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


In Context

9 and the daughter of Pharaoh saith to her, 'Take this lad away, and suckle him for me, and I — I give thy hire;' and the woman taketh the lad, and suckleth him.

10 And the lad groweth, and she bringeth him in to the daughter of Pharaoh, and he is to her for a son, and she calleth his name Moses, and saith, 'Because — from the water I have drawn him.'

11 And it cometh to pass, in those days, that Moses is grown, and he goeth out unto his brethren, and looketh on their burdens, and seeth a man, an Egyptian, smiting a man, a Hebrew, one of his brethren,

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

13 And he goeth out on the second day, and lo, two men, Hebrews, striving! and he saith to the wrong-doer, 'Why dost thou smite thy neighbour?'

14 and he saith, 'Who set thee for a head and a judge over us? to slay me art thou saying it, as thou hast slain the Egyptian?' and Moses feareth, and saith, 'Surely the thing hath been 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 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 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.