Exodus 2:12
10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.
11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
13 And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?
14 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- After looking this way and that and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.
- KJV
- And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
- WEB
- He looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no one, he killed the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
- ASV
- And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
- DARBY
- And he turned this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
- BLB
- And he turned this way and that way, and he saw that [there was] no man, and he struck the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.
- ÅB
- Da vendte han seg hit og dit og så at det ikke var noen der, og så slo han egypteren ihjel og skjulte ham i sanden.
- OTB
- Han så seg omkring, og da han ikke så noen, slo han egypteren og skjulte ham i sanden.
- B1930
- Da vendte han sig hit og dit og så at det ikke var nogen der, og så slo han egypteren ihjel og skjulte ham i sanden.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 7:24–26
And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
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