Exodus 3:13 — compare English translations
Compare translationsExodus 3:13 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
מֹשֶׁ֜ה
Môsheh
H4872
Moses
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
הָֽאֱלֹהִ֗ים
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
הִנֵּ֨ה
hinnêh
H2009
behold
אָנֹכִ֣י
ʼânôkîy
H595
I
בָא֮
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
בְּנֵ֣י
bên
H1121
son
יִשְׂרָאֵל֒
Yisrâʼêl
H3478
Israel
וְאָמַרְתִּ֣י
ʼâmar
H559
to say
לָהֶ֔ם
אֱלֹהֵ֥י
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם
ʼâb
H1
father
שְׁלָחַ֣נִי
shâlach
H7971
to send
אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם
ʼêl
H413
to
וְאָֽמְרוּ
ʼâmar
H559
to say
לִ֣י
מַה
mâh
H4100
what
שְּׁמ֔וֹ
shêm
H8034
name
מָ֥ה
mâh
H4100
what
אֹמַ֖ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אֲלֵהֶֽם
ʼêl
H413
to
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World English Bible Public Domain
Moses said to God, "Behold, when I come to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you;' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' What should I tell them?"
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King James Version Public Domain
And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And Moses said to God, “Behold, I am about to go to the sons of Israel, and I will say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you.’ And they will say to me, ‘What is his name?’ what should I say to them?”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).