And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, to send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We are all dead men.
And in order to send them out of the land quickly, the Egyptians urged the people on. “For otherwise,” they said, “we are all going to die!”
And the Egyptians are urgent on the people, hasting to send them away out of the land, for they said, `We are all dead;'
And the Egyptians urged the people, to send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We are all dead [men]!
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentExodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.
- Author
- Moses — traditional attribution; internal narrator identifies Moses as recorder (17:14, 24:4, 34:27)
- Date
- 15th or 13th century BC, depending on chronology of the exodus