Exodus 2:14

“He said, “Who made you a man, a ruler and judge over us? Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and said, “Surely the thing is known.””
Exodus 2:14 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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He said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Whoמִיmade youשָׂמְךָa man,לְאִישׁa rulerשַׂרand judgeוְשֹׁפֵטover us?עָלֵינוּAre youהַ אַתָּהthinkingאֹמֵרof killing meלְהָרְגֵנִיasכַּאֲשֶׁרyou killedהָרַגְתָּthe Egyptian?”אֶת הַמִּצְרִיThen Mosesוַ מֹשֶׁהwas afraidיִּירָאand said,וַיֹּאמַר“Surelyאָכֵןthe thingהַדָּבָרis known.”נוֹדַע

Quotation · Acts 7:27-28

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Stephen quotes the Hebrew man’s answer to Moses just as it is in Exodus 2:14.

Formula: εἰπών “saying” (Acts 7:27)

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Greek of the New Testament: ὁ δὲ ἀδικῶν τὸν πλησίον ἀπώσατο αὐτὸν εἰπών Τίς σε κατέστησεν ἄρχοντα καὶ δικαστὴν ἐφ’ ἡμῶν μὴ ἀνελεῖν με σὺ θέλεις ὃν τρόπον ἀνεῖλες ἐχθὲς τὸν Αἰγύπτιον

Hebrew (Masoretic text): וַיֹּאמֶר מִי שָׂמְךָ לְאִישׁ שַׂר וְשֹׁפֵט עָלֵינוּ הַלְהָרְגֵנִי אַתָּה אֹמֵר כַּאֲשֶׁר הָרַגְתָּ אֶת הַמִּצְרִי וַיִּירָא מֹשֶׁה וַיֹּאמַר אָכֵן נוֹדַע הַדָּבָר

Septuagint (Exodus 2:13-14 in the Septuagint numbering): ἐξελθὼν δὲ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ᾇ ὁρᾷ δύο ἄνδρας Ἐβραίους διαπληκτιζομένους, καὶ λέγει τῷ Διὰ τί σὺ τύπτεις τὸν πλησίον ὁ δὲ εἶπεν τίς σε κατέστησεν ἄρχοντα καὶ δικαστὴν ἐφ’ ἡμῶν μὴ ἀνελεῖν με σὺ θέλεις ὃν τρόπον ἀνεῖλες ἐχθὲς τὸν Αἰγύπτιον ἐφοβήθη δὲ Μωυσῆς καὶ εἰπεν Εἰ οὕτως ἐμφανὲς γέγονεν τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο,.

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 19 consecutive words: “Τίς σε κατέστησεν ἄρχοντα καὶ δικαστὴν ἐφ’ ἡμῶν μὴ ἀνελεῖν με σὺ θέλεις ὃν τρόπον ἀνεῖλες ἐχθὲς τὸν Αἰγύπτιον.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Quotation · Acts 7:35

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Stephen quotes the question of Exodus 2:14 again to say that God sent as ruler and redeemer the one whom they had rejected.

Formula: εἰπόντες “saying” (Acts 7:35)

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Greek of the New Testament: Τοῦτον τὸν Μωϋσῆν ὃν ἠρνήσαντο εἰπόντες Τίς σε κατέστησεν ἄρχοντα καὶ δικαστήν τοῦτον ὁ θεὸς καὶ ἄρχοντα καὶ λυτρωτὴν ἀπέσταλκεν σὺν χειρὶ ἀγγέλου τοῦ ὀφθέντος αὐτῷ ἐν τῇ βάτῳ

Septuagint (Exodus 2:14-15 in the Septuagint numbering): ὁ δὲ εἶπεν τίς σε κατέστησεν ἄρχοντα καὶ δικαστὴν ἐφ’ ἡμῶν μὴ ἀνελεῖν με σὺ θέλεις ὃν τρόπον ἀνεῖλες ἐχθὲς τὸν Αἰγύπτιον ἐφοβήθη δὲ Μωυσῆς καὶ εἰπεν Εἰ οὕτως ἐμφανὲς γέγονεν τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο,. ἤκουσεν δὲ Φαραὼ τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο, καὶ ἐζήτει ἀνελεῖν Μωυσῆν· ἀνεχώρησεν δὲ Μωυσῆς ἀπὸ προσώπου Φαραὼ καὶ ᾤκησεν ἐν γῇ Μαδιάμ· ἐλθὼν δὲ εἰς γῆν Μαδιὰμ ἐκάθισεν ἐπὶ τοῦ φρέατος.

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 6 consecutive words: “Τίς σε κατέστησεν ἄρχοντα καὶ δικαστήν.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Exodus 2:14, word by word

He saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “yomer” appears

made youשָׂמְsam

appoint

To set someone as leader, or fix something.

Where else “sam” appears

a manאִישׁish

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

Where else “ish” appears

a rulerשַׂרsar

chief

Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.

Where else “sar” appears

and judgeשֹׁפֵטshofet

judge

To judge and do justice, defend the weak.

Where else “shofet” appears

of killing meהָרְגֵharge

kill

Kill, slay.

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the Egyptianמִּצְרִיmitsri

Egyptian

Egyptian.

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Then Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe

Moses

Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).

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was afraidיִּירָאyira

fear

To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.

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“Surelyאָכֵןachen

surely

A word that affirms strongly: «truly», «without doubt».

Where else “achen” appears

the thingדָּבָרdavar

thing

A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.

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is knownנוֹדַעnoda

know

To know something, realize.

Where else “noda” appears

Parallel passages

Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.

Quotation · Acts 7:27-28

Stephen quotes the Hebrew man’s answer to Moses just as it is in Exodus 2:14.

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Exodus 2:14

¹⁴He said, “Who made you a man, a ruler and judge over us? Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and said, “Surely the thing is known.”

Acts 7:27-28

²⁷But the one who was wronging his neighbor pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and judge over us?

Quotation · Acts 7:35

Stephen quotes the question of Exodus 2:14 again to say that God sent as ruler and redeemer the one whom they had rejected.

See them side by side

Exodus 2:14

¹⁴He said, “Who made you a man, a ruler and judge over us? Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and said, “Surely the thing is known.”

Acts 7:35

³⁵This Moses, whom they rejected, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and judge?’ this man God has sent as both ruler and redeemer with the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

The context

13He went out the next day, and look, two Hebrew men were fighting. And he said to the wicked one, “Why are you striking your companion?”

14 · This verse (above)

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

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