Exodus 2:16 — compare English translations
Compare translationsExodus 2:16 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 →
וּלְכֹהֵ֥ן
kôhên
H3548
priest
מִדְיָ֖ן
Midyân
H4080
Midian
שֶׁ֣בַע
shebaʻ
H7651
seven
בָּנ֑וֹת
bath
H1323
daughter
וַתָּבֹ֣אנָה
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
וַתִּדְלֶ֗נָה
dâlâh
H1802
to draw
וַתְּמַלֶּ֨אנָה֙
mâlêʼ
H4390
to fill
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הָ֣רְהָטִ֔ים
rahaṭ
H7298
trough
לְהַשְׁק֖וֹת
shâqâh
H8248
to water
צֹ֥אן
tsôʼn
H6629
flock
אֲבִיהֶֽן
ʼâb
H1
father
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
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King James Version Public Domain
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And the priest of Midian had seven daughters. And they came and drew and filled up the troughs to cause the flock of their father to drink water.
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