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Exodus 2:13

And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?

KJV

Et egressus die altero conspexit duos Hebræos rixantes : dixitque ei qui faciebat injuriam : Quare percutis proximum tuum ?

Vulgate

ἐξελθὼν δὲ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ δευτέρᾳ ὁρᾷ δύο ἄνδρας Ἐβραίους διαπληκτιζομένους, καὶ λέγει τῷ ἀδικοῦντι Διὰ τί σὺ τύπτεις τὸν πλησίον;

LXX

And he went out the second day, and, behold, two men of the Hebrews were striving together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?

ASV

וַ/יֵּצֵא֙ בַּ/יּ֣וֹם הַ/שֵּׁנִ֔י וְ/הִנֵּ֛ה שְׁנֵֽי אֲנָשִׁ֥ים עִבְרִ֖ים נִצִּ֑ים וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ לָֽ/רָשָׁ֔ע לָ֥/מָּה תַכֶּ֖ה רֵעֶֽ/ךָ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
הִנֵּ֥ה
hnh
pronoun · 838×
הוּ
hv
noun · 186×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
ם
m
verb · 499×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
נִצִּ֖ים
ntsym
verb · 11×
עִבְרִ֔ים
'brym
noun · 34×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×
שְׁתֵּ֣י
shty
adjective · 765×
שֵּׁנִ֔י
shny
noun · 157×

Historic Christian voices

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

Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210221.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…

Cross-references

  • Acts 7:26 — 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?
  • Acts 7:26 — 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?
  • Gen 13:8 — And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
  • Gen 31:23 — And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
  • Prov 5:12 — And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;