Exodus 2:14

New English Translation

The man replied, “Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? Are you planning to kill me like you killed that Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid, thinking, “Surely what I did has become known.”

Cross References

Genesis 13:8

Abram said to Lot, “Let there be no quarreling between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are close relatives.

Genesis 19:9

“Out of our way!” they cried, and “This man came to live here as a foreigner, and now he dares to judge us! We’ll do more harm to you than to them!” They kept pressing in on Lot until they were close enough to break down the door.

Genesis 34:27

Jacob’s sons killed them and looted the city because their sister had been violated.

Proverbs 19:12

A king’s wrath is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

Proverbs 29:25

The fear of people becomes a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord will be set on high.

Numbers 16:13

Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of the land that flows with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness? Now do you want to make yourself a prince over us?

Numbers 16:3

And they assembled against Moses and Aaron, saying to them, “You take too much upon yourselves, seeing that the whole community is holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the community of the Lord?”

Matthew 21:23

Now after Jesus entered the temple courts, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching and said, “By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”

Luke 12:14

But Jesus said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator between you two?”

Luke 19:14

But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to be king over us!’

Luke 19:27

But as for these enemies of mine who did not want me to be their king, bring them here and slaughter them in front of me!’”

Acts 7:35

This same Moses they had rejected, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and judge?’ God sent as both ruler and deliverer through the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

Hebrews 11:27

By faith he left Egypt without fearing the king’s anger, for he persevered as though he could see the one who is invisible.