Exodus 12:33
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.
Exodus 12:33 in other translations
| BSB | 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!” |
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| WEB | The Egyptians were urgent with the people, to send them out of the land in haste, for they said, “We are all dead men.” |
| ASV | And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, to send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We are all dead men. |
| YLT | And the Egyptians are urgent on the people, hasting to send them away out of the land, for they said, ‘We are all dead;' |
| DARBY | And the Egyptians urged the people, to send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We are all dead men! |
| BBE | And the Egyptians were forcing the people on, to get them out of the land quickly; for they said, We are all dead men. |
| Webster | And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We are all dead men. |
What does Exodus 12:33 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 12:29-36
The Egyptians had been for three days and nights kept in anxiety and horror by the darkness; now their rest is broken by a far more terrible calamity. The plague struck their first-born, the joy and hope of their families. They had slain the Hebrews' children, now God slew theirs. It reached from the throne to the dungeon: prince and peasant stand upon the same level before God's judgments. The destroying angel…
Exodus 12:33 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 12:33
- Psalms 105:38
Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.
- Exodus 11:1
And the Lord said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.
- Genesis 20:3
But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.
- Numbers 17:12-13
And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish. Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the Lord shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
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- Exodus 12:32
Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.
- Exodus 12:33
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.
- Exodus 12:34
And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.
Exodus 12:33 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y los Egipcios apremiaban al pueblo, dándose priesa á echarlos de la tierra; porque decían: Todos somos muertos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et les Égyptiens pressaient le peuple, pour le renvoyer du pays en hâte; car ils disaient: Nous sommes tous morts. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Ägypter drängten das Volk, sie eilends aus dem Lande ziehen zu lassen; denn sie sagten: Wir alle sind des Todes! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Urgebantque Ægyptii populum de terra exire velociter, dicentes: Omnes moriemur. |