Hebrews 11:23
By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment.
KJV
Πίστει Μωϋσῆς γεννηθεὶς ἐκρύβη τρίμηνον ὑπὸ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ, διότι εἶδον ἀστεῖον τὸ παιδίον, καὶ οὐκ ἐφοβήθησαν τὸ διάταγμα τοῦ βασιλέως.
Greek NT
Fide Moyses, natus, occultatus est mensibus tribus a parentibus suis, eo quod vidissent elegantem infantem, et non timuerunt regis edictum.
Vulgate
By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw he was a goodly child; and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment.
ASV
By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months by his parents: because they saw he was a comely babe, and they feared not the king's edict.
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18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Intertextual echoes
This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.
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Exod 2:2 · paraphrase"And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months."Exodus: Moses was hidden three months — his parents acted by faith
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Many prophets and righteous men (it is said) have desired to see those things which you see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which you hear and have not heard them. Matthew 13:17 Did then those righteous men know all the things to come? Yea, most certainly. For if because of the weakness of those who were not able to receive Him, the Son was not revealed, — …
Cross-references
- Acts 7:20 — In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father’s house three months:
- Acts 7:20 — In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father’s house three months:
- Dan 3:16 — Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.
- Dan 6:10 — Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave
- Exod 1:16 — And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
- Exod 1:22 — And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
- Exod 2:2 — And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
- Exod 2:2 — And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
- Heb 13:6 — So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
- Isa 8:12 — Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
- Isa 41:10 — Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
- Isa 41:14 — Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
- Isa 51:7 — Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
- Isa 51:12 — I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
- Josh 2:6 — But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
- Luke 12:4 — And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
- Matt 10:28 — And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
- Ps 56:4 — In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
- Ps 118:6 — The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?