Exodus 2:25

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And God saw the children of Israel, and God took knowledge of them.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Exod 4:31 : 31 And the people believed: and when they heard that Jehovah had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
Exod 3:7-8 : 7 And Jehovah said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people that are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; 8 and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
Luke 1:25 : 25 Thus hath the Lord done unto me in the days wherein he looked upon [me], to take away my reproach among men.
Exod 1:8 : 8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.
1 Sam 1:11 : 11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O Jehovah of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thy handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thy handmaid, but wilt give unto thy handmaid a man-child, {H2233} then I will give him unto Jehovah all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
2 Sam 16:12 : 12 It may be that Jehovah will look on the wrong done unto me, and that Jehovah will requite me good for [his] cursing of me this day.
Job 33:27 : 27 He singeth before men, and saith, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it profited me not:
Ps 1:6 : 6 For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous; But the way of the wicked shall perish.
Ps 55:22 : 22 Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
Matt 7:23 : 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Exod 2:23-24
2 verses
83%
23And it came to pass in the course of those many days, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
24And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
Exod 4:31
73%
31And the people believed: and when they heard that Jehovah had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
Exod 6:5
73%
5And moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.
Ps 106:44-45
2 verses
73%
44Nevertheless he regarded their distress, When he heard their cry:
45And he remembered for them his covenant, And repented according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
Exod 3:9
73%
9And now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: moreover I have seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
Exod 3:7
72%
7And Jehovah said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people that are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
Exod 14:31
72%
31And Israel saw the great work which Jehovah did upon the Egyptians, and the people feared Jehovah: and they believed in Jehovah, and in his servant Moses.
Num 24:2
71%
2And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came upon him.
Exod 14:10
71%
10And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians were marching after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto Jehovah.
Deut 32:19
70%
19And Jehovah saw [it], and abhorred [them], Because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.
Deut 9:27
70%
27Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin,
Acts 13:17
70%
17The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they sojourned in the land of Egypt, and with a high arm led he them forth out of it.
Judg 8:34
69%
34And the children of Israel remembered not Jehovah their God, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side;
Exod 3:16
69%
16Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, hath appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and [seen] that which is done to you in Egypt:
Hos 11:1
69%
1When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
Neh 9:9
69%
9And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red Sea,
Exod 24:11
69%
11And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: and they beheld God, and did eat and drink.
Isa 17:7
69%
7In that day shall men look unto their Maker, and their eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
2 Kgs 13:23
69%
23But Jehovah was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.
Exod 1:9
69%
9And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:
1 Chr 17:22
69%
22For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, Jehovah, becamest their God.
Exod 11:3
69%
3And Jehovah gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people.
2 Chr 15:4
69%
4But when in their distress they turned unto Jehovah, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.
Deut 26:7
69%
7and we cried unto Jehovah, the God of our fathers, and Jehovah heard our voice, and saw our affliction, and our toil, and our oppression;
Exod 1:7
69%
7And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
Exod 12:36
69%
36and Jehovah gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. And they despoiled the Egyptians.
Gen 33:5
69%
5And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are these with thee? And he said, The children whom God hath graciously given thy servant.
1 Chr 16:13
69%
13O ye seed of Israel his servant, Ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
Gen 31:5
69%
5and said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as beforetime; but the God of my father hath been with me.
2 Kgs 17:7
68%
7And it was so, because the children of Israel had sinned against Jehovah their God, who brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,
Num 1:54
68%
54Thus did the children of Israel; according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses, so did they.
Hos 8:2
68%
2They shall cry unto me, My God, we Israel know thee.
Exod 32:13-14
2 verses
68%
13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.
14And Jehovah repented of the evil which he said he would do unto his people.
Josh 22:33
68%
33And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and spake no more of going up against them to war, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and the children of Gad dwelt.
Deut 29:2
68%
2And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that Jehovah did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;
Ps 135:4
68%
4For Jehovah hath chosen Jacob unto himself, [And] Israel for his own possession.
Ps 78:35
68%
35And they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their redeemer.