Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
And Moses consented to remain with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
Holman Bible
Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah
International Standard Version
Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
A Conservative Version
And Moses was content to dwell with the man, and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
American Standard Version
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
Amplified
Moses was willing to remain with the man, and he gave Moses his daughter Zipporah [to be his wife].
Bible in Basic English
And Moses was happy to go on living with the man; and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses.
Julia Smith Translation
And Moses will be contented to dwell with the man, and he will give Zipporah his daughter to Moses.
King James 2000
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses.
Modern King James verseion
And Moses was content to live with the man. And he gave Moses his daughter Zipporah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Moses was content to dwell with the man. And he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter which bare a son,
NET Bible
Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
New Heart English Bible
Moses was content to dwell with the man. He gave Moses Zipporah, his daughter.
The Emphasized Bible
And Moses was well-pleased to dwell with the man, - and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses.
Webster
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
World English Bible
Moses was content to dwell with the man. He gave Moses Zipporah, his daughter.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Moses is willing to dwell with the man, and he giveth Zipporah his daughter to Moses,
Themes
Jethro » Moses spent forty years of exile with, and married his daughter
Topics
Interlinear
Ya'al
Yashab
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 2:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Moses In Midian
20 And he said to his daughters, And where is he? why then have ye left the man behind? Call him, that he may eat bread. 21 And Moses consented to remain with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. 22 And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.
Cross References
Genesis 31:38-40
These twenty years have I been with thee: thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock I have not eaten.
Exodus 2:10
And when the child was grown, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, and said, Because I drew him out of the water.
Exodus 4:20-25
And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them riding upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the staff of God in his hand.
Exodus 18:2-6
And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
Numbers 12:1
And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had taken; for he had taken a Cushite as wife.
Philippians 4:11-12
Not that I speak as regards privation, for as to me I have learnt in those circumstances in which I am, to be satisfied in myself.
1 Timothy 6:6
But piety with contentment is great gain.
Hebrews 11:25
choosing rather to suffer affliction along with the people of God than to have the temporary pleasure of sin;
Hebrews 13:5
Let your conversation be without love of money, satisfied with your present circumstances; for he has said, I will not leave thee, neither will I forsake thee.
James 1:10
and the rich in his humiliation, because as the grass's flower he will pass away.