Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Looking this way and that and seeing no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. New Living Translation After looking in all directions to make sure no one was watching, Moses killed the Egyptian and hid the body in the sand. English Standard Version He looked this way and that, and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. Berean Standard Bible After looking this way and that and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand. King James Bible 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. New King James Version So he looked this way and that way, and when he saw no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. New American Standard Bible So he looked this way and that, and when he saw that there was no one around, he struck and killed the Egyptian, and hid his body in the sand. NASB 1995 So he looked this way and that, and when he saw there was no one around, he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. NASB 1977 So he looked this way and that, and when he saw there was no one around, he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. Legacy Standard Bible So he turned this way and that, and he saw that there was no one around. So he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. Amplified Bible He turned to look around, and seeing no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. Christian Standard Bible Looking all around and seeing no one, he struck the Egyptian dead and hid him in the sand. Holman Christian Standard Bible Looking all around and seeing no one, he struck the Egyptian dead and hid him in the sand. American Standard Version 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. Contemporary English Version Moses looked around to see if anyone was watching, then he killed the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand. English Revised Version 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation He looked all around, and when he didn't see anyone, he beat the Egyptian to death and hid the body in the sand. Good News Translation Moses looked all around, and when he saw that no one was watching, he killed the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand. International Standard Version Looking around and seeing no one else, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. Majority Standard Bible After looking this way and that and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand. NET Bible He looked this way and that and saw that no one was there, and then he attacked the Egyptian and concealed the body in the sand. New Heart English Bible 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. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand he turns here and there, and sees that there is no man, and strikes the Egyptian, and hides him in the sand. Young's Literal Translation and he turneth hither and thither, and seeth that there is no man, and smiteth the Egyptian, and hideth him in the sand. Smith's Literal Translation And he will turn hither and thither, and will see that there is no man, and he will smite the Egyptian, and hide him in the sand. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd 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. Catholic Public Domain Version And when he had looked around this way and that, and had seen no one nearby, he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. New American Bible Looking about and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. New Revised Standard Version He looked this way and that, and seeing no one he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man watching, he slew the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And he turned here and there and he saw that there was no man, and he killed the Egyptian, and he buried him in the sand. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And 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. Brenton Septuagint Translation And having looked round this way and that way, he sees no one; and he smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Moses Kills an Egyptian11One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people and observed their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people. 12After looking this way and that and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand. 13The next day Moses went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your companion?”… Cross References Acts 7:24-28 And 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 them, but they did not. / The next day he came upon two Israelites who were fighting, and he tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other?’ ... Hebrews 11:24-27 By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. / He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin. / He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward. ... Numbers 20:11-12 Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink. / But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust Me to show My holiness in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.” Acts 7:35 This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush. Genesis 12:12-13 and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live. / Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.” Genesis 37:18-20 Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him. / “Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another. / “Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!” 2 Samuel 11:14-15 The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah. / In the letter he wrote: “Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest battle; then withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and killed.” Matthew 5:21-22 You have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not murder’ and ‘Anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ / But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell. Romans 12:19 Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.” Genesis 4:8-10 Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him. / And the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I do not know!” he answered. “Am I my brother’s keeper?” / “What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground. 