Parallel Verses
Amplified
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came and drew water [from the well where Moses was resting] and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
New American Standard Bible
Now
King James Version
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
Holman Bible
Now the priest of Midian
International Standard Version
Meanwhile, the seven daughters of a certain Midianite priest would come to draw water in order to fill water troughs for their father's sheep.
A Conservative Version
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. And they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
American Standard Version
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
Bible in Basic English
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came to get water for their father's flock.
Darby Translation
And the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs, to water their father's flock.
Julia Smith Translation
And to the priest of Midian, seven daughters: and they will come and will draw and fill the watering troughs to water the sheep of their father.
King James 2000
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[Now] the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and drew water and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
Modern King James verseion
And the priest of Midian had seven daughters. And they came and drew, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The priest of Midian had seven daughters which came and drew water and filled the troughs, for to water their father's sheep.
NET Bible
Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and began to draw water and fill the troughs in order to water their father's flock.
New Heart English Bible
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
The Emphasized Bible
Now, the priest of Midian, had seven daughters, - and they came and drew and filled the troughs, to water their fathers flock.
Webster
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
World English Bible
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
Youngs Literal Translation
And to a priest of Midian are seven daughters, and they come and draw, and fill the troughs, to water the flock of their father,
Themes
Children » Female » Usefully employed
Jethro » Moses spent forty years of exile with, and married his daughter
Midianites » A small part of » Retained the knowledge and worship of jehovah
Priest » Before moses » Jethro
Sheep » Flocks of » Attended by members of the family
Sheep » Flocks of » Watered every day
Shepherd » Instances of » The daughters of jethro
Woman » Often engaged in » Tending sheep
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 2:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Moses In Midian
15
When
Cross References
Genesis 24:11
He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of the evening when women go out to draw water.
Exodus 3:1
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.
1 Samuel 9:11
As they went up the hill to the city, they met some young women going out to draw water, and said to them, “Is the seer (prophet) here?”
Genesis 14:18
Genesis 24:14-20
now let it be that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please, let down your jar so that I may [have a] drink,’ and she replies, ‘Drink, and I will also give your camels water to drink’—may she be the one whom You have selected [as a wife] for Your servant Isaac; and by this I will know that You have shown lovingkindness (faithfulness) to my master.”
Genesis 29:6-10
And he asked them, “
Genesis 41:45
Then Pharaoh named Joseph