Acts 7:24 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

and having seen a certain one suffering injustice, he did defend, and did justice to the oppressed, having smitten the Egyptian;

And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, smiting the Egyptian:

English Amplified

And on seeing one of them being unjustly treated, he defended the oppressed man and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian and slaying [him].

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And on seeing one of them being unjustly treated, he defended the oppressed man and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian and slaying [him].

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

And when he saw one of them being mistreated, Moses went to his defense and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian who was oppressing him.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

When he saw one of them being mistreated, he came to his rescue and avenged the oppressed man by striking down the Egyptian.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

and seeing a certain one wronged, he defended [him], and avenged him that was being oppressed, smiting the Egyptian.

English EASY 2024

He saw that an Egyptian man was being cruel to one of the Israelite men. So he went to help the Israelite man. He killed the Egyptian man to punish him.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

He saw one of them being mistreated by an Egyptian, so he defended him. Moses hit the Egyptian to pay him back for hurting the man. He hit him so hard that it killed him.

English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles

And seeing one of them being wronged, he defended the oppressed man and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

He saw one of them being mistreated by an Egyptian, so he went to his help and took revenge on the Egyptian by killing him. (

English God's Word - GW 1995

When he saw an Israelite man being treated unfairly by an Egyptian, he defended the Israelite. He took revenge by killing the Egyptian.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

When he saw one of them being mistreated, he came to his rescue and avenged the oppressed man by striking down the Egyptian.

English KJV 1611

And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:

And when he saw one of them being treated unjustly, he defended him and took justice for the oppressed by striking down the Egyptian.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

But seeing one being wronged, he defended him, and avenged him who was oppressed, and struck the Egyptian.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"And when he saw one of them being treated unjustly, he defended him and took vengeance for the oppressed by striking down the Egyptian.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

When he saw one of them treated unjustly, he defended and avenged the oppressed man by striking down the Egyptian.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

When he saw one of them being hurt unfairly, Moses came to his defense and avenged the person who was mistreated by striking down the Egyptian.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

He saw one of them being treated badly by a man of Egypt. So he went to help him. He got even by killing the man.

He saw one of them being mistreated by an Egyptian, so he went to his defense and avenged him by killing the Egyptian.

English NKJ 1982

And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended and avenged him who was oppressed, and struck down the Egyptian.

During this visit, he saw an Egyptian mistreating a man of Israel. So Moses came to his defense and avenged him, killing the Egyptian.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

When he saw one of them being wronged, he defended the oppressed man and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

One day he saw one of our people being violently mistreated, so he came to his rescue, and with his own hands Moses murdered the abusive Egyptian.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And seeing one of them being wronged, he defended the oppressed man and avenged him by striking the Egyptian.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

During this visit he saw an Egyptian mistreating a man of Israel. So Moses killed the Egyptian.

English Tyndale 1537

And when he saw one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged his quarrel that had the harm done to him, and smote the Egyptian.