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Exodus 2:14

World English Bible

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.”

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Exodus 2:14 in other translations

And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? thinkest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely the thing is known.

Exodus 2:14 · American Standard Version

Exodus 2:14 in context

  1. 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.
  2. 13He 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?”
  3. 14He 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.”
  4. 15Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and lived in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well.
  5. 16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.