Exodus 2:25

In 11 translations

BSB

God saw the Israelites and took notice.

KJV

And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.had…: Heb. knew

WEB

God saw the children of Israel, and God understood.

ASV

And God saw the children of Israel, and God took knowledge of them.

LSV

and God sees the sons of Israel, and God knows.

YLT

and God seeth the sons of Israel, and God knoweth.

DBY

and God looked upon the children of Israel, and God acknowledged [them].ElohimElohim

DRC

And the Lord looked upon the children of Israel, and he knew them.

GNV

So God looked vpon the children of Israel, and God had respect vnto them.

JPS

And God saw the children of Israel, and God took cognizance of them.

LXXE

And God looked upon the children of Israel, and was made known to them.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַיַּ֥רְא אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶת־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיֵּ֖דַע אֱלֹהִֽים׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐπεῖδεν ὁ Θεὸς τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ἐγνώσθη αὐτοῖς.

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• 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 55:22Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.
• Exodus 3:7–8The 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…
• Luke 1:25“The Lord has done this for me. In these days He has shown me favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.”
• Psalms 1:6For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
• Matthew 7:23Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’
• 2 Samuel 16:12Perhaps the LORD will see my affliction and repay me with good for the cursing I receive today.”
• 1 Samuel 1:11And she made a vow, pleading, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD…
• Job 33:27Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.
• Exodus 1:8Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.

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