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The People Confess Their Sins

Nehemiah 9:9

In 11 translations

BSB
You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea.Or the Sea of Reeds
KJV
And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;
WEB
“You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their cry by the Red Sea,
ASV
And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red Sea,
LSV
And see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, || And their cry have heard by the Sea of Suph,
YLT
and dost see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and their cry hast heard by the sea of Suph,
DBY
And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red Sea;
DRC
And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt: and thou didst hear their cry by the Red Sea.
GNV
Thou hast also considered the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their cry by the red Sea,
JPS
And Thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red Sea;
LXXE
And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and thou heardest their cry at the Red Sea.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַתֵּ֛רֶא אֶת־עֳנִ֥י אֲבֹתֵ֖ינוּ בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם וְאֶת־זַעֲקָתָ֥ם שָׁמַ֖עְתָּ עַל־יַם־סֽוּף׃
LXX-Br19:9
Καὶ εἶδες τὴν ταπείνωσιν τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ, καὶ τὴν κραυγὴν αὐτῶν ἤκουσας ἐπὶ θάλασσαν ἐρυθράν.

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  • Exodus 3:7–9The 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…
  • Acts 7:34I 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 14:10–14As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up and saw the Egyptians marching after them, and they were terrified and cried out to the LORD. They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you…
  • Exodus 3:16Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me and said: I have surely attended to you and have seen what has been done to…
  • Exodus 2:25God saw the Israelites and took notice.

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