Exodus 2:6
And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children.
KJV
aperiens, cernensque in ea parvulum vagientem, miserta ejus, ait : De infantibus Hebræorum est hic.
Vulgate
ἀνοίξασα δὲ ὁρᾷ παιδίον κλαῖον ἐν τῇ θίβει· καὶ ἐφείσατο αὐτοῦ ἡ θυγάτηρ Φαραώ, καὶ ἔφη Ἀπὸ τῶν παιδίων τῶν Ἐβραίων τοῦτο.
LXX
And she opened it, and saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children.
ASV
וַ/תִּפְתַּח֙ וַ/תִּרְאֵ֣/הוּ אֶת הַ/יֶּ֔לֶד וְ/הִנֵּה נַ֖עַר בֹּכֶ֑ה וַ/תַּחְמֹ֣ל עָלָ֔י/ו וַ/תֹּ֕אמֶר מִ/יַּלְדֵ֥י הָֽ/עִבְרִ֖ים זֶֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 8:50 — And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they
- 1Pet 3:8 — Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
- Acts 7:21 — And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
- Luke 10:33 — But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,
- Neh 1:11 — O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and
- Prov 21:1 — The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
- Ps 106:46 — He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.