Acts 7:34 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

I have surely seen the mistreatment of my people there in Egypt and I have heard their groaning and I have determined to rescue them. Now [get ready], I will send you to Egypt [to lead out in their rescue].’

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Because I have most assuredly seen the abuse and oppression of My people in Egypt and have heard their sighing and groaning, I have come down to rescue them. So, now come! I will send you back to Egypt [as My messenger]. [Exod. 3:1-10.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

“I have clearly seen the oppression my people have experienced in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning. I have come down to rescue them. Come! I am sending you to Egypt”.’

Catholic Public Domain Version

Certainly, I have seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning. And so, I am coming down to free them. And now, go forth and I will send you into Egypt.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Seeing 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, and I will send thee into Egypt.

Acts 7:34 Cross References

John 3:13

And no one has gone up to heaven except the One who has come down from heaven, [even] the Son of man. {Most translations do not contain the following words} “who is in heaven”.

John 6:38

For I have come down from heaven to do what God, who sent me, wants me to do, not what I want to do.