Reciprocal: Genesis 15:14 - that Exodus 2:23 - cry Exodus 2:24 - remembered Exodus 3:6 - hid Exodus 14:13 - ye shall see Exodus 14:15 - General Exodus 18:8 - told Deuteronomy 6:21 - General Deuteronomy 29:3 - General Judges 6:8 - a prophet Judges 10:11 - Egyptians 1 Samuel 10:18 - Thus saith 1 Samuel 12:6 - It is the Lord Isaiah 22:12 - call Micah 6:4 - I brought Acts 7:7 - the nation Acts 13:17 - and with

Cross-References

Genesis 6:18
But with you I will make an agreement; and you will come into the ark, you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with you.
Genesis 9:7
And now, be fertile and have increase; have offspring on the earth and become great in number.
Genesis 9:8
And God said to Noah and to his sons,
Genesis 9:9
Truly, I will make my agreement with you and with your seed after you,
Genesis 9:10
And with every living thing with you, all birds and cattle and every beast of the earth which comes out of the ark with you.
Genesis 9:11
And I will make my agreement with you; never again will all flesh be cut off by the waters; never again will the waters come over all the earth for its destruction.
Genesis 9:17
And God said to Noah, This is the sign of the agreement which I have made between me and all flesh on the earth.
Genesis 22:17
That I will certainly give you my blessing, and your seed will be increased like the stars of heaven and the sand by the seaside; your seed will take the land of those who are against them;
Jeremiah 33:20
The Lord has said: If it is possible for my agreement of the day and the night to be broken, so that day and night no longer come at their fixed times,
Romans 1:3
About his Son who, in the flesh, came from the family of David,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt,.... The hard bondage in which their lives were made bitter; and was not a mere spectator of it, but looked upon them in it with pity and compassion, and sent them a deliverer, Exodus 2:23

and heardest their cry by the Red sea; which was before them, and the rocks on both sides of them, and the host of Pharaoh behind, pressing upon them, when he heard them, and wrought salvation for them,

Exodus 14:10.


 
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