Parallel Verses
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.
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.
Holman Bible
Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro,
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.
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 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. 2 And the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
Cross References
1 Kings 19:8
And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.
Numbers 10:29
And Moses said to Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses's father-in-law, We are journeying to the place of which the LORD said, I will give it to you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.
Exodus 17:6
Behold, I will stand before thee there on the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and water shall come out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
Judges 4:11
Now Heber the Kenite, who was of the children of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent to the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.
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 2:18
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that you are come so soon to day?
Exodus 2:21
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
Exodus 3:5
And he said, Approach not hither: put off thy shoes from thy feet, for the place on which thou standest is holy ground.
Exodus 4:27
And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.
Exodus 18:1-6
When Jethro the priest of Midian, Moses's father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt:
Exodus 19:3
And Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;
Exodus 19:11
And be ready against the third day: for on the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
Exodus 24:13
And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up upon the mount of God.
Exodus 24:15-17
And Moses went up upon the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.
Deuteronomy 1:6
The LORD our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:
Deuteronomy 4:10
Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said to me, Assemble the people to me, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
Psalm 78:70-72
He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheep-folds:
Psalm 106:19
They made a calf in Horeb, and worshiped the molten image.
Amos 1:1
The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
Amos 7:14-15
Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit:
Malachi 4:4
Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded to him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
Matthew 4:18-19
And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
Luke 2:8
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.