New English Translation
Exodus 2:25
25God saw the Israelites, and God understood….
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)God saw the people of Israel—and God knew.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God acknowledged them.
Context of Exodus 2:25
23During that long period of time the king of Egypt died, and the Israelites groaned because of the slave labor. They cried out, and their desperate cry because of their slave labor went up to God. 24God heard their groaning, God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob, God saw the Israelites, and God understood….
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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. When they heard that the Lord had attended to the Israelites and that he had seen their affliction, they bowed down close to the ground.
- 1 Samuel 1:11She made a vow saying, “O Lord of hosts, if you will look with compassion on the suffering of your female servant, remembering me and not forgetting your servant, and give a male child to your servant, then I will dedicate him to the Lord all the days of his life. His hair will never be cut.”
- 2 Samuel 16:12Perhaps the Lord will notice my affliction and this day grant me good in place of his curse.”
- Job 33:27That person sings to others, saying: ‘I have sinned and falsified what is right, but I was not punished according to what I deserved.
- Luke 1:25“This is what the Lord has done for me at the time when he has been gracious to me, to take away my disgrace among people.”
- Exodus 1:8Then a new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power over Egypt.
- Exodus 3:7The Lord said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt. I have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
- Psalms 1:6Certainly the Lord guards the way of the godly, but the way of the wicked ends in destruction.
- Psalms 55:22Throw your burden upon the Lord, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the godly to be upended.
- Matthew 7:23Then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!’
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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