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Acts 7:23
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21 But awhen he was set out, bPharaoh’s daughter took him away and brought him up as her own son.  
22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was amighty in words and deeds.  
23 a“Now when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel.  
24 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended and avenged him who was oppressed, and struck down the Egyptian.
25 For he supposed that his brethren would have understood that God would deliver them by his hand, but they did not understand.
26 And the next day he appeared to two of them as they were fighting, and tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brethren; why do you wrong one another?’
27 But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, a‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?  
28 Do you want to kill me as you did the Egyptian yesterday?’
29 aThen, at this saying, Moses fled and became a dweller in the land of Midian, where he bhad two sons.  
Verse Comparison: Acts 7:23

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American Standard Version
But when he was well-nigh forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.

Amplified® Bible
And when he was in his fortieth year, it came into his heart to visit his kinsmen the children of Israel [to help them and to care for them].

Contemporary English Version
When Moses was forty years old, he wanted to help the Israelites because they were his own people.

Darby English Version
And when a period of forty years was fulfilled to him, it came into his heart to look upon his brethren, the sons of Israel;

Good News Bible
"When Moses was forty years old, he decided to find out how his fellow Israelites were being treated.

International Standard Version
"When he was forty years old, his heart was moved to visit his brothers, the descendants of Israel.

King James Version
And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.

New American Standard Bible
"But when he was approaching the age of forty, it entered his mind to visit his brethren, the sons of Israel.

New International Version
"When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his fellow Israelites.

New King James Version
"Now when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"But when he approached the age of forty, it entered his mind to visit his brethren, the sons of Israel.

Young's Literal Translation
`And when forty years were fulfilled to him, it came upon his heart to look after his brethren, the sons of Israel;


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