Exodus 2:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

And it happened in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out to his brethren and looked at their burdens; and he saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his brethren.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and saw their forced labor. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his people.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And it happened in these dayes when Moses was waxte great, that he went out vnto his brethern ad loked on their burthens, and spied an Egiptian smytynge one of his brethern an Ebrue.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Vpon a tyme whan Moses was greate, he wente forth vnto his brethren, and loked vpon their burthens, and sawe, that an Egipcia smote one of his brethren ye Hebrues.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And in those dayes, when Moses was growen, he went forth vnto his brethren, & looked on their burdens: also he sawe an Egyptian smiting an Ebrewe one of his brethren.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And in those dayes, when Moyses was waxed great, he went out vnto his brethren, & loked on their burdens, and spyed an Egyptian smytyng an Hebrue which was one of his brethren.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Now when Moses had become a man, one day he went out to his people and saw how hard their work was; and he saw an Egyptian giving blows to a Hebrew, one of his people.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The Presumption of the Deliverer In those days, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and observed their hard labor, and he saw an Egyptian man attacking a Hebrew man, one of his own people.

Referenced Verses

  • Heb 11:24-26 : 24 By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, 25 choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, 26 esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt; for he looked to the reward.
  • Exod 1:11 : 11 Therefore they set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
  • Matt 11:28 : 28 Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
  • Luke 4:18 : 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
  • Acts 7:22-24 : 22 And Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and deeds. 23 And when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel. 24 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him who was oppressed, and struck the Egyptian.
  • Exod 3:7 : 7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows;
  • Exod 5:9 : 9 Let more work be laid upon the men, so they may labor in it; and let them not regard lying words.
  • Exod 5:14 : 14 And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and questioned, Why have you not fulfilled your task in making bricks both yesterday and today, as before?
  • Isa 58:6 : 6 Is this not the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 2:12-15
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    12And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.

    13And when he went out the next day, behold, two Hebrew men were fighting, and he said to the one who did the wrong, Why are you hitting your fellow?

    14And he said, Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Are you intending to kill me as you killed the Egyptian? And Moses was afraid and said, Surely this thing is known.

    15When Pharaoh heard of this, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and dwelt in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well.

  • Acts 7:19-24
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    82%

    19This king dealt shrewdly with our people, and oppressed our forefathers, forcing them to expose their infants so that they might not live.

    20At this time Moses was born, and was exceedingly fair, and was brought up in his father's house for three months;

    21And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and brought him up as her own son.

    22And Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and deeds.

    23And when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.

    24And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him who was oppressed, and struck the Egyptian.

  • Exod 2:9-10
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    9Then Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages. So the woman took the child and nursed him.

    10And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, saying, Because I pulled him out of the water.

  • Acts 7:28-29
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    75%

    28Will you kill me, as you did the Egyptian yesterday?

    29Then Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he had two sons.

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    75%

    23By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king's command.

    24By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,

  • Exod 11:3-4
    2 verses
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    3And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people.

    4And Moses said, Thus says the LORD, About midnight I will go out into the midst of Egypt:

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    6And when she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby wept. She had compassion on him and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.

  • Exod 2:23
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    23Now it happened, in the process of time, that the king of Egypt died. The children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.

  • Exod 3:1
    73%

    1Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.

  • Exod 6:28
    72%

    28And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,

  • Exod 2:17
    72%

    17And the shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses stood up and helped them and watered their flock.

  • Exod 5:20
    72%

    20And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way as they came out from Pharaoh:

  • Num 20:15
    72%

    15how our fathers went down to Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians afflicted us and our fathers.

  • Exod 3:9-11
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    72%

    9Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.

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    11And Moses said to God, Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?

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    31When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight; and as he drew near to observe, the voice of the Lord came to him,

  • Num 14:13
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    13And Moses said to the LORD, Then the Egyptians will hear it, (for you brought up this people in your might from among them;)

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    7And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows;

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    71%

    8And Moses told his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the hardships that had come upon them along the way, and how the LORD delivered them.

  • Exod 4:18
    71%

    18And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, Let me go, I pray, and return to my brethren who are in Egypt, and see whether they are yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

  • Exod 2:2
    70%

    2And the woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months.

  • Exod 18:4
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    4And the name of the other was Eliezer, for the God of my father, he said, was my help and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.

  • Exod 2:19
    70%

    19And they said, An Egyptian delivered us from the hand of the shepherds, and he also drew water enough for us and watered the flock.

  • Lev 24:10
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    10And the son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel, and this son of the Israelite woman and a man of Israel fought together in the camp;