Exodus 2:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”
Exodus 2:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Exodus 2:6 in 7 Bible Translations
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Exodus 2:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“She opened it, and saw the child, and behold, the baby cried. She had compassion on him, and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.””
Exodus 2:6 — World English Bible
Exodus 2:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And she opened it, and saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”
Exodus 2:6 — American Standard Version
Exodus 2:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and openeth, and seeth him--the lad, and lo, a child weeping! and she hath pity on him, and saith, `This is <FI>one<Fi> of the Hebrews' children.'”
Exodus 2:6 — Young's Literal Translation
Exodus 2:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And she opened [it], and saw the child, and behold, the boy wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is [one] of the Hebrews' children.”
Exodus 2:6 — Darby Translation
Exodus 2:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then she opened it, and sawe it was a childe: and beholde, the babe wept: so she had compassion on it, and sayde, This is one of the Ebrewes children.”
Exodus 2:6 — Geneva Bible
Exodus 2:6 LS — The Living Sword (2024)
“And she opened it and she saw him—the child—and behold, a boy was weeping, and she had compassion on him and said, "This is from the children of the Hebrews."”
Exodus 2:6 — The Living Sword
Exodus 2:6 in Context — Exodus 2
4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
6 And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children.
7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?
8 And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child’s mother.
What Does Exodus 2:6 Mean?
Exodus 2:6 is a verse from the Book of Exodus, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Exodus chapter 2. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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