Exodus 2:14 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 2:14

But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “This thing I have done has surely become known.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Moses, for reproving him is immediately charged with a design to kill him. An attempt upon his sin was interpreted an attempt upon his life; and his having killed the Egyptian was thought sufficient to justify the suspicion; as if Moses made no difference between an Egyptian and a Hebrew.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

John Chrysostom

HOMILIES ON 2 CORINTHIANS 15.4 (407)

For so Moses for the sake of those he ruled left so great riches and treasures untold, "choosing to suffer affliction with the people of God," and before his appointment was leader of the people by his actions. Wherefore also very foolishly did that Hebrew say to him, "Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?" What sayest thou? Thou seest the actions and doubtest of the title? Just as if one seeing a physician using the knife excellently well, and succoring that limb in the body which was diseased, should say, `Who made thee a physician and ordered thee to use the knife?' `Art, my good Sir, and thine own ailment.' So too did his knowledge make him (i.e., Moses,) what he claimed to be. For ruling is an art, not merely a dignity, and an art above all arts.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַ֠יֹּאמֶר	Vai.yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
מִ֣י	mi	who?	H4310 →
שָֽׂמְךָ֞	sa.me.Kha	did he appoint you	H7760 →
לְאִ֨ישׁ	le.'Ish	to a man	H376 →
שַׂ֤ר	sar	a chief	H8269 →
וְשֹׁפֵט֙	ve.sho.Fet	and a judge	H8199 →
עָלֵ֔ינוּ	'a.Lei.nu	over us	H5921 →
הַלְהָרְגֵ֙נִי֙	hal.ha.re.Ge.ni	¿ to kill me	H2026 →
אַתָּ֣ה	'a.Tah	[are] you	H859 →
אֹמֵ֔ר	'o.Mer	saying	H559 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר	ka.'a.Sher	just as	H834 →
הָרַ֖גְתָּ	ha.Rag.ta	you killed	H2026 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַמִּצְרִ֑י	ha.mitz.Ri	the Egyptian	H4713 →
וַיִּירָ֤א	vai.yi.Ra'	and he was afraid	H3372 →
מֹשֶׁה֙	mo.Sheh	Moses	H4872 →
וַיֹּאמַ֔ר	vai.yo.Mar	and he thought	H559 →
אָכֵ֖ן	'a.Khen	truly	H403 →
נוֹדַ֥ע	no.Da'	it is known	H3045 →
הַדָּבָֽר׃	ha.da.Var	the matter	H1697 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Luke 19:14
But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’
leads to
- 1 Samuel 8:7
  And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as…
- Acts 7:51–52
  You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
- Acts 3:14–15
  You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.
- John 1:11
  He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
Through
Luke 12:14
But Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed Me judge or executor between you?”
leads to
- Romans 9:20
  But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”
- Romans 2:3
  So when you, O man, pass judgment on others, yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment?
- John 6:15
  Then Jesus, realizing that they were about to come and make Him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by Himself.
Through
Matthew 21:23
When Jesus returned to the temple courts and began to teach, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him. “By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And…
leads to
- Acts 4:7
  They had Peter and John brought in and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”