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Exodus 4:19

And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.

KJV

Dixit ergo Dominus ad Moysen in Madian : Vade, et revertere in Ægyptum, mortui sunt enim omnes qui quærebant animam tuam.

Vulgate

εἶπεν δὲ Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν ἐν Μαδιάμ Βάδιζε ἄπελθε εἰς Αἴγυπτον· τεθνήκασιν γὰρ πάντες οἱ ζητοῦντές σου τὴν ψυχήν.

LXX

And Jehovah said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt; for all the men are dead that sought thy life.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֤ה אֶל מֹשֶׁה֙ בְּ/מִדְיָ֔ן לֵ֖ךְ שֻׁ֣ב מִצְרָ֑יִם כִּי מֵ֨תוּ֙ כָּל הָ֣/אֲנָשִׁ֔ים הַֽ/מְבַקְשִׁ֖ים אֶת נַפְשֶֽׁ/ךָ

Hebrew

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In this verse

People MidianMoses

In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בַקֵּ֥שׁ
bqsh
verb · 225×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
י
y
noun · 752×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מִדְיָ֖ן
mdyn
proper_noun · 59×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
proper_noun · 634×
מֹשֶׁ֔ה
mshh
proper_noun · 750×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×

Intertextual echoes

Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.

  • Matt 2:20 · echo
    "Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child’s life."
    Exodus: those who sought your life are dead — return from Egypt like Moses

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Exod 2:15 — Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
  • Exod 2:15 — Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
  • Exod 2:23 — And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage
  • Exod 2:23 — And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage
  • Heb 11:27 — By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
  • Matt 2:20 — Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child’s life.
  • Matt 2:20 — Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child’s life.