Exodus 12:33

In 11 translations

BSB

And in order to send them out of the land quickly, the Egyptians urged the people on. “For otherwise,” they said, “we are all going to die!”

KJV

And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men.

WEB

The Egyptians were urgent with the people, to send them out of the land in haste, for they said, “We are all dead men.”

ASV

And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, to send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We are all dead men.

LSV

And the Egyptians are urgent on the people, hastening to send them away out of the land, for they said, “We are all dead”;

YLT

And the Egyptians are urgent on the people, hasting to send them away out of the land, for they said, 'We are all dead;'

DBY

And the Egyptians urged the people, to send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We are all dead [men]!

DRC

And the Egyptians pressed the people to go forth out of the land speedily, saying: We shall all die.

GNV

And the Egyptians did force the people, because they would send them out of the land in haste: for they said, We die all.

JPS

And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, to send them out of the land in haste; for they said: 'We are all dead men.'

LXXE

And the Egyptians constrained the people, so that they cast them out of the land with haste, for they said, We all shall die.

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WLC

וַתֶּחֱזַ֤ק מִצְרַ֨יִם֙ עַל־הָעָ֔ם לְמַהֵ֖ר לְשַׁלְּחָ֣ם מִן־הָאָ֑רֶץ כִּ֥י אָמְר֖וּ כֻּלָּ֥נוּ מֵתִֽים׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ κατεβιάζοντο οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι τὸν λαὸν σπουδῇ ἐκβαλεῖν αὐτοὺς ἐν τῆς γῆς· εἶπαν γὰρ, ὅτι πάντες ἡμεῖς ἀποθνήσκομεν.

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• Psalms 105:38Egypt was glad when they departed, for the dread of Israel had fallen on them.
• Exodus 11:1Then the LORD said to Moses, “I will bring upon Pharaoh and Egypt one more plague. After that, he will allow you to leave this place. And when he lets you go, he will drive you out completely.
• Genesis 20:3One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”
• Numbers 17:12–13Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost! Anyone who comes near the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Are we all going to perish?”

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