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 in other translations
| BSB | Furthermore, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered My covenant. |
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| WEB | Moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered my covenant. |
| ASV | And moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant. |
| YLT | and also I have heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, whom the Egyptians are causing to serve, and I remember My covenant. |
| DARBY | 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. |
| BBE | 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. |
| Webster | And 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…
Exodus 6:5 in the original Hebrew
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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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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:
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. |
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| 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. |