Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro,
New American Standard Bible
Now Moses was pasturing the flock of
King James Version
Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
International Standard Version
Meanwhile, Moses continued tending the sheep that belonged to his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the sheep to the western desert and came to Horeb, God's mountain, where
A Conservative Version
Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.
American Standard Version
Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God, unto Horeb.
Amplified
Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro (Reuel) his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb (Sinai), the mountain of God.
Bible in Basic English
Now Moses was looking after the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he took the flock to the back of the waste land and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
Darby Translation
And Moses tended the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock behind the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God to Horeb.
Julia Smith Translation
And Moses was feeding the sheep of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he will lead the sheep behind the desert, and he will come to the mountain of God, to Horeb.
King James 2000
Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the west side of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Moses was a shepherd with the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the west [of] the desert, and he came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.
Modern King James verseion
And Moses kept the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock to the back side of the desert. And he came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Moses kept the sheep of Jethro his father-in-law, priest of Midian, and he drove the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, Horeb.
NET Bible
Now Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.
New Heart English Bible
Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to God's mountain, to Horeb.
The Emphasized Bible
Now, Moses, was shepherding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law priest of Midian, - so he led forth the flock behind the desert, and came in unto the mountain of God to Horeb.
Webster
Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
World English Bible
Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to God's mountain, to Horeb.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Moses hath been feeding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, priest of Midian, and he leadeth the flock behind the wilderness, and cometh in unto the mount of God, to Horeb;
Themes
Deserts » Parts of, afforded pasture
Horeb » A range of mountains of which mount sinai is the most prominent
Jethro » Moses spent forty years of exile with, and married his daughter
Midianites » A small part of » Dwelt near horeb
moses » Is a herdsman for jethro in the desert of horeb
Mountains » Names of » Horeb, sinai or mount of God
Mountains » Afforded pasturage
Mountains » Scenes of great events » Horeb, moses saw the burning bush
Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Horeb
Revelation » God reveals himself to moses
Topics
Interlinear
Tso'n
צאון צאןo
Tso'n
flock, sheep, cattle, shepherd , lamb , lamb, sheep , sheepcotes , sheepfold , sheepfold , sheepshearers , shepherd
Usage: 274
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 3:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh's Plan To Rescue The Israelites
1 Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro,
Cross References
1 Kings 19:8
So he got up, ate, and drank. Then on the strength from that food, he walked 40 days and 40 nights
Numbers 10:29
Moses said to Hobab, son of Moses’ father-in-law
Exodus 17:6
I am going to stand there in front of you on the rock at Horeb; when you hit the rock, water
Judges 4:11
Now Heber the Kenite had moved away from the Kenites, the sons of Hobab,
Exodus 2:16
Now the priest of Midian
Exodus 2:18
When they returned to their father Reuel
Exodus 2:21
Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah
Exodus 3:5
“Do not come closer,” He said. “Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”
Exodus 4:27
Now the Lord had said to Aaron, “Go and meet Moses in the wilderness.” So he went and met him at the mountain of God and kissed him.
Exodus 18:1-6
Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian,
Exodus 19:3
Moses went up the mountain to God, and the Lord called
Exodus 19:11
and be prepared by the third day, for on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
Exodus 24:13
So Moses arose with his assistant Joshua and went up the mountain of God.
Exodus 24:15-17
When Moses went up the mountain, the cloud
Deuteronomy 1:6
“The Lord our God spoke to us at Horeb: ‘You have stayed at this mountain long enough.
Deuteronomy 4:10
The day you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, the Lord said to me, ‘Assemble the people before Me, and I will let them hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth and may instruct their children.’
Psalm 78:70-72
and took him from the sheepfolds;
Psalm 106:19
and worshiped the cast metal image.
Amos 1:1
The words of Amos, who was one of the sheep breeders
Amos 7:14-15
So Amos answered Amaziah, “I was
Malachi 4:4
“Remember the instruction of Moses My servant, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him at Horeb
Matthew 4:18-19
As
Luke 2:8
In the same region, shepherds were staying out in the fields and keeping watch at night over their flock.