Exodus 4:18 — compare English translations
Compare translationsExodus 4:18 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 →
וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ
yâlak
H3212
to walk
מֹשֶׁ֜ה
Môsheh
H4872
Moses
וַיָּ֣שָׁב
shûwb
H7725
to return
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
יֶ֣תֶר
Yether
H3500
Jether
חֹֽתְנ֗וֹ
châthan
H2859
to marry
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
לוֹ֙
אֵ֣לֲכָה
yâlak
H3212
to walk
נָּ֗א
nâʼ
H4994
please
וְאָשׁ֨וּבָה֙
shûwb
H7725
to return
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
אַחַ֣י
ʼâch
H251
brother
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
H834
which
בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם
Mitsrayim
H4714
Egypt
וְאֶרְאֶ֖ה
râʼâh
H7200
to see
הַעוֹדָ֣ם
ʻôwd
H5750
still
חַיִּ֑ים
chay
H2416
living
וַיֹּ֧אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
יִתְר֛וֹ
Yithrôw
H3503
Jethro
לְמֹשֶׁ֖ה
Môsheh
H4872
Moses
לֵ֥ךְ
yâlak
H3212
to walk
לְשָׁלֽוֹם
shâlôwm
H7965
peace
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
Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, "Please let me go and return to my brothers who are in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive." Jethro said to Moses, "Go in peace."
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King James Version Public Domain
And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and he said to him, “Please let me go, and let me return to my brothers who are in Egypt and see whether they are still alive.” And Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”
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