Parallel Verses
Webster
Then Jethro, Moses's father-in-law, took Zipporah Moses's wife, after he had sent her back,
New American Standard Bible
Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Moses’ wife
King James Version
Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
Holman Bible
Now Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, had taken in Zipporah,
International Standard Version
Now Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, had taken back Moses' wife Zipporah after she had been sent away,
A Conservative Version
And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away,
American Standard Version
And Jethro, Moses father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses wife, after he had sent her away,
Amplified
Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Moses’ wife Zipporah, after he had sent her away [from Egypt],
Bible in Basic English
And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away,
Darby Translation
And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
Julia Smith Translation
And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, will take Zipporah, Moses' wife, after her sending forth,
King James 2000
Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses, took Zipporah the wife of Moses after her sending away,
Modern King James verseion
then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after she was sent back;
NET Bible
Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Moses' wife Zipporah after he had sent her back,
New Heart English Bible
Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, received Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away,
The Emphasized Bible
So Jethro, Moses father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses wife, - after she had been sent home;
World English Bible
Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, received Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away,
Youngs Literal Translation
and Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, taketh Zipporah, wife of Moses, besides her parents,
Themes
journey of israel through the Desert » To mount sinai » Jethro's visit
moses » Joined by his family in the wilderness
Zipporah » Separates from moses, is brought again to him by her father
Topics
Interlinear
Laqach
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 18:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jethro's Visit
1 When Jethro the priest of Midian, Moses's father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt: 2 Then Jethro, Moses's father-in-law, took Zipporah Moses's wife, after he had sent her back, 3 And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; (for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:)
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 2:21
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
Exodus 4:25-26
Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.