English Standard Version
Exodus 2:25
25God saw the people of Israel—and God knew.
Exodus 2:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.
- New International Version (NIV)So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God acknowledged them.
- New Living Translation (NLT)He looked down on the people of Israel and knew it was time to act.
Context of Exodus 2:25
23During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God. 24And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. God saw the people of Israel—and God knew.
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וַיַּ֥רְא אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶת־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיֵּ֖דַע אֱלֹהִֽים׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Exodus 2:25
- Exodus 4:31And the people believed; and when they heard that the Lord had visited the people of Israel and that he had seen their affliction, they bowed their heads and worshiped.
- 1 Samuel 1:11And she vowed a vow and said, "O Lord of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your servant and remember me and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a son, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall touch his head."
- 2 Samuel 16:12It may be that the Lord will look on the wrong done to me, and that the Lord will repay me with good for his cursing today."
- Job 33:27He sings before men and says: 'I sinned and perverted what was right, and it was not repaid to me.
- Luke 1:25"Thus the Lord has done for me in the days when he looked on me, to take away my reproach among people."
- Exodus 1:8Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.
- Exodus 3:7Then the Lord said, "I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I know their sufferings,
- Psalms 1:6for the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
- Psalms 55:22Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.
- Matthew 7:23And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.'
Commentaries on Exodus 2:25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25And God had respect unto them - אלהים וידע vaiyeda Elohim, God knew them, i.e., he approved of them, and therefore it is said that their cry came up before God, and he heard their groaning. The word ידע yada, to know, in the Hebrew Bible, as well as in the Greek Testament, is frequently used in the sense of approving; and because God knew - had respect for and approved of, them, therefore he was determined to deliver them. For אלהים Elohim, God, in the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-25Verses 23-25 The Israelites' bondage in Egypt continued, though the murdering of their infants did not continue. Sometimes the Lord suffers the rod of the wicked to lie very long and very heavy on the lot of the righteous. At last they began to think of God under their troubles. It is a sign that the Lord is coming towards us with deliverance, when he inclines and enables us to cry to him for it. God heard their groaning; he made it to appear that he took…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24-25The verbs here describe a God who understands his people's needs (heard … saw) and who is faithful and reliable (remembered His covenant). He fulfills his responsibilities in a relationship (took notice).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-2511. in those days, when Moses was grown--not in age and stature only, but in power as well as in renown for accomplishments and military prowess (Ac 7:22). There is a gap here in the sacred history which, however, is supplied by the inspired commentary of Paul, who has fully detailed the reasons as well as extent of the change that took place in his worldly condition; and whether, as some say, his royal mother had proposed to make him coregent and…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Exodus 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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