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THE MESSAGE

Exodus 3:9

"The Israelite cry for help has come to me, and I've seen for myself how cruelly they're being treated by the Egyptians. It's time for you to go back: I'm sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the People of Israel, out of Egypt."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God Continued...;   Israel;   Moses;   Oppression;   Prayer;   Quotations and Allusions;   Religion;   Rulers;   Sorrow;   Scofield Reference Index - Israel;   Kingdom;   Thompson Chain Reference - Blindness-Vision;   Vision;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Egypt;   Jews, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Sinai;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Moses;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Jeremiah, Theology of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Frugality;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Call, Calling;   Horeb;   Mountain;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Moses;   Prayer;   Sinai;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Angels;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Rod;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Moses;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Exodus, the;   Tabernacle, the;   Priesthood, the;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Moses;   Oppression;   Put;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Moses;   Sinai, Mount;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Now, behold, the cry of the children of Yisra'el has come to me. Moreover I have seen the oppression with which the Mitzrim oppress them.
King James Version
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.
Lexham English Bible
And now, look, the cry of distress of the Israelites has come to me, and also I see the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them.
New Century Version
I have heard the cries of the people of Israel, and I have seen the way the Egyptians have made life hard for them.
New English Translation
And now indeed the cry of the Israelites has come to me, and I have also seen how severely the Egyptians oppress them.
Amplified Bible
"Now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to Me; and I have also seen how the Egyptians oppress them.
New American Standard Bible
"And now, behold, the cry of the sons of Israel has come to Me; furthermore, I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And now lo, the crie of the children of Israel is come vnto me, & I haue also seene ye oppression, wherewith the Egyptians oppresse them.
Legacy Standard Bible
So now, behold, the cry of the sons of Israel has come to Me; and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them.
Contemporary English Version
My people have begged for my help, and I have seen how cruel the Egyptians are to them.
Complete Jewish Bible
Yes, the cry of the people of Isra'el has come to me, and I have seen how terribly the Egyptians oppress them.
Darby Translation
And now behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me; and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
Easy-to-Read Version
I have heard the cries of the Israelites, and I have seen the way the Egyptians have made life hard for them.
English Standard Version
And now, behold, the cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
George Lamsa Translation
Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come to me; and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
Good News Translation
I have indeed heard the cry of my people, and I see how the Egyptians are oppressing them.
Christian Standard Bible®
So because the Israelites’ cry for help has come to me, and I have also seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them,
Literal Translation
And now, behold, the cry of the sons of Israel has come to Me, and I also have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For so moch now as the complaynte of the children of Israel is come before me, & I haue sene their oppression wherwith the Egipcians oppresse them:
American Standard Version
And now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: moreover I have seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
Bible in Basic English
For now, truly, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me, and I have seen the cruel behaviour of the Egyptians to them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Nowe therfore beholde the complaint of the chyldren of Israel is come vnto me: and I haue also seene the oppressio wherwith ye Egyptians oppressed them.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto Me; moreover I have seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
King James Version (1611)
Now therefore behold, the crie of the children of Israel is come vnto me: and I haue also seene the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppresse them.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come to me, and I have seen the affliction with which the Egyptians afflict them.
English Revised Version
And now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: moreover I have seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
Berean Standard Bible
And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the cry of the sones of Israel cam to me, and Y seiy the turment of hem, bi which thei ben oppressid of Egipcians.
Young's Literal Translation
`And now, lo, the cry of the sons of Israel hath come in unto Me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them,
Update Bible Version
And now, look, the cry of the sons of Israel has come to me: moreover I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
Webster's Bible Translation
Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come to me: and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
World English Bible
Now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me. Moreover I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
New King James Version
Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to Me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
New Living Translation
Look! The cry of the people of Israel has reached me, and I have seen how harshly the Egyptians abuse them.
New Life Bible
Now the cry of the people of Israel has come to Me. I have seen what power the Egyptians use to make it hard for them.
New Revised Standard
The cry of the Israelites has now come to me; I have also seen how the Egyptians oppress them.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, therefore, lo! the outcry of the sons of Israel, hath come in unto me, - moreover also, I have seen the oppression, wherewith the Egyptians are oppressing them.
Douay-Rheims Bible
For the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have seen their affliction, wherewith they are oppressed by the Egyptians.
Revised Standard Version
And now, behold, the cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Now, behold, the cry of the sons of Israel has come to Me; furthermore, I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them.

Contextual Overview

7 God said, "I've taken a good, long look at the affliction of my people in Egypt. I've heard their cries for deliverance from their slave masters; I know all about their pain. And now I have come down to help them, pry them loose from the grip of Egypt, get them out of that country and bring them to a good land with wide-open spaces, a land lush with milk and honey, the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite. 9"The Israelite cry for help has come to me, and I've seen for myself how cruelly they're being treated by the Egyptians. It's time for you to go back: I'm sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the People of Israel, out of Egypt."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the cry: Exodus 3:7, Exodus 2:23

and I have: Exodus 3:7, Exodus 1:11, Exodus 1:13, Exodus 1:14, Exodus 1:22, Psalms 12:5, Proverbs 22:22, Proverbs 22:23, Ecclesiastes 4:1, Ecclesiastes 5:8, Jeremiah 50:33, Jeremiah 50:34, Amos 4:1, Micah 2:1-3

Reciprocal: Genesis 31:12 - I have seen Exodus 3:17 - I will bring Exodus 14:12 - Is not this Leviticus 25:43 - rule 1 Samuel 12:8 - cried 2 Kings 13:4 - he saw 2 Kings 14:26 - saw the affliction Job 34:28 - they Job 35:9 - they make Psalms 9:12 - he forgetteth Zechariah 9:8 - for Acts 7:34 - I have seen Acts 17:6 - These James 5:4 - the cries

Cross-References

Genesis 3:12
The Man said, "The Woman you gave me as a companion, she gave me fruit from the tree, and, yes, I ate it." God said to the Woman, "What is this that you've done?"
Genesis 3:13
"The serpent seduced me," she said, "and I ate."
Genesis 3:17
He told the Man: "Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree That I commanded you not to eat from, ‘Don't eat from this tree,' The very ground is cursed because of you; getting food from the ground Will be as painful as having babies is for your wife; you'll be working in pain all your life long. The ground will sprout thorns and weeds, you'll get your food the hard way, Planting and tilling and harvesting, sweating in the fields from dawn to dusk, Until you return to that ground yourself, dead and buried; you started out as dirt, you'll end up dirt."
Genesis 3:20
The Man, known as Adam, named his wife Eve because she was the mother of all the living.
Genesis 3:21
God made leather clothing for Adam and his wife and dressed them.
Genesis 4:9
God said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" He said, "How should I know? Am I his babysitter?"
Genesis 11:5
God came down to look over the city and the tower those people had built.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me,.... See Exodus 2:23:

and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them; which is repeated to observe the great notice he took of it; and the reason of his descent and appearance in this wonderful manner, as well as of the urgent necessity of Moses's going to deliver the people from their oppression.


 
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