Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And the keepers of the sheep came up and were driving them away; but Moses got up and came to their help, watering their flock for them.
New American Standard Bible
Then the shepherds came and drove them away, but
King James Version
And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
Holman Bible
Then some shepherds arrived and drove them away, but Moses came to their rescue and watered their flock.
International Standard Version
Some shepherds came to drive them away, but Moses got up, came to their rescue, and watered their sheep.
A Conservative Version
And the shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
American Standard Version
And the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
Amplified
Then shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses stood up and helped them and watered their flock.
Darby Translation
And the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses rose and helped them, and watered their flock.
Julia Smith Translation
And the shepherds will come, and will expel them: and Moses will rise up and help them, and will water their sheep.
King James 2000
And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses stood up and came to their rescue and watered their flock.
Modern King James verseion
And the shepherds came and drove them away. But Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the shepherds came and drove them away: But Moses stood up and helped them and watered their sheep.
NET Bible
When some shepherds came and drove them away, Moses came up and defended them and then watered their flock.
New Heart English Bible
The shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
The Emphasized Bible
Then came the shepherds, and drave them away, - so Moses rose up, and succoured them, and watered their flock,
Webster
And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
World English Bible
The shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
Youngs Literal Translation
and the shepherds come and drive them away, and Moses ariseth, and saveth them, and watereth their flock.
Themes
Brotherly kindness » Examples of » moses
Jethro » Moses spent forty years of exile with, and married his daughter
Kindness » Examples of » moses
Selfishness » Examples of » Cain's cold-blooded words concerning abel
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 2:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Moses In Midian
16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came to get water for their father's flock. 17 And the keepers of the sheep came up and were driving them away; but Moses got up and came to their help, watering their flock for them. 18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that you have come back so quickly today?
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Cross References
Genesis 29:10
Then when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, coming with Laban's sheep, he came near, and rolling the stone away from the mouth of the hole, he got water for Laban's flock.
Genesis 21:25
But Abraham made a protest to Abimelech because of a water-hole which Abimelech's servants had taken by force.
Genesis 26:15-22
Now all the water-holes, which his father's servants had made in the days of Abraham, had been stopped up with earth by the Philistines.
Exodus 2:12
And turning this way and that, and seeing no one, he put the Egyptian to death, covering his body with sand.