Acts 7:23-25

English Standard Version

²³“When he was forty years old, it came into his heart ^(A)to visit his brothers, the children of Israel. ²⁴And seeing one of them being wronged, he defended the oppressed man and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian. ²⁵He supposed that his brothers would understand that God was giving them salvation by his hand, but they did not understand.

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Acts 7:23-25

New King James Version

²³^(A)“Now when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel. ²⁴And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended and avenged him who was oppressed, and struck down the Egyptian. ²⁵For he supposed that his brethren would have understood that God would deliver them by his hand, but they did not understand.

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Acts 7:23-25

New American Standard Bible

²³But when he was approaching the age of forty, ^(A)it entered his ^[a]mind to visit his countrymen, the sons of Israel. ²⁴And when he saw one of them being treated unjustly, he defended and took vengeance for the oppressed man by fatally striking the Egyptian. ²⁵And he thought that his brothers understood that God was granting them ^[b]deliverance ^[c]through him; but they did not understand.

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Footnotes

Acts 7:23 Lit heart
Acts 7:25 Or salvation
Acts 7:25 Lit through his hand

Acts 7:23-25

New International Version

²³“When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his own people, the Israelites. ²⁴He saw one of them being mistreated by an Egyptian, so he went to his defense and avenged him by killing the Egyptian. ²⁵Moses thought that his own people would realize that God was using him to rescue them, but they did not.

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