The Call of Moses

Acts 7:34

In 9 translations

BSB: I have indeed seen the oppression of My people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’Exodus 3:5–10
KJV: I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
WEB: I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their groaning. I have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you into Egypt.’
ASV: I have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and have heard their groaning, and I am come down to deliver them: and now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
LSV: seeing I have seen the affliction of My people that [is] in Egypt, and I heard their groaning, and came down to deliver them; and now come, I will send you to Egypt.
YLT: seeing I have seen the affliction of My people that [is] in Egypt, and their groaning I did hear, and came down to deliver them; and now come, I will send thee to Egypt.
DBY: I have surely seen the ill treatment of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groan, and have come down to take them out of it; and now, come, I will send thee to Egypt.
DRC: Seeing I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, and I will send thee into Egypt.
GNV: I haue seene, I haue seene the affliction of my people, which is in Egypt, and I haue heard their groning, and am come downe to deliuer them: and nowe come, and I will sende thee into Egypt.

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Where the editions differ

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NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read αὐτῶν (“of them”); SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read αὐτοῦ (“of him”).
NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἀποστείλω (“I may send”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἀποστελῶ (“I will send”).

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SBLGNT: αὐτοῦ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles read αὐτοῦ; Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read αὐτῶν.
SBLGNT: ἀποστείλω. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἀποστείλω; Robinson–Pierpont read ἀποστελῶ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT: ἰδὼν εἶδον τὴν κάκωσιν τοῦ λαοῦ μου τοῦ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ, καὶ τοῦ στεναγμοῦ αὐτοῦ ἤκουσα, καὶ κατέβην ἐξελέσθαι αὐτούς· καὶ νῦν δεῦρο ἀποστείλω σε εἰς Αἴγυπτον.
RP2018: Ἰδὼν εἶδον τὴν κάκωσιν τοῦ λαοῦ μου τοῦ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ, καὶ τοῦ στεναγμοῦ αὐτῶν ἤκουσα· καὶ κατέβην ἐξελέσθαι αὐτούς· καὶ νῦν δεῦρο, ἀποστελῶ σε εἰς Αἴγυπτον.
TR-Boyd: Ἰδὼν εἶδον τὴν κάκωσιν τοῦ λαοῦ μου τοῦ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ, καὶ τοῦ στεναγμοῦ αὐτῶν ἤκουσα· καὶ κατέβην ἐξελέσθαι αὐτούς· καὶ νῦν δεῦρο, ἀποστελῶ σε εἰς Αἴγυπτον.
SCR1894: ιδων ειδον την κακωσιν του λαου μου του εν αιγυπτω και του στεναγμου αυτων ηκουσα και κατεβην εξελεσθαι αυτους και νυν δευρο αποστελω σε εις αιγυπτον

Who and where

📍 Egypt◆ Stephen addresses the council

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

Stephen Persecution Angel of the Lord Defense Groan Doctrine Readings, Select Gnosticism Court Call

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Cross-references most cited first

Exodus 3:7–10The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings. I have come down to rescue them from the hand of…
Exodus 4:31and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.
Psalms 106:44Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.
Nehemiah 9:9You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea.
John 6:38For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.
Exodus 3:14God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
Exodus 2:23–25After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God. So God heard their groaning, and He remembered…
Isaiah 63:8–9For He said, “They are surely My people, sons who will not be disloyal.” So He became their Savior. In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He…
Hosea 12:13But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
Exodus 6:5–6Furthermore, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered My covenant. Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke…
Psalms 144:5Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.
Judges 10:15–16“We have sinned,” the Israelites said to the LORD. “Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us today!” So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the…
John 3:13No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
Psalms 105:26He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen.
Genesis 18:21I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.”
Isaiah 64:1If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence,

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