Verse 1

Now 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.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Moses var en gjeter for svigerfarens sauer, Jetro, prest i Midjan. Han førte flokken inn i ørkenen og kom til Guds fjell, Horeb.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Moses gjette saueflokken til Jetro, sin svigerfar, som var prest i Midian. Han ledet flokken til baksiden av ørkenen og kom til Guds fjell, Horeb.

• Norsk King James

  Nå holdt Moses flokken til Jetro, sin svigerfar, presten i Midian. Han førte flokken til baksiden av ørkenen og kom til Guds fjell, Horeb.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Moses gjette sauene til Jetro, svigerfaren sin, som var prest i Midian. Han førte flokken lenger enn ørkenen og kom til Guds fjell, Horeb.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Moses var gjeter for sauene til Jetro, sin svigerfar, presten i Midjan. Han førte flokken bak ørkenen og kom til Guds fjell, Horeb.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Moses gjette flokken til Jetro, sin svigerfar, presten i Midian. Han ledet flokken til den borterste delen av ørkenen og kom til Guds berg, Horeb.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Moses passet flokken til Jethro, sin svigerfar, som var prest i Midjan. Han førte flokken til ørkenens bakside og kom til Guds fjell, Horeb.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Moses gjette flokken til Jetro, sin svigerfar, presten i Midian. Han ledet flokken til den borterste delen av ørkenen og kom til Guds berg, Horeb.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Moses var gjeter for flokken til sin svigerfar Jetro, presten i Midjan. Han ledet flokken til den andre siden av ørkenen og kom til Guds fjell Horeb.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Moses voktet på småfeet til Jetro, svigerfaren sin, som var presten i Midjan. En dag førte han flokken langt inn i ørkenen og kom til Guds berg Horeb.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og, Mose vogtede Jethros, sin Svogers, Præsten i Midians, Qvæg; og han drev Qvæget bag Ørken og kom til det Guds Bjerg, til Horeb.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Moses voktet nå småfeet til Jetro, svigerfaren sin, presten i Midian. Han ledet flokken bakenfor ørkenen og kom til Guds fjell, Horeb.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Nå gikk Moses og voktet sauene til Jetro, sin svigerfar, presten i Midjan. Han førte flokken bak villmarken og kom til Guds fjell, Horeb.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Moses voktet saueflokken til sin svigerfar Jetro, presten i Midian. Han ledet flokken bortover på den andre siden av ørkenen og kom til Guds fjell, Horeb.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Moses voktet flokken til Jetro, sin svigerfar, presten i Midjan. Han ledet flokken bak i ørkenen og kom til Guds fjell, Horeb.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Moses gjette nå sauene til Jetro, svigerfaren sin, presten i Midjan. Han førte flokken bak i ørkenen og kom til Horeb, Guds fjell.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Moses kepte the shepe of Iethro his father in law preast of Madian, and he droue the flocke to the backesyde of the deserte, ad came to the moutayne of God, Horeb.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Moses kepte the shepe of Iethro his father in lawe prest of Madian, & droue the shepe on the backsyde of the wyldernes, and came to the mountayne of God, Horeb.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  When Moses kept the sheepe of Iethro his father in lawe, Priest of Midian, & droue the flocke to the backe side of the desert, and came to the Mountaine of God, Horeb,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Moyses kept the sheepe of Iethro his father in lawe, priest of Madian: and he droue the flocke to the backesyde of the desert, aud came to the mountayne of God Horeb.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ 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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to God's mountain, to Horeb.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Moses hath been feeding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, priest of Midian, and he leadeth the flock behind the wilderness, and cometh in unto the mount of God, to Horeb;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God, unto Horeb.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Now Moses was looking after the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he took the flock to the back of the waste land and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to God's mountain, to Horeb.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Now Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 19:8 : 8 So he got up, ate, and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.
• Num 10:29 : 29 Moses said to Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law: "We are setting out for the place about which the LORD said, 'I will give it to you.' Come with us, and we will treat you well, for the LORD has promised good things for Israel."
• Judg 4:11 : 11 Meanwhile, Heber the Kenite had separated from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab, the father-in-law of Moses, and pitched his tent near the great tree in Zaanannim, which is beside Kedesh.
• Exod 17:6 : 6 The LORD continued, "I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it for the people to drink." So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.
• Exod 18:1-6 : 1 Jethro, the priest of Midian and Moses’ father-in-law, heard about everything that God had done for Moses and for His people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt. 2 Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after she had been sent away, 3 along with her two sons. One was named Gershom, meaning, 'I have been a foreigner in a foreign land,' because Moses had said, 'I was a sojourner in a strange land.' 4 The name of the other son was Eliezer, meaning, 'My God is my help,' for Moses had said, 'The God of my father was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh’s sword.' 5 Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came to Moses in the wilderness where he was camped at the mountain of God, bringing Moses’ wife and his two sons with him. 6 Jethro sent word to Moses, saying, 'I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you, along with your wife and her two sons.'
• Exod 19:3 : 3 Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, saying, "This is what you shall say to the house of Jacob and declare to the children of Israel:
• Exod 19:11 : 11 They must be prepared for the third day, because on the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people on Mount Sinai.
• Exod 24:13 : 13 So Moses set out with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up to the mountain of God.
• Exod 24:15-17 : 15 Then Moses went up to the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. 16 The glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day, the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud. 17 The appearance of the LORD's glory was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the sight of the Israelites.
• Exod 2:16 : 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.
• Exod 2:18 : 18 When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked, 'Why have you returned so early today?'
• Exod 2:21 : 21 Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
• Exod 3:5 : 5 God said, 'Do not come any closer. Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.'
• Exod 4:27 : 27 The LORD said to Aaron, 'Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.' So he went and met him at the mountain of God and kissed him.
• Deut 1:6 : 6 The LORD our God spoke to us at Horeb, saying, 'You have stayed long enough at this mountain.
• Deut 4:10 : 10 Remember the day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, when the LORD said to me, 'Assemble the people for Me, and I will let them hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and to teach them to their children.'
• Ps 78:70-72 : 70 He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds. 71 From tending the nursing ewes, He brought him to shepherd Jacob, His people, and Israel, His inheritance. 72 He shepherded them with a heart of integrity and guided them with the skillfulness of his hands.
• Ps 106:19 : 19 They made a calf at Horeb and worshiped a cast image.
• Amos 1:1 : 1 The words of Amos, who was among the sheep breeders from Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel during the days of Uzziah, king of Judah, and during the days of Jeroboam, son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
• Amos 7:14-15 : 14 Amos answered Amaziah, 'I was neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet, but I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore figs.' 15 But the Lord took me from tending the flock and said to me, 'Go, prophesy to My people Israel.'
• Matt 4:18-19 : 18 While walking by the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon (called Peter) and Andrew, his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. 19 And He said to them, 'Come, follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.'
• Luke 2:8 : 8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.