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.
• New International Version (NIV)The Egyptians urged the people to hurry and leave the country. “For otherwise,” they said, “we will all die!”
• 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.”

Context of Exodus 12:33

31And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve Yhwh, as ye have said. 32Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also. 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. 34And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders. 35And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they asked of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment:

Exodus 12:33 word by word

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

• 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 11:1And Yhwh said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.
• Psalms 105:38Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.
• Genesis 20:3But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.
• Numbers 17:12And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.

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