Verse 1

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.

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.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  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.

• biblecontext

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• 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.

• 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 And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mountain of God.
• Num 10:29 : 29 And Moses said to Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, We are journeying to the place which the LORD said, I will give it to you: come with us, and we will do you good: for the LORD has spoken good concerning Israel.
• Judg 4:11 : 11 Now Heber the Kenite, of the children of Hobab, the father-in-law of Moses, had separated himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent by the great tree in Zaanaim, which is near Kedesh.
• Exod 17:6 : 6 Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
• Exod 18:1-6 : 1 When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for His people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt, 2 Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back, 3 And her two sons; of whom the name of the one was Gershom, for he said, I have been a stranger in a foreign land. 4 And the name of the other was Eliezer, for the God of my father, he said, was my help and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh. 5 And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses in the wilderness, where he was encamped at the mount of God. 6 And he said to Moses, I, your father-in-law Jethro, am come to you, and your wife, and her two sons with her.
• Exod 19:3 : 3 And Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him out of the mountain, saying, This is what you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel:
• Exod 19:11 : 11 And be ready for the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon Mount Sinai.
• Exod 24:13 : 13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mountain of God.
• Exod 24:15-17 : 15 And Moses went up into the mountain, and a cloud covered the mountain. 16 And the glory of the LORD abode upon Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud. 17 And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.
• Exod 2:16 : 16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and drew water and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
• Exod 2:18 : 18 When they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that you have come so soon today?
• Exod 2:21 : 21 And Moses was content to stay with the man, and he gave Moses his daughter Zipporah.
• Exod 3:5 : 5 And he said, Do not draw near here; take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
• Exod 4:27 : 27 And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.
• Ps 78:70-72 : 70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds: 71 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. 72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.
• Ps 106:19 : 19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshiped the molten image.
• Amos 1:1 : 1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
• Amos 7:14-15 : 14 Then Amos answered, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdsman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit: 15 And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said to me, Go, prophesy to my people Israel.
• Mal 4:4 : 4 Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded to him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
• Matt 4:18-19 : 18 And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, 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, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
• Luke 2:8 : 8 And there were shepherds in the same country, staying in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
• Deut 1:6 : 6 The LORD our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying, You have dwelt long enough in this mountain:
• Deut 4:10 : 10 Especially the day that you stood before the LORD your God in Horeb, when the LORD said to me, Gather the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.