16And to a priest of Midian are seven daughters, and they come and draw, and fill the troughs, to water the flock of their father,


In Context

13 And he goeth out on the second day, and lo, two men, Hebrews, striving! and he saith to the wrong-doer, 'Why dost thou smite thy neighbour?'

14 and he saith, 'Who set thee for a head and a judge over us? to slay me art thou saying it, as thou hast slain the Egyptian?' and Moses feareth, and saith, 'Surely the thing hath been known.'

15 And Pharaoh heareth of this thing, and seeketh to slay Moses, and Moses fleeth from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelleth in the land of Midian, and dwelleth by the well.

16 And to a priest of Midian are seven daughters, and they come and draw, and fill the troughs, to water the flock of their father,

17 and the shepherds come and drive them away, and Moses ariseth, and saveth them, and watereth their flock.

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

Exodus 2:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew [water,] and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:16Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father's flock.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:16And the priest of Madian had seven daughters, who came to draw water: and when the troughs were filled, desired to water their father's flocks.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16And the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs, to water their father's flock.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.