6and openeth, and seeth him — the lad, and lo, a child weeping! and she hath pity on him, and saith, 'This is one of the Hebrews' children.'


In Context

3 and she hath not been able any more to hide him, and she taketh for him an ark of rushes, and daubeth it with bitumen and with pitch, and putteth the lad in it, and putteth it in the weeds by the edge of the River;

4 and his sister stationeth herself afar off, to know what is done to him.

5 And a daughter of Pharaoh cometh down to bathe at the River, and her damsels are walking by the side of the River, and she seeth the ark in the midst of the weeds, and sendeth her handmaid, and she taketh it,

6 and openeth, and seeth him — the lad, and lo, a child weeping! and she hath pity on him, and saith, 'This is one of the Hebrews' children.'

7 And his sister saith unto the daughter of Pharaoh, 'Do I go? when I have called for thee a suckling woman of the Hebrews, then she doth suckle the lad for thee;'

8 and the daughter of Pharaoh saith to her, 'Go;' and the virgin goeth, and calleth the mother of the lad,

Exodus 2:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:6And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:6She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. "This is one of the Hebrew babies," she said.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:6She opened it and seeing within it an infant crying, having compassion on it she said: This is one of the babes of the Hebrews.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:6And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:6And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6She 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.|

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:6And 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.