Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And he said to Moses, I, your father-in-law, have come to you, with your wife and your two sons.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
Holman Bible
He sent word to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons.”
International Standard Version
He told Moses, "I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you along with your wife and her two sons."
A Conservative Version
And he said to Moses, I, thy father-in-law Jethro, have come to thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
American Standard Version
and he said unto Moses, I, thy father-in-law Jethro, am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
Amplified
He sent a message to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons [who are] with her.”
Darby Translation
And he sent word to Moses: I, thy father-in-law Jethro, am come to thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will say to Moses, I thy father-in-law, Jethro, came to thee, and thy wife and her two sons with her.
King James 2000
And he said unto Moses, I your father-in-law Jethro am come unto you, and your wife, and her two sons with her.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he said to Moses, "I, your father-in-law Jethro, [am] coming to you and your wife and her two sons with her."
Modern King James verseion
And he said to Moses, I, your father-in-law Jethro, have come to you, and your wife and her two sons with her.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he sent word to Moses, "I, thy father-in-law Jethro, am come to thee; and thy wife also, and her two sons with her."
NET Bible
He said to Moses, "I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you, along with your wife and her two sons with her."
New Heart English Bible
He said to Moses, "I, Jethro, your father-in-law, am coming to you, with your wife and her two sons with her."
The Emphasized Bible
and said unto Moses, I, thy father-in-law, Jethro, am coming in unto thee, - and thy wife, and her two sons, with her.
Webster
And he said to Moses, I thy father-in-law Jethro have come to thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
World English Bible
He said to Moses, "I, your father-in-law Jethro, have come to you with your wife, and her two sons with her."
Youngs Literal Translation
and he saith unto Moses, 'I, thy father-in-law, Jethro, am coming unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.'
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
Interlinear
Sh@nayim
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 18:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jethro's Visit
5 And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to where Moses had put up his tent in the waste land, by the mountain of God. 6 And he said to Moses, I, your father-in-law, have come to you, with your wife and your two sons. 7 And Moses went out to his father-in-law, and went down on his face before him and gave him a kiss; and they said to one another, Are you well? and they came into the tent.