Exodus 6:9

In 11 translations

BSB

Moses relayed this message to the Israelites, but on account of their broken spirit and cruel bondage, they did not listen to him.

KJV

¶ And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.anguish: Heb. shortness, or, straitness

WEB

Moses spoke so to the children of Israel, but they didn’t listen to Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.

ASV

And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.

LSV

And Moses speaks so to the sons of Israel, and they did not listen to Moses, for anguish of spirit, and for harsh service.

YLT

And Moses speaketh so unto the sons of Israel, and they hearkened not unto Moses, for anguish of spirit, and for harsh service.

DBY

And Moses spoke thus to the children of Israel; but they did not listen to Moses from anguish of spirit, and from hard service.

DRC

And Moses told all this to the children of Israel: but they did not hearken to him, for anguish of spirit, and most painful work.

GNV

So Moses told the children of Israel thus: but they hearkened not vnto Moses, for anguish of spirit and for cruel bondage.

JPS

And Moses spoke so unto the children of Israel; but they hearkened not unto Moses for impatience of spirit, and for cruel bondage.

LXXE

And Moses spoke thus to the sons of Israel, and they hearkened not to Moses for faint-heartedness, and for their hard tasks.

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WLC

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר מֹשֶׁ֛ה כֵּ֖ן אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְלֹ֤א שָֽׁמְעוּ֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה מִקֹּ֣צֶר ר֔וּחַ וּמֵעֲבֹדָ֖ה קָשָֽׁה׃

LXX-Br

Ἐλάλησε δὲ Μωυσῆς οὕτω τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ· καὶ οὐκ εἰσήκουσαν Μωυσῇ ἀπὸ τῆς ὀλιγοψυχίας, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων τῶν σκληρῶν.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Exodus 5:21“May the LORD look upon you and judge you,” the foremen said, “for you have made us a stench before Pharaoh and his officials; you have placed in their hand a sword to kill us!”
• Job 21:4Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?
• Exodus 14:12Did we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”
• Numbers 21:4Then they set out from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, in order to bypass the land of Edom. But the people grew impatient on the journey
• Proverbs 14:19The evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

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