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Exodus 2:12

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.

KJV

Cumque circumspexisset huc atque illuc, et nullum adesse vidisset, percussum Ægyptium abscondit sabulo.

Vulgate

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

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יִּ֤פֶן כֹּה֙ וָ/כֹ֔ה וַ/יַּ֖רְא כִּ֣י אֵ֣ין אִ֑ישׁ וַ/יַּךְ֙ אֶת הַ/מִּצְרִ֔י וַֽ/יִּטְמְנֵ֖/הוּ בַּ/חֽוֹל

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
הוּ
hv
verb · 31×
ח֣וֹל
chvl
noun · 23×
יִּ֤פֶן
ypn
verb · 135×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כֹּֽה
kh
adverb · 574×
ם
m
verb · 499×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
noun · 76×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 7:24 — And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
  • Exod 2:17 — And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.