Exodus 2:4
And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
Exodus 2:4 in other translations
| BSB | And his sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him. |
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| WEB | His sister stood far off, to see what would be done to him. |
| ASV | And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him. |
| YLT | and his sister stationeth herself afar off, to know what is done to him. |
| DARBY | And his sister stood afar off to see what would happen to him. |
| BBE | And his sister took her place at a distance to see what would become of him. |
| Webster | And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him. |
What does Exodus 2:4 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 2:1-4
Observe the order of Providence: just at the time when Pharaoh's cruelty rose to its height by ordering the Hebrew children to be drowned, the deliverer was born. When men are contriving the ruin of the church, God is preparing for its salvation. The parents of Moses saw he was a goodly child. A lively faith can take encouragement from the least hint of the Divine favour. It is said, He 11:23, that the parents of…
Exodus 2:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 2:4
- Numbers 26:59
And the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
- Exodus 15:20
And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
- Micah 6:4
For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
- Numbers 20:1
Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.
- Numbers 12:1-15
And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman. And they said, Hath the Lord indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the Lord heard it. (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.) And the Lord spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out. …
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Context
- Exodus 2:3
And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.
- Exodus 2:4
And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
- Exodus 2:5
And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
Exodus 2:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y paróse una hermana suya á lo lejos, para ver lo que le acontecería. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et sa sœur se tint à distance pour savoir ce qu’on lui ferait. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und seine Schwester stellte sich von ferne, um zu erfahren, was ihm geschehen würde. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | stante procul sorore ejus, et considerante eventum rei. |