Exodus 3 · Verse 9

Exodus 3:9

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.
Exodus 3:9, King James Version

Exodus 3:9 in other translations

BSBAnd now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them.
WEBNow, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me. Moreover I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
ASVAnd now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: moreover I have seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
YLT‘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,
DARBYAnd 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.
BBEFor 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.
WebsterNow 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.

What does Exodus 3:9 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 3:7-10

God notices the afflictions of Israel. Their sorrows; even the secret sorrows of God's people are known to him. Their cry; God hears the cries of his afflicted people. The oppression they endured; the highest and greatest of their oppressors are not above him. God promises speedy deliverance by methods out of the common ways of providence. Those whom God, by his grace, delivers out of a spiritual Egypt, he will…

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Exodus 3:9 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְעַתָּ֕הve.'a.Tahand nowH6258
הִנֵּ֛הhi.Nehthere!H2009
צַעֲקַ֥תtza.'a.Kat[the] cry of distress ofH6818
בְּנֵי\־be.nei-[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
בָּ֣אָהBa.'ahit has comeH935
אֵלָ֑י'e.Laito meH413
וְגַם\־ve.gam-and alsoH1571
רָאִ֙יתִי֙ra.'I.tiI have seenH7200
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַלַּ֔חַץha.La.chatzthe oppressionH3906
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
מִצְרַ֖יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4713
לֹחֲצִ֥יםlo.cha.Tzim[are] oppressingH3905
אֹתָֽם\׃'o.Tam<obj.> themH853

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Cross references for Exodus 3:9

  • Proverbs 22:22-23

    Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

  • Exodus 2:23

    And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.

  • Exodus 1:11

    Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.

  • Exodus 1:13-14

    And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour: And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.

  • 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;

  • Exodus 1:22

    And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

  • Micah 2:1-3

    Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand. And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil.

  • Ecclesiastes 5:8

    If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

  • Ecclesiastes 4:1

    So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

  • Psalms 12:5

    For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

  • Jeremiah 50:33-34

    Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go. Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

  • Amos 4:1

    Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.

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the cry.
7; 2:23
and I have.
7; 1:11,13,14,22; Ps 12:5; Pr 22:22,23; Ec 4:1; 5:8; Jer 50:33,34
Am 4:1; Mic 2:1-3

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Context

  • Exodus 3:8

    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.

  • Exodus 3:9

    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.

  • Exodus 3:10

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

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Exodus 3:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
El clamor, pues, de los hijos de Israel ha venido delante de mí, y también he visto la opresión con que los Egipcios los oprimen.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et maintenant, voici, le cri des fils d’Israël est venu jusqu’à moi; et j’ai aussi vu l’oppression dont les Égyptiens les oppriment.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und nun siehe, das Geschrei der Kinder Israel ist vor mich gekommen; und ich habe auch den Druck gesehen, womit die Ägypter sie drücken.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Clamor ergo filiorum Israël venit ad me: vidique afflictionem eorum, qua ab Ægyptiis opprimuntur.