Exodus 6 · Verse 5

Exodus 6:5

And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.
Exodus 6:5, King James Version

Exodus 6:5 in other translations

BSBFurthermore, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered My covenant.
WEBMoreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered my covenant.
ASVAnd moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.
YLTand also I have heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, whom the Egyptians are causing to serve, and I remember My covenant.
DARBYAnd I have heard also the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians have forced to serve, and I have remembered my covenant.
BBEAnd 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.
WebsterAnd I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage: and I have remembered my covenant.

What does Exodus 6:5 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 6:1-9

We are most likely to prosper in attempts to glorify God, and to be useful to men, when we learn by experience that we can do nothing of ourselves; when our whole dependence is placed on him, and our only expectation is from him. Moses had been expecting what God would do; but now he shall see what he will do. God would now be known by his name Jehovah, that is, a God performing what he had promised, and finishing…

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Exodus 6:5 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.

וְגַ֣ם\׀ve.Gamand alsoH1571
אֲנִ֣י'a.NiIH589
שָׁמַ֗עְתִּיsha.Ma'.tiI have heardH8085
אֶֽת\־'et-<obj.>H853
נַאֲקַת֙na.'a.Kat[the] groaning ofH5009
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhomH834
מִצְרַ֖יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714
מַעֲבִדִ֣יםma.'a.vi.Dim[are] compelling to laborH5647
אֹתָ֑ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853
וָאֶזְכֹּ֖רva.'ez.Korand I have rememberedH2142
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בְּרִיתִֽי\׃be.ri.Ticovenant myH1285

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Cross references for Exodus 6:5

  • Exodus 2:24

    And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

  • Psalms 106:44-45

    Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry: And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

  • Isaiah 63:9

    In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.

  • 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;

  • Luke 1:72

    To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;

  • Genesis 8:1

    And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;

  • Luke 1:54

    He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;

  • Psalms 105:8

    He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.

  • Genesis 9:15

    And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

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the groaning.
2:24; 3:7; Ps 106:44; Isa 63:9
I have remembered.
2:24; Ge 8:1; 9:15; Ps 105:8; 106:45; Lu 1:54,72

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Context

  • Exodus 6:4

    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.

  • Exodus 6:5

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

  • Exodus 6:6

    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:

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Exodus 6:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y asimismo yo he oído el gemido de los hijos de Israel, á quienes hacen servir los Egipcios, y heme acordado de mi pacto.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et j’ai aussi entendu le gémissement des fils d’Israël, que les Égyptiens font servir, et je me suis souvenu de mon alliance.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und auch habe ich das Wehklagen der Kinder Israel gehört, welche die Ägypter zum Dienst anhalten, und habe meines Bundes gedacht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ego audivi gemitum filiorum Israël, quo Ægyptii oppresserunt eos: et recordatus sum pacti mei.