Exodus 3:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

Exodus 3:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Exodus 3:9 in 6 Bible Translations

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Exodus 3:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“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.”

Exodus 3:9 — World English Bible

Exodus 3:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“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. ”

Exodus 3:9 — American Standard Version

Exodus 3:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“`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,”

Exodus 3:9 — Young's Literal Translation

Exodus 3:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“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. ”

Exodus 3:9 — Darby Translation

Exodus 3:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And now lo, the crie of the children of Israel is come vnto me, and I haue also seene ye oppression, wherewith the Egyptians oppresse them.”

Exodus 3:9 — Geneva Bible

Exodus 3:9 in Context — Exodus 3

7 And 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;

8 And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

9 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.

10 Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.

11 And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?

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What Does Exodus 3:9 Mean?

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