Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.

New American Standard Bible

Moses was willing to dwell with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses.

King James Version

And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

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.

Darby Translation

And Moses consented to remain with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

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,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And Moses
משׁה 
Mosheh 
Usage: 766

יאל 
Ya'al 
Usage: 18

to dwell
ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

with the man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

and he gave
נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

משׁה 
Mosheh 
Usage: 766

צפּרה 
Tsipporah 
Usage: 3

Context Readings

Moses In Midian

20 “So where is he?” he asked his daughters. “Why then did you leave the man behind? Invite him to eat dinner.” 21 Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage. 22 She gave birth to a son whom he named Gershom, for he said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”



Cross References

Genesis 31:38-40

I’ve been with you these 20 years. Your ewes and female goats have not miscarried, and I have not eaten the rams from your flock.

Exodus 2:10

When the child grew older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, “Because,” she said, “I drew him out of the water.”

Exodus 4:20-25

So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took God’s staff in his hand.

Exodus 18:2-6

Now Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, had taken in Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,

Numbers 12:1

Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he married (for he had married a Cushite woman).

Philippians 4:11-12

I don’t say this out of need, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.

1 Timothy 6:6

But godliness with contentment is a great gain.

Hebrews 11:25

and chose to suffer with the people of God rather than to enjoy the short-lived pleasure of sin.

Hebrews 13:5

Your life should be free from the love of money. Be satisfied with what you have, for He Himself has said, I will never leave you or forsake you.

James 1:10

but the one who is rich should boast in his humiliation because he will pass away like a flower of the field.

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