Exodus 3:1 — compare English translations
Compare translationsExodus 3:1 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 →
וּמֹשֶׁ֗ה
Môsheh
H4872
Moses
הָיָ֥ה
hâyâh
H1961
to be
רֹעֶ֛ה
râʻâh
H7462
to shepherd
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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צֹ֛אן
tsôʼn
H6629
flock
יִתְר֥וֹ
Yithrôw
H3503
Jethro
חֹתְנ֖וֹ
châthan
H2859
to marry
כֹּהֵ֣ן
kôhên
H3548
priest
מִדְיָ֑ן
Midyân
H4080
Midian
וַיִּנְהַ֤ג
nâhag
H5090
to drive
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הַצֹּאן֙
tsôʼn
H6629
flock
אַחַ֣ר
ʼachar
H310
after
הַמִּדְבָּ֔ר
midbâr
H4057
wilderness
וַיָּבֹ֛א
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
הַ֥ר
har
H2022
mountain
הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
חֹרֵֽבָה
Chôrêb
H2722
Horeb
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 Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to God's mountain, to Horeb.
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King James Version Public Domain
Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And Moses was shepherding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock beyond the wilderness, and he came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.
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