Acts 7:34

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“I 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.’”

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“I 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.’”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“I have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and have heard their groaning, and I am come down to deliver them: and now come, I will send thee into Egypt.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“seeing I have seen the affliction of My people that <FI>is<Fi> in Egypt, and their groaning I did hear, and came down to deliver them; and now come, I will send thee to Egypt.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Acts 7:34 — 21 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 11:5Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.
  2. Genesis 11:7Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”
  3. Genesis 18:21I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.”
  4. Exodus 2:23After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
  5. Exodus 3:7The 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.
  6. Exodus 3:14God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
  7. 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.
  8. Exodus 6:5Furthermore, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered My covenant.
  9. Numbers 11:17And I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put that Spirit on them. They will help you bear the burden of the people, so that you do not have to bear it by yourself.
  10. Judges 2:18Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under those who oppressed them and afflicted them.
  11. Judges 10:15“We have sinned,” the Israelites said to the LORD. “Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us today!”
  12. Nehemiah 9:9You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea.
  13. Psalms 105:26He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen.
  14. Psalms 106:44Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.
  15. Psalms 144:5Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.
  16. Isaiah 63:8For He said, “They are surely My people, sons who will not be disloyal.” So He became their Savior.
  17. Isaiah 64:1If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence,
  18. Hosea 12:13But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
  19. Micah 6:4For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery. I sent Moses before you, as well as Aaron and Miriam.
  20. John 3:13No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
  21. John 6:38For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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