Exodus 18:2 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

When Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro had taken her in,(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,

ASV:

And Jethro, Moses father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses wife, after he had sent her away,

BBE:

And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away,

DBY:

And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,

ERV:

And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away,

JPS:

And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away,

WBS:

Then Jethro, Moses's father-in-law, took Zipporah Moses's wife, after he had sent her back,

WEB:

Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, received Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away,

YLT:

and Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, taketh Zipporah, wife of Moses, besides her parents,

Exodus 18:2 Cross References

XREF:

Exodus 2:21 Moses was willing to dwell with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses.

Exodus 4:25 Then Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son's foreskin and threw it at Moses' feet, and she said, "You are indeed a bridegroom of blood to me." (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

18:2 Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had {a} sent her back,
(a) It may seem that he sent her back for a time to her father for her impatience, lest she should be a hinderance to his calling, which was so dangerous, Ex 4:25.

MHC:

18:1-6 Jethro came to rejoice with Moses in the happiness of Israel, and to bring his wife and children to him. Moses must have his family with him, that while he ruled the church of God, he might set a good example in family government, 1Ti 3:5.

CONC:

Besides Father-in Father-in-law Jethro Law Moses's Parents Received Taketh Wife Zipporah Zippo'rah

Besides Father-In-Law Jethro Law Moses Moses's Parents Received Wife Zipporah Zippo'rah

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