Acts 7:29
27 But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
28 Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?
Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
30 And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
31 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came unto him,
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
- At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons.
- KJV
- Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
- WEB
- Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
- ASV
- And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons.
- DARBY
- And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Madiam, where he begat two sons.
- BLB
- Now at this word Moses fled, and he became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons.
- ÅB
- Men Moses flyktet for dette ords skyld, og ble en utlending i Midians land og fikk der to sønner.
- OTB
- Ved denne bemerkningen flyktet Moses og ble en fremmed i landet Midian, hvor han ble far til to sønner.
- B1930
- Men Moses flyktet for dette ords skyld, og blev en utlending i Midians land og fikk der to sønner.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 18:2–4
Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,
Read in contextExodus 2:14–22
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.
Read in contextExodus 4:19–20
And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.
Read in context