12And he turned this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.


In Context

9 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Take this child away and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child and nursed it.

10 And when the child was grown, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, and said, Because I drew him out of the water.

11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out to his brethren and looked on their burdens; and he saw an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of his brethren.

12 And he turned this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.

13 And he went out on the second day, and behold, two Hebrew men were quarrelling; and he said to him that was in the wrong, Why art thou smiting thy neighbour?

14 And he said, Who made thee ruler and judge over us? dost thou intend to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? Then Moses feared, and said, Surely the matter is known.

Exodus 2:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:12And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:12Glancing this way and that and seeing no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:12And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:12And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:12And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:12And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:12He 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:12and he turneth hither and thither, and seeth that there is no man, and smiteth the Egyptian, and hideth him in the sand.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:12And 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.