NET Bible
"He looked this way and that and saw that no one was there, and then he attacked the Egyptian and concealed the body in the sand."
— Exodus 2:12, NET Bible
“And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.”
“And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. ”
“He looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no one, he killed the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.”
“And when he had looked about this way and that way, and saw no one there, he slew the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.”
“And turning this way and that, and seeing no one, he put the Egyptian to death, covering his body with sand.”
“And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.”
Pharaoh’s daughter said to her,“Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him.
When the child grew older she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, saying,“Because I drew him from the water.”
The Presumption of the Deliverer In those days, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and observed their hard labor, and he saw an Egyptian man attacking a Hebrew man, one of his own people.
He looked this way and that and saw that no one was there, and then he attacked the Egyptian and concealed the body in the sand.
When he went out the next day, there were two Hebrew men fighting. So he said to the one who was in the wrong,“Why are you attacking your fellow Hebrew?”
The man replied,“Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? Are you planning to kill me like you killed that Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid, thinking,“Surely what I did has become known.”
When Pharaoh heard about this event, he sought to kill Moses. So Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, and he settled by a certain well.