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Exodus 6:9

And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.

KJV

Narravit ergo Moyses omnia filiis Israël : qui non acquieverunt ei propter angustiam spiritus, et opus durissimum.

Vulgate

ἐλάλησεν δὲ Μωυσῆς οὕτως τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ· καὶ οὐκ εἰσήκουσαν Μωυσῇ ἀπὸ τῆς ὀλιγοψυχίας καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων τῶν σκληρῶν.

LXX

And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.

ASV

וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר מֹשֶׁ֛ה כֵּ֖ן אֶל בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְ/לֹ֤א שָֽׁמְעוּ֙ אֶל מֹשֶׁ֔ה מִ/קֹּ֣צֶר ר֔וּחַ וּ/מֵ/עֲבֹדָ֖ה קָשָֽׁה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מֹשֶׁ֔ה
mshh
proper_noun · 750×
עֲבֹדָ֖ה
'bdh
noun · 145×
קְשֵׁה
qshh
adjective · 36×
קֹּ֣צֶר
qtsr
noun · 1×
ר֣וּחַ
rvch
noun · 377×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. Paul wishing to show the difference between the New and Old [Covenant], scatters it everywhere; and shoots from afar, and noises it abroad, and prepares beforehand. For at once even from the introduction, he laid down this saying, that to them indeed He spoke by prophets, but to us by the Son c. i. 1, 2, and to them at sundry times and in various manners, but to us through t…

Cross-references

  • Exod 1:14 — And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
  • Exod 5:21 — And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay
  • Exod 5:21 — And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay
  • Exod 6:12 — And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?
  • Exod 14:12 — Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wildern
  • Job 21:4 — As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
  • Mark 16:11 — And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.
  • Num 21:4 — And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.