Exodus 17:5 — compare English translations
Compare translationsExodus 17:5 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
יְהוָ֜ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
מֹשֶׁ֗ה
Môsheh
H4872
Moses
עֲבֹר֙
ʻâbar
H5674
to pass over
לִפְנֵ֣י
pânîym
H6440
face
הָעָ֔ם
ʻam
H5971
people
וְקַ֥ח
lâqach
H3947
to take
אִתְּךָ֖
ʼêth
H854
with
מִזִּקְנֵ֣י
zâqên
H2205
old
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
Yisrâʼêl
H3478
Israel
וּמַטְּךָ֗
maṭṭeh
H4294
staff
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
הִכִּ֤יתָ
nâkâh
H5221
to strike
בּוֹ֙
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הַיְאֹ֔ר
yᵉʼôr
H2975
river
קַ֥ח
lâqach
H3947
to take
בְּיָדְךָ֖
yâd
H3027
hand
וְהָלָֽכְתָּ
hâlak
H1980
to walk
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World English Bible Public Domain
Yahweh said to Moses, "Walk on before the people, and take the elders of Israel with you, and take the rod in your hand with which you struck the Nile, and go.
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King James Version Public Domain
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And Yahweh said to Moses, “Pass before the face of the people, and take with you some of the elders of Israel, and your staff, the one with which you struck the river, take in your hand; and go.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).