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
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.
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,
Themes
Jethro » Moses spent forty years of exile with, and married his daughter
Topics
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 2:21
Verse Info
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.