16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:

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16 “Go, assemble the elders(A) of Israel and say to them, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob(B)—appeared to me and said: I have watched over you and have seen(C) what has been done to you in Egypt.

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What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

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what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
    human beings that you care for them?[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 8:4 Or what is a human being that you are mindful of him, / a son of man that you care for him?

31 And the people believed: and when they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.

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31 and they believed.(A) And when they heard that the Lord was concerned(B) about them and had seen their misery,(C) they bowed down and worshiped.(D)

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29 And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:

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29 Moses and Aaron brought together all the elders(A) of the Israelites,

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24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

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24 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die.(A) But God will surely come to your aid(B) and take you up out of this land to the land(C) he promised on oath to Abraham,(D) Isaac(E) and Jacob.”(F)

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14 Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

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14 Simon[a] has described to us how God first intervened to choose a people for his name from the Gentiles.(A)

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  1. Acts 15:14 Greek Simeon, a variant of Simon; that is, Peter

The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:

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To the Elders and the Flock

To the elders among you, I appeal as a fellow elder(A) and a witness(B) of Christ’s sufferings who also will share in the glory to be revealed:(C)

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12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

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12 Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds(A) and glorify God(B) on the day he visits us.

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But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man that thou visitest him?

Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:

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But there is a place where someone(A) has testified:

“What is mankind that you are mindful of them,
    a son of man that you care for him?(B)
You made them a little[a] lower than the angels;
    you crowned them with glory and honor

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  1. Hebrews 2:7 Or them for a little while

17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.

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17 From Miletus,(A) Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders(B) of the church.

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30 Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

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30 This they did, sending their gift to the elders(A) by Barnabas(B) and Saul.(C)

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44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

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44 They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls.(A) They will not leave one stone on another,(B) because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming(C) to you.”

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68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,

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68 “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,(A)
    because he has come to his people and redeemed them.(B)

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