Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And Moses is willing to dwell with the man, and he giveth Zipporah his daughter to Moses,
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,
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.
Themes
Jethro » Moses spent forty years of exile with, and married his daughter
Topics
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 2:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Moses In Midian
20 and he saith unto his daughters, 'And where is he? why is this? -- ye left the man! call for him, and he doth eat bread.' 21 And Moses is willing to dwell with the man, and he giveth Zipporah his daughter to Moses, 22 and she beareth a son, and he calleth his name Gershom, for he said, 'A sojourner I have been in a strange land.'
Cross References
Genesis 31:38-40
These twenty years I am with thee: thy ewes and thy she-goats have not miscarried, and the rams of thy flock I have not eaten;
Exodus 2:10
And the lad groweth, and she bringeth him in to the daughter of Pharaoh, and he is to her for a son, and she calleth his name Moses, and saith, 'Because -- from the water I have drawn him.'
Exodus 4:20-25
and Moses taketh his wife, and his sons, and causeth them to ride on the ass, and turneth back to the land of Egypt, and Moses taketh the rod of God in his hand.
Exodus 18:2-6
and Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, taketh Zipporah, wife of Moses, besides her parents,
Numbers 12:1
And Miriam speaketh -- Aaron also -- against Moses concerning the circumstance of the Cushite woman whom he had taken: for a Cushite woman he had taken;
Philippians 4:11-12
not that in respect of want I say it, for I did learn in the things in which I am -- to be content;
1 Timothy 6:6
but it is great gain -- the piety with contentment;
Hebrews 11:25
having chosen rather to be afflicted with the people of God, than to have sin's pleasure for a season,
Hebrews 13:5
Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, 'No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'
James 1:10
and the rich in his becoming low, because as a flower of grass he shall pass away;