Exodus 2:12
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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.After looking this way and that and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.
In other translations
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.After looking this way and that and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.
Hebrew words
וַיִּפֶןvaiyifenand he turnedH6437כֹּהkohthusH3541וָכֹהvakhohand thusH3541וַיַּרְאvaiyar'and he sawH7200כִּיkithatH3588אֵין'einthere notH369אִישׁ'ish[was] a personH376וַיַּךְvaiyakhand he struck downH5221אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הַמִּצְרִיhamitzrithe EgyptianH4713וַיִּטְמְנֵהוּvaiyitmenehuand he hid himH2934בַּחוֹל׃bacholin the sandH2344
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Acts 7:24-2624 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian: 25 For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not. 26 And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?24 And when he saw one of them being mistreated, Moses went to his defense and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian who was oppressing him. 25 He assumed his brothers would understand that God was using him to deliver them, but they did not. 26 The next day he came upon two Israelites who were fighting, and he tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other?’
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