Exodus 6:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.”

Exodus 6:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Exodus 6:5 in 6 Bible Translations

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Exodus 6:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered my covenant.”

Exodus 6:5 — World English Bible

Exodus 6:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant. ”

Exodus 6:5 — American Standard Version

Exodus 6:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“and also I have heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, whom the Egyptians are causing to serve, and I remember My covenant.”

Exodus 6:5 — Young's Literal Translation

Exodus 6:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“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. ”

Exodus 6:5 — Darby Translation

Exodus 6:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“So I haue also hearde the groning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keepe in bondage, and haue remembred my couenant.”

Exodus 6:5 — Geneva Bible

Exodus 6:5 in Context — Exodus 6

3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name Jehovah was I not known to them.

4 And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.

5 And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.

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.

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What Does Exodus 6:5 Mean?

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