Parallel Verses

NET 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.

Holman Bible

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

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,

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
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 He said to his daughters, "So where is he? Why in the world did you leave the man? Call him, so that he may eat a meal with us." 21 Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage. 22 When she bore a son, Moses named him Gershom, for he said, "I have become a resident foreigner in a foreign land."

Cross References

Genesis 31:38-40

"I have been with you for the past twenty years. Your ewes and female goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten rams from your flocks.

Exodus 2:10

When the child grew older she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, saying, "Because I drew him from the water."

Exodus 4:20-25

Then Moses took his wife and sons and put them on a donkey and headed back to the land of Egypt, and Moses took the staff of God in his hand.

Exodus 18:2-6

Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Moses' wife Zipporah after he had sent her back,

Numbers 12:1

Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married (for he had married an Ethiopian woman).

Philippians 4:11-12

I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content in any circumstance.

1 Timothy 6:6

Now godliness combined with contentment brings great profit.

Hebrews 11:25

choosing rather to be ill-treated with the people of God than to enjoy sin's fleeting pleasure.

Hebrews 13:5

Your conduct must be free from the love of money and you must be content with what you have, for he has said, "I will never leave you and I will never abandon you."

James 1:10

But the rich person's pride should be in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a wildflower in the meadow.

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