Exodus 18:12 — compare English translations
Compare translationsExodus 18:12 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 →
וַיִּקַּ֞ח
lâqach
H3947
to take
יִתְר֨וֹ
Yithrôw
H3503
Jethro
חֹתֵ֥ן
châthan
H2859
to marry
מֹשֶׁ֛ה
Môsheh
H4872
Moses
עֹלָ֥ה
ʻôlâh
H5930
burnt offering
וּזְבָחִ֖ים
zebach
H2077
sacrifice
לֵֽאלֹהִ֑ים
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
וַיָּבֹ֨א
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
אַהֲרֹ֜ן
ʼAhărôwn
H175
Aaron
וְכֹ֣ל
kôl
H3605
all
זִקְנֵ֣י
zâqên
H2205
old
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל
Yisrâʼêl
H3478
Israel
לֶאֱכָל
ʼâkal
H398
to eat
לֶ֛חֶם
lechem
H3899
bread
עִם
ʻim
H5973
with
חֹתֵ֥ן
châthan
H2859
to marry
מֹשֶׁ֖ה
Môsheh
H4872
Moses
לִפְנֵ֥י
pânîym
H6440
face
הָאֱלֹהִֽים
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
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World English Bible Public Domain
Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God. Aaron came with all of the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law before God.
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King James Version Public Domain
And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father in law before God.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses, took a burnt offering and sacrifices to God. And Aaron came, and all of the elders of Israel, to eat bread before the face of God with the father-in-law of Moses.
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