Acts 7:25

The Rejection and Flight of Moses

24And when he saw one of them being mistreated, Moses went to his defense and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian who was oppressing him.25He assumed his brothers would understand that God was using him to deliver them, but they did not.

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Berean Standard Bible
He assumed his brothers would understand that God was using him to deliver them, but they did not.
American Standard Version (1901)
and he supposed that his brethren understood that God by his hand was giving them deliverance; but they understood not.
Bible in Basic English
And he was hoping that his brothers would see that God had sent him to be their saviour; but they did not see.
Douay-Rheims 1899
And he thought that his brethren understood that God by his hand would save them; but they understood it not.
Free Bible Version
Moses thought his fellow Israelites would see that God was rescuing them through him, but they didn't.
Geneva Bible 1599
For hee supposed his brethren would haue vnderstand, that God by his hande should giue them deliuerance: but they vnderstoode it not.
King James (Authorized) Version
For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.
Plain English Version
Moses reckoned, ‘Now my people will understand about me, and they will know that God will use me to save them.’ But they didn’t understand that.
Translation for Translators
Moses was thinking that his fellow Israelis would understand that God had sent him to free them from being slaves. But they did not understand that.
Unlocked Literal Bible
he thought that his brothers would understand that God by his hand was rescuing them, but they did not understand.
Noah Webster Bible
For he supposed his brethren to understand that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.
World English Bible
He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand, was giving them deliverance; but they didn’t understand.
Young's Literal Translation
and he was supposing his brethren to understand that God through his hand doth give salvation; and they did not understand.