18And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, Why are ye come so soon to-day?


In Context

15 And Pharaoh heard of this matter, and sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from before Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian. And he sat by the well.

16 And the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs, to water their father's flock.

17 And the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses rose and helped them, and watered their flock.

18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, Why are ye come so soon to-day?

19 And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water abundantly for us, and watered the flock.

20 And he said to his daughters, And where is he? why then have ye left the man behind? Call him, that he may eat bread.

Exodus 2:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:18And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How [is it that] ye are come so soon to day?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:18When the girls returned to Reuel their father, he asked them, "Why have you returned so early today?"

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:18And when they returned to Raguel their father, he said to them: Why are ye come sooner than usual?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:18And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to-day?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:18And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon today?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:18And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that you are come so soon to day?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:18When they came to Reuel, their father, he said, |How is it that you have returned so early today?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:18And they come in to Reuel their father, and he saith, 'Wherefore have ye hastened to come in to-day?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:18And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that you are come so soon to day?