Exodus 2:12

In 11 translations

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.

LSV

and he turns here and there, and sees that there is no man, and strikes the Egyptian, and hides him in the sand.

YLT

and he turneth hither and thither, and seeth that there is no man, and smiteth the Egyptian, and hideth him in the sand.

DBY

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.

DRC

And when he had looked about this way and that way, and saw no one there, he slew the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.

GNV

And he looked rounde about, and when he sawe no man, hee slewe the Egyptian, and hid him in the sande.

JPS

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.

LXXE

And having looked round this way and that way, he sees no one; and he smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.

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WLC

וַיִּ֤פֶן כֹּה֙ וָכֹ֔ה וַיַּ֖רְא כִּ֣י אֵ֣ין אִ֑ישׁ וַיַּךְ֙ אֶת־הַמִּצְרִ֔י וַֽיִּטְמְנֵ֖הוּ בַּחֽוֹל׃

LXX-Br

Περιβλεψάμενος δὲ ὧδε καὶ ὧδε οὐχ ὁρᾷ οὐδένα, καὶ πατάξας τὸν Αἰγύπτιον, ἔκρυψεν αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ ἄμμῳ.

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• Acts 7:24–26And 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. He assumed his brothers would understand that God was using him to deliver…

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