Exodus 6:9

New International Reader's Version

Moses reported these things to the Israelites. But they didn’t listen to him. That’s because they had lost all hope and had to work very hard.

Cross References

Job 21:4

“I’m not arguing with mere human beings. So why shouldn’t I be angry and uneasy?

Exodus 1:14

The people suffered because of their hard labor. The slave drivers forced them to work with bricks and mud. And they made them do all kinds of work in the fields. The Egyptians didn’t show them any pity at all. They made them work very hard.

Exodus 14:12

We told you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone. Let us serve the Egyptians.’ It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die here in the desert!”

Exodus 2:23

After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The people of Israel groaned because they were slaves. They also cried out to God. Their cry for help went up to him.

Exodus 5:21

They said to Moses and Aaron, “We want the Lord to look at what you have done! We want him to judge you for it! We are like a very bad smell to Pharaoh and his officials. You have given them an excuse to kill us with their swords.”

Exodus 6:10

Then the Lord said to Moses,

Proverbs 14:19

Evil people will bow down in front of good people. And those who do wrong will bow down at the gates of those who do right.

Proverbs 18:14

A cheerful spirit gives strength even during sickness. But you can’t keep going if you have a broken spirit.

Numbers 21:4

The Israelites traveled from Mount Hor along the way to the Red Sea. They wanted to go around Edom. But they grew tired on the way.