Exodus 2:18
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?
Exodus 2:18 in other translations
| BSB | When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?” |
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| WEB | When they came to Reuel, their father, he said, “How is it that you have returned so early today?” |
| ASV | And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to-day? |
| YLT | And they come in to Reuel their father, and he saith, ‘Wherefore have ye hastened to come in to-day?' |
| DARBY | And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, Why are ye come so soon to-day? |
| BBE | And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that you have come back so quickly today? |
| Webster | And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that you are come so soon to day? |
What does Exodus 2:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 2:16-22
16-22. the priest of Midian--or, "prince of Midian." As the officers were usually conjoined, he was the ruler also of the people called Cushites or Ethiopians, and like many other chiefs of pastoral people in that early age, he still retained the faith and worship of the true God. seven daughters--were shepherdesses to whom Moses was favorably introduced by an act of courtesy and courage in protecting them from the…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 2:16-22
Moses found shelter in Midian. He was ready to help Reuel's daughters to water their flocks, although bred in learning and at court. Moses loved to be doing justice, and to act in defence of such as he saw injured, which every man ought to do, as far as it is in his power. He loved to be doing good; wherever the providence of God casts us, we should desire and try to be useful; and when we cannot do the good we…
Exodus 2:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 2:18
- Exodus 3:1
Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
- Numbers 10:29
And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses’ father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the Lord said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel.
- Exodus 4:18
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.
- Exodus 18:1-12
When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt; Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back, And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land: And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh: …
- Numbers 19:20
But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the Lord: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.
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Context
- Exodus 2:17
And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
- Exodus 2:18
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?
- Exodus 2:19
And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock.
Exodus 2:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y volviendo ellas á Ragüel su padre, díjoles él: ¿Por qué habéis hoy venido tan presto? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et elles vinrent vers Rehuel, leur père; et il dit: Pourquoi êtes-vous venues sitôt aujourd’hui? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und sie kamen zu Reghuel, ihrem Vater, und er sprach: Warum seid ihr heute so bald gekommen? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quæ cum revertissent ad Raguel patrem suum, dixit ad eas: Cur velocius venistis solito? |