Exodus 2:3 — compare English translations
Compare translationsExodus 2:3 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 →
וְלֹא
lôʼ
H3808
not
יָכְלָ֣ה
yâkôl
H3201
to prevail
עוֹד֮
ʻôwd
H5750
still
הַצְּפִינוֹ֒
tsâphan
H6845
to hide
וַתִּֽקַּֽח
lâqach
H3947
to take
לוֹ֙
תֵּ֣בַת
têbâh
H8392
ark
גֹּ֔מֶא
gômeʼ
H1573
reed
וַתַּחְמְרָ֥ה
châmar
H2560
to boil
בַחֵמָ֖ר
chêmâr
H2564
bitumen
וּבַזָּ֑פֶת
zepheth
H2203
pitch
וַתָּ֤שֶׂם
sûwm
H7760
to put
בָּהּ֙
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הַיֶּ֔לֶד
yeled
H3206
child
וַתָּ֥שֶׂם
sûwm
H7760
to put
בַּסּ֖וּף
çûwph
H5488
reed
עַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
שְׂפַ֥ת
sâphâh
H8193
lip
הַיְאֹֽר
yᵉʼôr
H2975
river
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World English Bible Public Domain
When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. She put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river's bank.
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King James Version Public Domain
And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And she was not able to hide him still, and she took for him an ark of papyrus reeds and she daubed it with bitumen and with pitch. And she placed the child in it, and she placed it in the reeds along the shore of the river.
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