Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Moses was willing to dwell with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses.

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 to Moses in marriage.

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.

Youngs Literal Translation

And Moses is willing to dwell with the man, and he giveth Zipporah his daughter to Moses,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
משׁה 
Mosheh 
Usage: 766

יאל 
Ya'al 
Usage: 18

to dwell
ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

with the man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

and he gave
נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

משׁה 
Mosheh 
Usage: 766

צפּרה 
Tsipporah 
Usage: 3

Context Readings

Moses In Midian

20 He said to his daughters, “Where is he then? Why is it that you have left the man behind? Invite him to have something to eat.” 21 Moses was willing to dwell with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses. 22 Then she gave birth to a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, “I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.”

Cross References

Genesis 31:38-40

These twenty years I have been with you; your ewes and your female goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten the rams of your flocks.

Exodus 2:10

The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. And she named him Moses, and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.”

Exodus 4:20-25

So Moses took his wife and his sons and mounted them on a donkey, and returned to the land of Egypt. Moses also 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 away,

Numbers 12:1

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

Philippians 4:11-12

Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.

1 Timothy 6:6

But godliness actually is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment.

Hebrews 11:25

choosing rather to endure ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin,

Hebrews 13:5

Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, “I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you,”

James 1:10

and the rich man is to glory in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away.

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