Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And to the priest of Midian, seven daughters: and they will come and will draw and fill the watering troughs to water the sheep of their father.
New American Standard Bible
Now
King James Version
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
Holman Bible
Now the priest of Midian
International Standard Version
Meanwhile, the seven daughters of a certain Midianite priest would come to draw water in order to fill water troughs for their father's sheep.
A Conservative Version
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. And they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
American Standard Version
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
Amplified
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came and drew water [from the well where Moses was resting] and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
Bible in Basic English
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came to get water for their father's flock.
Darby Translation
And the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs, to water their father's flock.
King James 2000
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[Now] the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and drew water and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
Modern King James verseion
And the priest of Midian had seven daughters. And they came and drew, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The priest of Midian had seven daughters which came and drew water and filled the troughs, for to water their father's sheep.
NET Bible
Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and began to draw water and fill the troughs in order to water their father's flock.
New Heart English Bible
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
The Emphasized Bible
Now, the priest of Midian, had seven daughters, - and they came and drew and filled the troughs, to water their fathers flock.
Webster
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
World English Bible
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
Youngs Literal Translation
And to a priest of Midian are seven daughters, and they come and draw, and fill the troughs, to water the flock of their father,
Themes
Children » Female » Usefully employed
Jethro » Moses spent forty years of exile with, and married his daughter
Midianites » A small part of » Retained the knowledge and worship of jehovah
Priest » Before moses » Jethro
Sheep » Flocks of » Attended by members of the family
Sheep » Flocks of » Watered every day
Shepherd » Instances of » The daughters of jethro
Woman » Often engaged in » Tending sheep
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 2:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Moses In Midian
15 And Pharaoh will hear this word, and he will seek to kill Moses. And Moses will flee from the face of Pharaoh, and he will dwell in the land of Midian: and he will sit down by the well. 16 And to the priest of Midian, seven daughters: and they will come and will draw and fill the watering troughs to water the sheep of their father. 17 And the shepherds will come, and will expel them: and Moses will rise up and help them, and will water their sheep.
Cross References
Genesis 24:11
And he will make his camels to kneel down without the city by the well of waters, at the time of evening, of the going forth to draw water.
Exodus 3:1
And Moses was feeding the sheep of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he will lead the sheep behind the desert, and he will come to the mountain of God, to Horeb.
1 Samuel 9:11
They going up in the ascent of the city and they found girls going forth to draw water, and they will say to them, Is he seeing, here?
Genesis 14:18
And Melchise-dek, king of Salem, bringing forth bread and wine: and he is priest of the most high God.
Genesis 24:14-20
And it shall be the girl to whom saying to her, incline now thy bucket, and I will drink; and she said, Drink, and I will also give thy camels to drink; thou didst appoint for thy servant Isaak; and by it I shall know that thou didst kindness with my lord.
Genesis 29:6-10
And he will say to them, Is health to him? and they will say, Health: Behold, Rachel his daughter came with the sheep.
Genesis 41:45
And Pharaoh will call Joseph's name Zaphnath-paaneah; and he will give to him Asenath, daughter of PotiPherah, priest of Ain, for a wife; and Joseph will go forth over the land of Egypt