Exodus 2:18

In 11 translations

BSB

When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?”Reuel was also called Jethro; see Exodus 3:1.

KJV

And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?Reuel: called also Jethro, or, Jether

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?

LSV

And they come to their father Reuel, and he says, “Why have you hurried to come in today?”

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

And whe they came to Reuel their father, he said, Howe are ye come so soone to day?

JPS

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

LXXE

And they came to Raguel their father; and he said to them, Why have ye come so quickly to-day?

Word by word Hebrew · tap a word

Original-language editions

WLC

וַתָּבֹ֕אנָה אֶל־רְעוּאֵ֖ל אֲבִיהֶ֑ן וַיֹּ֕אמֶר מַדּ֛וּעַ מִהַרְתֶּ֥ן בֹּ֖א הַיּֽוֹם׃

LXX-Br

Παρεγένοντο δὲ πρὸς Ῥαγουὴλ τὸν πατέρα αὐτῶν· ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐταῖς, διατί ἐταχύνατε τοῦ παραγενέσθαι σήμερον;

Who and where

People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Exodus 3:1Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
• Exodus 4:18Then Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Please let me return to my brothers in Egypt to see if they are still alive.” “Go in peace,” Jethro replied.
• Numbers 10:29Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of Moses’ father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, “We are setting out for the place of which the LORD said: ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will treat you well, for the LORD…
• Exodus 18:1–12Now Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about all that God had done for Moses and His people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt. After Moses had sent back his wife Zipporah,…
• Numbers 19:20But if a person who is unclean does not purify himself, he will be cut off from the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).