Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he took (because he took a Cushite wife);

New American Standard Bible

Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married (for he had married a Cushite woman);

King James Version

And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

Miriam and Aaron rebelled against Moses on account of the Cushite woman that he had married.

A Conservative Version

And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married, for he had married a Cushite woman.

American Standard Version

And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman.

Amplified

Now Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married (for he had married a Cushite woman);

Bible in Basic English

Now Miriam and Aaron said evil against Moses, because of the Cushite woman to whom he was married, for he had taken a Cushite woman as his wife.

Darby Translation

And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had taken; for he had taken a Cushite as wife.

Julia Smith Translation

And Miriam and Aaron will speak against Moses on account of the Ethiopian woman which he took: for he took an Ethiopian woman.

King James 2000

And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.

Modern King James verseion

And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had taken. For he had taken a Cushite woman.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses, because of his wife the Ethiopian which he had taken: for he had taken a Ethiopian to wife.

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman.

The Emphasized Bible

And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses, on account of the Cushite woman whom he had taken, - for, a Cushite woman, had he taken.

Webster

And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married: for he had married a Cushite woman.

World English Bible

Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman.

Youngs Literal Translation

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;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מרים 
Miryam 
Usage: 15

and Aaron
אהרון 
'Aharown 
Usage: 347

דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1142

משׁה 
Mosheh 
Usage: 766

because of
אדות אודות 
'owdowth 
Usage: 10

the Ethiopian
כּוּשׁית 
Kuwshiyth 
Usage: 2

נשׁים אשּׁה 
'ishshah 
Usage: 780

לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

כּוּשׁית 
Kuwshiyth 
Usage: 2

Context Readings

Aaron And Miriam Murmur Against Moses

1 And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he took (because he took a Cushite wife); 2 and they said, "Has Yahweh spoken only through Moses? Has not Yahweh also spoken through us?" And Yahweh heard it.

Cross References

Exodus 2:21

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

Genesis 24:3

that I may make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose midst I am dwelling,

Genesis 24:37

And my master made me swear, saying, 'Do not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I am living.

Genesis 26:34-35

And [when] Esau was forty years old he took as wife Judith, daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, daughter of Elon the Hittite.

Genesis 27:46

Then Rebekah said to Isaac, "I loathe my life because of the Hittite women. If Jacob takes a wife from Hittite women like these, from the {native women}, {what am I living for}?"

Genesis 28:6-9

Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-Aram, to take for himself a wife from there, and he blessed him and instructed him, saying, "You must not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan,"

Genesis 34:14-15

And they said to them, "We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to a man who [is] uncircumcised, for that [is] a disgrace for us.

Genesis 41:45

And Pharaoh called the name of Joseph Zaphenath-paneah and gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, as a wife. And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.

Exodus 2:16

[Now] the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and drew water and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.

Exodus 34:16

and you take from their daughters for your sons, and their daughters prostitute [themselves] after their gods, and they cause your sons to prostitute [themselves] after their gods.

Leviticus 21:14

A widow or a divorced woman or a defiled [woman], a prostitute--these he must not take; he shall take only a virgin from his people [as] wife.

Matthew 10:36

And the enemies of a man [will be] the members of his household.

Matthew 12:48

But he answered [and] said to the one who told him, "Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?"

John 7:5

(For not even his brothers believed in him.)

John 15:20

Remember the word that I said to you: 'A slave is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.

Galatians 4:16

So then, have I become your enemy [by] being truthful to you?

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