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Acts 7:28

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7:28You don’t want to kill me the way you killed the Egyptian yesterday, do you?’79

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  1. 79 The Greek construction anticipates a negative reply which is indicated in the translation by the ‘tag’ at the end, “do you?” A quotation from Exod 2:14. Even though a negative reply was expected, the question still frightened Moses enough to flee, because he knew his deed had become known. This understanding is based on the Greek text, not the Hebrew of the original setting. Yet the negative here expresses the fact that Moses did not want to kill the other man. Once again the people have badly misunderstood the situation.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Do you want to kill me, the same way you killed the Egyptian yesterday?

NLTNew Living Translation

‘Are you going to kill me as you killed that Egyptian yesterday?’

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

You do not want to do away with me the same way you did away with the Egyptian yesterday, do you?’

KJV 1900King James Version

Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?