Exodus 12:33

Exodus 12:33 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Egyptians were urgent with the people to send them out of the land in haste. For they said, "We shall all be dead."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the Egyptians urged the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste. For they said, “We shall all be dead.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)All the Egyptians urged the people of Israel to get out of the land as quickly as possible, for they thought, “We will all die!”

Context of Exodus 12:33

31During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Up! Leave my people, you and the Israelites! Go, worship the Lord as you have requested. 32Take your flocks and herds, as you have said, and go. And also bless me.” The Egyptians urged the people to hurry and leave the country. “For otherwise,” they said, “we will all die!” 34So the people took their dough before the yeast was added, and carried it on their shoulders in kneading troughs wrapped in clothing. 35The Israelites did as Moses instructed and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold and for clothing.

Exodus 12:33 word by word

וַתֶּחֱזַ֤ק מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ עַל־הָעָ֔ם לְמַהֵ֖ר לְשַׁלְּחָ֣ם מִן־הָאָ֑רֶץ כִּ֥י אָמְר֖וּ כֻּלָּ֥נוּ מֵתִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the Egyptiansמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• were urgentחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: strengthenH2388
• upon the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• that they might sendשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• them out of the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• in hasteמָהַרmâhar · to hastenH4116
• for they saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• all deadמוּתmûth · to dieH4191

Cross-references for Exodus 12:33

• Exodus 11:1Now the Lord had said to Moses, “I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt. After that, he will let you go from here, and when he does, he will drive you out completely.
• Psalms 105:38Egypt was glad when they left, because dread of Israel had fallen on them.
• Genesis 20:3But God came to Abimelek in a dream one night and said to him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken; she is a married woman.”
• Numbers 17:12The Israelites said to Moses, “We will die! We are lost, we are all lost!

Commentaries on Exodus 12:33

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 33The Egyptians were urgent upon the people - They felt much, they feared more; and therefore wished to get immediately rid of a people on whose account they found they were smitten with so many and such dreadful plagues.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 29-36Verses 29-36 The Egyptians had been for three days and nights kept in anxiety and horror by the darkness; now their rest is broken by a far more terrible calamity. The plague struck their first-born, the joy and hope of their families. They had slain the Hebrews' children, now God slew theirs. It reached from the throne to the dungeon: prince and peasant stand upon the same level before God's judgments. The destroying angel entered every dwelling unmarked…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 31-33The same Pharaoh who had said that Moses would never again see his face and live (see 10:28) now asked for Moses to come and see him. Just as God had predicted, Pharaoh then ordered the Israelites to leave his land. He implicitly recognized the Lord’s power as he asked Moses to bless him. He never formally admitted that the Lord is God and that he, Pharaoh, was not.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-5115. Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread, &c.--This was to commemorate another circumstance in the departure of the Israelites, who were urged to leave so hurriedly that their dough was unleavened (Ex 12:39), and they had to eat unleavened cakes (De 16:3). The greatest care was always taken by the Jews to free their houses from leaven--the owner searching every corner of his dwelling with a lighted candle. A figurative allusion to this is made (1Co…Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 12:33

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Bereavement
• Egyptians
• Israel
• Miracles
• Passover

In the dictionaries

• Blood
• Convocation
• Cry
• Leaven
• Mean
• Observe
• Passover
• Purtenance
• Sojourning
• Strike

Commentaries on Exodus 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings