Deuteronomy 26:7

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“So we called out to the LORD, the God of our fathers; and the LORD heard our voice and saw our affliction, toil, and oppression.”

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BSBPD

“So we called out to the LORD, the God of our fathers; and the LORD heard our voice and saw our affliction, toil, and oppression.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And when we cried unto the Lord God of our fathers, the Lord heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“and we cried unto Jehovah, the God of our fathers, and Jehovah heard our voice, and saw our affliction, and our toil, and our oppression;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and we cry unto Jehovah, God of our fathers, and Jehovah heareth our voice, and seeth our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Deuteronomy 26:7 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 2:23After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
  2. Exodus 2:25God saw the Israelites and took notice.
  3. Exodus 3:9And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them.
  4. Exodus 4:31and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.
  5. Exodus 6:5Furthermore, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered My covenant.
  6. 1 Samuel 9:16“At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him leader over My people Israel; he will save them from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked upon My people, because their cry has come to Me.”
  7. 2 Samuel 16:12Perhaps the LORD will see my affliction and repay me with good for the cursing I receive today.”
  8. Psalms 31:8You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
  9. Psalms 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
  10. Psalms 102:19For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth
  11. Psalms 103:1Bless the LORD, O my soul; all that is within me, bless His holy name.
  12. Psalms 116:1I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice— my appeal for mercy.
  13. Psalms 119:132Turn to me and show me mercy, as You do to those who love Your name.
  14. Jeremiah 33:2“Thus says the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it and established it, the LORD is His name:
  15. Ephesians 3:20Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,

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