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


In Context

15 When Pharaoh heard of this, he tried to kill Moses, but Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in Midian, where he sat down by a well.

16 Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father's flock.

17 Some shepherds came along and drove them away, but Moses got up and came to their rescue and watered their flock.

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

19 They answered, "An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds. He even drew water for us and watered the flock."

20 "And where is he?" he asked his daughters. "Why did you leave him? Invite him to have something to eat."

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:18And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, Why are ye 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?