Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And she will not be able any more to hide him, and she will take for him an ark of bulrush, and will pitch it with bitumen and with pitch, and she will put in it the child, and will put in the sedge by the lip of the river.
New American Standard Bible
But when she could hide him no longer, she got him a
King James Version
And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
Holman Bible
But when she could no longer hide him, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with asphalt and pitch. She placed the child in it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.
International Standard Version
But when she was no longer able to hide him, she took a papyrus container, coated it with asphalt and pitch, placed the child in it, and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
A Conservative Version
And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch. And she put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river's edge.
American Standard Version
And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
Amplified
When she could no longer hide him, she got him a basket (chest) made of papyrus reeds and covered it with tar and pitch [making it waterproof]. Then she put the child in it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.
Bible in Basic English
And when she was no longer able to keep him secret, she made him a basket out of the stems of water-plants, pasting sticky earth over it to keep the water out; and placing the baby in it she put it among the plants by the edge of the Nile.
Darby Translation
And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of reeds, and plastered it with resin and with pitch, and put the child in it, and laid it in the sedge on the bank of the river.
King James 2000
And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with tar and with pitch, and put the child in it; and she laid it among the reeds by the river's bank.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But when she could no longer hide him, she got a papyrus basket for him, and she coated it with tar and with pitch, and she placed the boy in it, and she placed [it] among the reeds on the bank of the Nile.
Modern King James verseion
But when she could no longer hide him, she took an ark of papyrus for him, and daubed it with bitumen and with pitch, and put the child in it. And she laid it in the reeds by the river's edge.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And when she could no longer hide him, she took a basket of bulrushes and daubed it with slime and pitch, and laid the child therein, and put it in the flags by the river's brink.
NET Bible
But when she was no longer able to hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him and sealed it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child in it and set it among the reeds along the edge of the Nile.
New Heart English Bible
When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. She put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river's bank.
The Emphasized Bible
And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of paper-reed, and covered it over with bitumen, and with pitch, - and put therein the child, and laid it among the rushes upon the bank of the river.
Webster
And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
World English Bible
When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. She put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river's bank.
Youngs Literal Translation
and she hath not been able any more to hide him, and she taketh for him an ark of rushes, and daubeth it with bitumen and with pitch, and putteth the lad in it, and putteth it in the weeds by the edge of the River;
Themes
Bible stories for children » The baby's cry that won his way to a palace
Bitumen » Margin rv, slime » An inflammable mineral
Bulrush » Papyrus, rv » Moses' ark (basket) of
Children » Fondness and care of mothers for
Egypt » History of israel in » Moses exposed on the nile
Family » Examples of mothers' love » The mother of moses
Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Bulrushes
Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Flag
Home » Examples of mothers' love » The mother of moses
Jochebed » Nurses moses when he is adopted by pharaoh's daughter
Love » Examples of mothers' love » The mother of moses
Love » Maternal » The mother of moses
Maternal love » The mother of moses
moses » A levite and son of amram
moses » Moses and Christ - a parallel » Both were preserved in childhood
moses » Hidden in a small basket
Mothers » Love of, for children, examples of » The mother of moses
River Nile » Remarkable events connected with » Moses exposed on its banks
Parents » Good--exemplified » Mother of moses
Parents » Love examples of mothers' love » The mother of moses
Parents » Love of, for children examples of mothers' love » The mother of moses
Pitch » In making the basket in which moses was hidden
Rivers » Banks of » Covered with flags
Servant » Bond » Cruelty to » The israelites
Slime » Used in the ark (small basket) of moses when he was an infant
Women » Love of, for offspring examples of mothers' love » The mother of moses
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 2:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Birth And Early Life Of Moses
2 And the woman will conceive and will bring forth a son; and she will see him that he is good, and she will hide him three months. 3 And she will not be able any more to hide him, and she will take for him an ark of bulrush, and will pitch it with bitumen and with pitch, and she will put in it the child, and will put in the sedge by the lip of the river. 4 And his sister will stand afar off to know what will be done to him.
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Cross References
Isaiah 18:2
Sending messengers upon the sea, and in vessels of the bulrush upon the face of the waters, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation drawn out and sharpened, to a people to be feared from this, and farther off; a nation of might, of might, and of treading down, of which the rivers divided up its land.
Genesis 6:14
Make to thee a box of pitch wood; nests shalt thou make in the ark, and cover it from within and from without with pitch.
Genesis 11:3
And they shall say a man to his neighbor, Come, we will make bricks, and we will burn to a burning, and brick shall be to them for stone, and potter's clay shall be to them for potter's clay.
Genesis 14:10
And the valley of Siddim, pit, pit of pitch; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah shall flee and shall fall there; and those having remained shall flee to the mountain.
Exodus 1:22
And Pharaoh will command to all the people, saying, Every son being brought forth ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall preserve alive.
Isaiah 19:6
They cast away the rivers; the rivers of Egypt languished and dried up; the reed and the sedge pined away.
Matthew 2:13
And they, having gone back, lo, the messenger of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph, saying, Having risen, take to thyself the young child and his mother and flee into Egypt, and be there till I speak to thee; for Herod is about to seek the young child to destroy him.
Matthew 2:16
Then Herod, seeing he was deluded by the magi, was very angry, and having sent, destroyed all the children which in Bethlehem, and in all its bounds, from two years and under, according to the time he examined thoroughly of the magi.
Acts 7:19
He having deceived our race by sophistry, inflicted evil upon our fathers, to make their babes cast out, that they should not breed.