1 Samuel 24:4-7 So David’s men said to him, “This is the day about which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do with him as you wish.’” Then David crept up and stealthily cut off a corner of Saul’s robe. / Afterward, David’s conscience was stricken because he had cut off the corner of Saul’s robe. / So he said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD’s anointed. May I never lift my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s anointed.” ... 1 Kings 2:28-31 When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar. / It was reported to King Solomon: “Joab has fled to the tent of the LORD and is now beside the altar.” So Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, strike him down!” / And Benaiah entered the tent of the LORD and said to Joab, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But Joab replied, “No, I will die here.” So Benaiah relayed the message to the king, saying, “This is how Joab answered me.” ... Matthew 26:52 “Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him. “For all who draw the sword will die by the sword. Luke 12:2-3 There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known. / What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops. Proverbs 28:17 A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him. Treasury of Scripture 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. he looked. Acts 7:24-26 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian: … slew. Jump to Previous Body Covering Death Egyptian Glancing Hid Hideth Hither Killed Sand Slew Smiteth Smote Struck Thither Turned Turneth Turning WayJump to Next Body Covering Death Egyptian Glancing Hid Hideth Hither Killed Sand Slew Smiteth Smote Struck Thither Turned Turneth Turning WayExodus 2 1. Moses is born, and placed in a basket in the reeds of Nile.5. He is found, and brought up by Pharaoh's daughter; 7. who employs his mother to nurse him. 11. He kills an Egyptian. 13. He reproves a Hebrew. 15. He flees into Midian, and marries Zipporah. 22. Gershom is born. 23. God respects the Israelites' cry. After looking this way and that This phrase indicates Moses' awareness and caution. The Hebrew root for "looking" (נבט, nabat) suggests a deliberate and careful observation. Moses is not acting impulsively; he is fully aware of the gravity of his actions. This moment of hesitation reflects the internal conflict Moses faces, torn between his Egyptian upbringing and his Hebrew identity. Historically, this act of looking around signifies a moment of decision, where Moses weighs the consequences of his actions, a theme that resonates with the moral and ethical dilemmas faced by believers today. and seeing no one he struck down the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand He slew the Egyptian.--Jewish commentators gloss over the act, or even eulogise it as patriotic and heroical. But it was clearly the deed of a hasty and undisciplined spirit. The offence did not deserve death, and if it had, Moses had neither legal office nor Divine call, justifying him in making himself an executioner. The result was, that, by his one wrong act, Moses put it out of his power to do anything towards alleviating the sufferings of his brethren for forty years. Hid him in the sand.--To the east of the Delta the sand creeps up close to the cultivated grounds. There are even patches of it within the Delta itself. Moses naturally remembered that he dug the grave "in the sand." Any other writer would probably have said "in the ground." Verse 12. - He looked this way and that way. Passion did not so move him as to make him reckless. He looked round to see that he was not observed,, and then, when he saw there was no man, slew the Egyptian. A wrongful act, the outcome of an ardent but undisciplined spirit; not to be placed among the deeds "which history records as noble and magnanimous (Kalisch), but among those which are hasty and regrettable. A warm sympathetic nature, an indignant hatred of wrong-doing, may have lain at the root of the crime, but do not justify it, though they may qualify our condemnation of it. (See the remarks of St. Augustine quoted by Keil and Delitzsch, 'Commentary on the Pentateuch,' vol. 1. p. 451: "I affirm that the man, though criminal and really the offender, ought not to have been put to death by one who had no legal authority to do so. But minds that are capable of virtue often produce vices also, and show thereby for what virtue they would have been best adapted, if they had but been properely trained," etc.) And hid him in the sand. There is abundant "sand" in the "field of Zoan," and in all the more eastern portion of the land of Goshen. (See the 'Quarterly Statement of the Palestine Exploration Fund' for July, 1880, p. 140.)Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew After lookingוַיִּ֤פֶן (way·yi·p̄en) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6437: To turn, to face, appear, look all around כֹּה֙ (kōh) Adverb Strong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, now and seeing וַיַּ֖רְא (way·yar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7200: To see no אֵ֣ין (’ên) Adverb Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle one, אִ֑ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person he struck down וַיַּךְ֙ (way·yaḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5221: To strike the Egyptian הַמִּצְרִ֔י (ham·miṣ·rî) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 4713: Egyptian -- inhabitant of Egypt and hid his body וַֽיִּטְמְנֵ֖הוּ (way·yiṭ·mə·nê·hū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 2934: To hide, conceal in the sand. בַּחֽוֹל׃ (ba·ḥō·wl) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2344: Sand Links Exodus 2:12 NIVExodus 2:12 NLT Exodus 2:12 ESV Exodus 2:12 NASB Exodus 2:12 KJV Exodus 2:12 BibleApps.com Exodus 2:12 Biblia Paralela Exodus 2:12 Chinese Bible Exodus 2:12 French Bible Exodus 2:12 Catholic Bible OT Law: Exodus 2:12 He looked this way and that way (Exo. 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