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New American Standard Bible (1995)

Exodus 6:5

"Furthermore I have heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, because the Egyptians are holding them in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Covenant;   God;   Moses;   Prayer;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Numbers, book of;   Yahweh;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Flood, the;   God;   God, Names of;   Hear, Hearing;   Kinsman-Redeemer;   Praise;   Proverbs, Theology of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Covenant;   Exodus;   Exodus, Book of;   Jamin;   Promise;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Moses;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Exodus, the Book of;   God;   God, Names of;   Groan;   Law in the Old Testament;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Arm;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Yisra'el, whom the Mitzrim keep in bondage, and I have remembered my covenant.
King James Version
And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.
Lexham English Bible
but also I myself heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are making to work, and I remembered my covenant.
New Century Version
Now I have heard the cries of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are treating as slaves, and I remember my agreement.
New English Translation
I have also heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant.
Amplified Bible
"And I have also heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, whom the Egyptians have enslaved, and I have [faithfully] remembered My covenant [with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob].
New American Standard Bible
"Furthermore I have heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, because the Egyptians are holding them in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So I haue also hearde the groning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keepe in bondage, and haue remembred my couenant.
Legacy Standard Bible
Furthermore I have heard the groaning of the sons of Israel because the Egyptians are holding them in slavery, and I have remembered My covenant.
Contemporary English Version
Now I have seen how the people of Israel are suffering because of the Egyptians, and I will keep my promise.
Complete Jewish Bible
Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the people of Isra'el, whom the Egyptians are keeping in slavery; and I have remembered my covenant.
Darby Translation
And I have heard also the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians have forced to serve, and I have remembered my covenant.
Easy-to-Read Version
Now, I have heard their painful cries. I know that they are slaves in Egypt. And I remember my agreement.
English Standard Version
Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the people of Israel whom the Egyptians hold as slaves, and I have remembered my covenant.
George Lamsa Translation
And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.
Good News Translation
Now I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians have enslaved, and I have remembered my covenant.
Christian Standard Bible®
Furthermore, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are forcing to work as slaves, and I have remembered my covenant.
Literal Translation
And I also have heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, whom the Egyptians are enslaving. And I have remembered My covenant.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Morouer I haue herde the complaynte of the children of Israel, whom ye Egipcians oppresse with laboure, and haue remembred my couenaunt.
American Standard Version
And moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.
Bible in Basic English
And truly my ears are open to the cry of the children of Israel whom the Egyptians keep under their yoke; and I have kept in mind my agreement.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And therefore I haue also heard the groning of the childre of Israel, whom the Egyptians kepe in bondage, and haue remembred my couenaunt.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered My covenant.
King James Version (1611)
And I haue also heard the groning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keepe in bondage: and I haue remembred my Couenant.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I hearkened to the groaning of the children of Israel (the affliction with which the Egyptians enslave them) and I remembered the covenant with you.
English Revised Version
And moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.
Berean Standard Bible
Furthermore, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered My covenant.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y herde the weilyng of the sones of Israel, in which the Egipcians oppresseden hem, and Y hadde mynde of my couenaunt.
Young's Literal Translation
and also I have heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, whom the Egyptians are causing to serve, and I remember My covenant.
Update Bible Version
And moreover I have heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in slavery; and I have remembered my covenant.
Webster's Bible Translation
And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage: and I have remembered my covenant.
World English Bible
Moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered my covenant.
New King James Version
And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant.
New Living Translation
You can be sure that I have heard the groans of the people of Israel, who are now slaves to the Egyptians. And I am well aware of my covenant with them.
New Life Bible
I have heard the crying of the people of Israel, because they are being held by the Egyptians. And I have remembered My agreement.
New Revised Standard
I have also heard the groaning of the Israelites whom the Egyptians are holding as slaves, and I have remembered my covenant.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Moreover also, I heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, whom the Egyptians, were holding in servitude, So then I remembered my covenant.
Douay-Rheims Bible
I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, wherewith the Egyptians have oppressed them: and I have remembered my covenant.
Revised Standard Version
Moreover I have heard the groaning of the people of Israel whom the Egyptians hold in bondage and I have remembered my covenant.

Contextual Overview

1 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for under compulsion he will let them go, and under compulsion he will drive them out of his land." 2 God spoke further to Moses and said to him, "I am the LORD; 3 and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name, LORD, I did not make Myself known to them. 4 "I also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they sojourned. 5 "Furthermore I have heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, because the Egyptians are holding them in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant.6 "Say, therefore, to the sons of Israel, 'I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage. I will also redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments. 7 'Then I will take you for My people, and I will be your God; and you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. 8 'I will bring you to the land which I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and I will give it to you for a possession; I am the LORD.'" 9 So Moses spoke thus to the sons of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses on account of their despondency and cruel bondage.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the groaning: Exodus 2:24, Exodus 3:7, Psalms 106:44, Isaiah 63:9

I have remembered: Exodus 2:24, Genesis 8:1, Genesis 9:15, Psalms 105:8, Psalms 106:45, Luke 1:54, Luke 1:72

Reciprocal: Genesis 15:14 - that Leviticus 26:42 - will I Numbers 20:16 - we cried Deuteronomy 26:7 - we cried Acts 7:34 - I have seen

Cross-References

Genesis 6:1
Now it came about, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them,
Genesis 6:3
Then the LORD said, "My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty years."
Genesis 6:4
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
Genesis 6:9
These are the records of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his time; Noah walked with God.
Genesis 6:19
"And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.
Genesis 6:20
"Of the birds after their kind, and of the animals after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive.
Genesis 6:21
"As for you, take for yourself some of all food which is edible, and gather it to yourself; and it shall be for food for you and for them."
Genesis 8:21
The LORD smelled the soothing aroma; and the LORD said to Himself, "I will never again curse the ground on account of man, for the intent of man's heart is evil from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done.
Genesis 13:13
Now the men of Sodom were wicked exceedingly and sinners against the LORD.
Deuteronomy 29:19
"It shall be when he hears the words of this curse, that he will boast, saying, 'I have peace though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart in order to destroy the watered land with the dry.'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel,.... For the Lord is not only the eternal and immutable Being in his purposes and promises, and a covenant keeping God; but he is compassionate and merciful, and sympathizes with his people in all their afflictions; he takes notice of their sighs and groans, as he now did those of his people in Egypt:

whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and which was the reason of their groaning; their bondage being so hard and rigorous, in which they were detained by Pharaoh, who refused to let them go, though Moses in the name of the Lord had required him to do it:

and I have remembered my covenant; concerning bringing them out of Egypt into the land of Canaan, which he would quickly do, and thereby make it appear he was mindful of his covenant, which is indeed never forgotten by him, though it may seem to be.


 
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