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.


In Context

9 Pharaoh's daughter said to her, |Take this child away, and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.| The woman took the child, and nursed it.

10 The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, and said, |Because I drew him out of the water.|

11 It happened in those days, when Moses had grown up, that he went out to his brothers, and looked at their burdens. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his brothers.

12 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.

13 He went out the second day, and behold, two men of the Hebrews were fighting with each other. He said to him who did the wrong, |Why do you strike your fellow?|

14 He said, |Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you plan to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian?| Moses was afraid, and said, |Surely this thing 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:12And 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.

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 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.