Exodus 4 · Verse 19

Exodus 4:19

And the Lord said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.
Exodus 4:19, King James Version

Exodus 4:19 in other translations

BSBNow the LORD had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who sought to kill you are dead.”
WEBThe LORD said to Moses in Midian, “Go, return into Egypt; for all the men who sought your life are dead.”
ASVAnd Jehovah said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt; for all the men are dead that sought thy life.
YLTAnd Jehovah saith unto Moses in Midian, ‘Go, turn back to Egypt, for all the men have died who seek thy life;'
DARBYAnd Jehovah said to Moses in Midian, Go, return to Egypt; for all the men are dead who sought thy life.
BBEAnd the Lord said to Moses in Midian, Go back to Egypt, for all the men are dead who were attempting to take your life.
WebsterAnd the LORD said to Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt; for all the men are dead who sought thy life.

What does Exodus 4:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
19. all the men are dead which sought thy life--The death of the Egyptian monarch took place in the four hundred and twenty-ninth year of the Hebrew sojourn in that land, and that event, according to the law of Egypt, took off his proscription of Moses, if it had been publicly issued.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 In Midian - This was a new revelation, and appears to have taken place after Moses returned to his father-in-law previous to his departure for Egypt.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 4:18-23

After God had appeared in the bush, he often spake to Moses. Pharaoh had hardened his own heart against the groans and cries of the oppressed Israelites; and now God, in the way of righteous judgment, hardens his heart against the teaching of the miracles, and the terror of the plagues. But whether Pharaoh will hear, or whether he will forbear, Moses must tell him, Thus saith the Lord. He must demand a discharge for…

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Exodus 4:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
יְהוָ֤הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֶל\־'el-toH413
מֹשֶׁה֙mo.ShehMosesH4872
בְּמִדְיָ֔ןbe.mid.Yanin MidianH4080
לֵ֖ךְlekhgoH1980
שֻׁ֣בshuvreturnH7725
מִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714
כִּי\־ki-forH3588
מֵ֙תוּ֙me.tuthey have diedH4191
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הָ֣אֲנָשִׁ֔יםha.'a.na.Shimthe menH582
הַֽמְבַקְשִׁ֖יםham.vak.Shimwho soughtH1245
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
נַפְשֶֽׁךָ\׃naf.She.khalife yourH5315

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 4:19

  • Matthew 2:20

    Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child’s life.

  • Exodus 2:23

    And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.

  • Exodus 2:15

    Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Midian.A country in Arabia Petræa, on the eastern coast of the Red Sea, near Mount Sinai. This place is still called by the Arabs the Land of Midian, or of Jethro. Abulfeda, speaking of Midian, says, "Madyan is a city, in ruins, on the shore of the Red Sea, on the opposite side to Tabuc, from which it is distant about six days' journey. At Midian may be seen the famous well at which Moses watered the flocks of Shoâib, (Jethro.) This city was the capital of the tribe of Midian in the days of the Israelites."
for all.
2:15,23; Mt 2:20

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Exodus 4:18

    And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

  • Exodus 4:19

    And the Lord said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.

  • Exodus 4:20

    And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.

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Exodus 4:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Dijo también Jehová á Moisés en Madián: Ve, y vuélvete á Egipto, porque han muerto todos los que procuraban tu muerte.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et l’ Éternel dit à Moïse, en Madian: Va, retourne en Égypte; car tous les hommes qui cherchaient ta vie sont morts.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Jehova sprach zu Mose in Midian: Gehe hin, kehre nach Ägypten zurück; denn alle die Männer sind gestorben, die nach deinem Leben trachteten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Dixit ergo Dominus ad Moysen in Madian: Vade, et revertere in Ægyptum, mortui sunt enim omnes qui quærebant animam tuam.