Exodus 6:9 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Moses told this to the Israelites, but they refused to listen to Moses because of their impatience and anguish of spirit and because of their cruel bondage.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Moses told this to the Israelites. But they didn’t listen to Moses, because of their complete exhaustion and their hard labor.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And so, Moses explained all these things to the sons of Israel, who did not agree with him, because of their anguish of spirit and very difficult work.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And Moses told all this to the children of Israel: but they did not hearken to him, for anguish of spirit, and most painful work.

Exodus 6:9 Cross References

Job 21:4

As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?

Exodus 1:14

and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, wherein they made them serve with rigour.

Exodus 14:12

Is not this the word that we spake unto thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

Exodus 2:23

And 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.

Exodus 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 us.

Exodus 6:10

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Proverbs 14:19

The evil bow before the good; And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

Proverbs 18:14

The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; But a broken spirit who can bear?

Numbers 21:4

And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.