Exodus 2:16

NETBible

Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and began to draw 1  water 2  and fill 3  the troughs in order to water their father’s flock.

NIV ©

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

NASB ©

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came to draw water and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

NLT ©

Now it happened that the priest of Midian had seven daughters who came regularly to this well to draw water and fill the water troughs for their father’s flocks.

MSG ©

The priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came and drew water, filling the troughs and watering their father's sheep.

BBE ©

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came to get water for their father’s flock.

NRSV ©

The priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came to draw water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

NKJV ©

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. And they came and drew water, and they filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

KJV
Now the priest
<03548>
of Midian
<04080>
had seven
<07651>
daughters
<01323>_:
and they came
<0935> (8799)
and drew
<01802> (8799)
[water], and filled
<04390> (8762)
the troughs
<07298>
to water
<08248> (8687)
their father's
<01>
flock
<06629>_.
{priest: or, prince}
NASB ©
Now the priest
<3548>
of Midian
<4080>
had seven
<7651>
daughters
<1323>
; and they came
<935>
to draw
<1802>
water
<1802>
and filled
<4390>
the troughs
<7298>
to water
<8248>
their father's
<1>
flock
<6629>
.
LXXM
tw
<3588> 
T-DSM
de
<1161> 
PRT
ierei
<2409> 
N-DSM
madiam {N-PRI} hsan
<1510> 
V-IAI-3P
epta
<2033> 
N-NUI
yugaterev
<2364> 
N-NPF
poimainousai
<4165> 
V-PAPNP
ta
<3588> 
T-APN
probata
<4263> 
N-APN
tou
<3588> 
T-GSM
patrov
<3962> 
N-GSM
autwn
<846> 
D-GPF
ioyor {N-PRI} paragenomenai
<3854> 
V-AMPNP
de
<1161> 
PRT
hntloun
<501> 
V-IAI-3P
ewv
<2193> 
CONJ
eplhsan {V-AAI-3P} tav
<3588> 
T-APF
dexamenav {N-APF} potisai
<4222> 
V-AAN
ta
<3588> 
T-APN
probata
<4263> 
N-APN
tou
<3588> 
T-GSM
patrov
<3962> 
N-GSM
autwn
<846> 
D-GPF
ioyor {N-PRI}
NET [draft] ITL
Now a priest
<03548>
of Midian
<04080>
had seven
<07651>
daughters
<01323>
, and they came
<0935>
and began to draw
<01802>
water and fill
<04390>
the troughs
<07298>
in order to water
<08248>
their father’s
<01>
flock
<06629>
.
HEBREW
Nhyba
<01>
Nau
<06629>
twqshl
<08248>
Myjhrh
<07298>
ta
<0853>
hnalmtw
<04390>
hnldtw
<01802>
hnabtw
<0935>
twnb
<01323>
ebs
<07651>
Nydm
<04080>
Nhklw (2:16)
<03548>
NETBible

Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and began to draw 1  water 2  and fill 3  the troughs in order to water their father’s flock.

NET Notes

1 tn The preterites describing their actions must be taken in an ingressive sense, since they did not actually complete the job. Shepherds drove them away, and Moses watered the flocks.

2 tn The object “water” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied.

3 tn This also has the ingressive sense, “began to fill,” but for stylistic reasons is translated simply “fill” here.