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OET (OET-RV) “There was an Egyptian man,” they answered, “who stood up for us against those other shepherds. And he even drew water for us and gave our flock water to drink.”
OET-LV And_said a_man from_Miʦrayim/(Miʦrayim/(Egypt)) delivered_us from_hand the_shepherds and_also actually_(draw) he_drew to/for_us and_watered DOM the_flock.
UHB וַתֹּאמַ֕רְןָ אִ֣ישׁ מִצְרִ֔י הִצִּילָ֖נוּ מִיַּ֣ד הָרֹעִ֑ים וְגַם־דָּלֹ֤ה דָלָה֙ לָ֔נוּ וַיַּ֖שְׁקְ אֶת־הַצֹּֽאן׃ ‡
(vattoʼmarnā ʼiysh miʦriy hiʦʦīlānū miyyad hāroˊim vəgam-dāloh dālāh lānū vayyashqə ʼet-haʦʦoʼn.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXX Αἱ δὲ εἶπαν, ἄνθρωπος Αἰγύπτιος ἐῤῥύσατο ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τῶν ποιμένων, καὶ ἤντλησεν ἡμῖν, καὶ ἐπότισε τὰ πρόβατα ἡμῶν.
(Hai de eipan, anthrōpos Aiguptios eɽɽusato haʸmas apo tōn poimenōn, kai aʸntlaʸsen haʸmin, kai epotise ta probata haʸmōn. )
BrTr And they said, An Egyptian delivered us from the shepherds, and drew water for us and watered our sheep.
ULT And they said, “An Egyptian man rescued us from the hand of the men who were shepherding. And he even drew especially for us and caused the flock to drink water.”
UST They replied, “A man from Egypt kept the other shepherds from chasing us away. He also got water for us from the well and gave water to the sheep.”
BSB § “An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds,” they replied. “He even drew water for us and watered the flock.”
OEB No OEB EXO book available
WEBBE They said, “An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock.”
WMBB (Same as above)
NET They said, “An Egyptian man rescued us from the shepherds, and he actually drew water for us and watered the flock!”
LSV And they say, “A man, an Egyptian, has delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and has also diligently drawn for us, and waters the flock”;
FBV “An Egyptian rescued us from some shepherds who attacked us,” they replied. “Then he even fetched water for us so the flock could drink.”
T4T They replied, “A man from Egypt kept [MTY] other shepherds from sending us away. He also got water for us from the well and gave water to the flock of sheep.”
LEB And they said, “An Egyptian man delivered us from the hand of the shepherds, and he even drew water for us and watered the flock.”
BBE And they said, An Egyptian came to our help against the keepers of sheep and got water for us and gave it to the flock.
Moff No Moff EXO book available
JPS And they said: 'An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock.'
ASV And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock.
DRA They answered: A man of Egypt delivered us from the hands of the shepherds: and he drew water also with us, and gave the sheep to drink.
YLT and they say, 'A man, an Egyptian, hath delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also hath diligently drawn for us, and watereth the flock;'
Drby And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew [water] abundantly for us, and watered the flock.
RV And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock.
Wbstr And they said, An Egyptian delivered us from the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock.
KJB-1769 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.
KJB-1611 And they said, An Egyptian deliuered vs out of the hand of the shepheards, and also drew water enough for vs, and watered the flocke.
(And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flocke.)
Bshps And they aunswered: A man of Egypt deliuered vs from the handes of the shepheardes, and so drewe vs water, and watered the sheepe.
(And they answered: A man of Egypt delivered us from the hands of the shepherds, and so drew us water, and watered the sheep.)
Gnva And they saide, A man of Egypt deliuered vs from the hand of the shepherdes, and also drew vs water ynough, and watered the sheepe.
(And they said, A man of Egypt delivered us from the hand of the shepherds, and also drew us water enough, and watered the sheep. )
Cvdl They sayde: A man of Egipte delyuered vs from ye shepherdes, and drew vnto vs, and gaue the shepe to drynke.
(They said: A man of Egypt delivered us from ye/you_all shepherds, and drew unto us, and gave the sheep to drink.)
Wycl Thei answeriden, A man of Egipt delyuerede vs fro the hond of scheepherdis; ferthermore and he drow watir with vs, and yaf drynk to the scheep.
(They answered, A man of Egypt delivered us from the hand of shepherds; ferthermore and he drow water with us, and gave drink to the scheep.)
Luth Sie sprachen: Ein ägyptischer Mann errettete uns von den Hirten und schöpfte uns und tränkte die Schafe.
(They/She said: A ägyptischer man saved us/to_us/ourselves from the Hirten and schöpfte us/to_us/ourselves and tränkte the Schafe.)
ClVg Responderunt: Vir ægyptius liberavit nos de manu pastorum: insuper et hausit aquam nobiscum, potumque dedit ovibus.
(Responderunt: Vir ægyptius liberavit we about by_hand pastorum: insuper and hausit waterm nobiscum, potumque he_gave ovibus. )
2:1-25 Chapter 1 established the need for rescue; ch 2 describes the preparation of Moses, the rescuer. God used the destruction of the Hebrew boy babies to ensure that the rescuer would be trained (see study note on 2:10) for his task.
אִ֣ישׁ מִצְרִ֔י
(a)_man from_Miʦrayim/(Miʦrayim/(Egypt))
Jethro’s daughters assume Moses was Egyptian. When you translate it, you should be clear that this refers to Moses.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
מִיַּ֣ד
from,hand
Here, hand refers to the power, control, or actions of the shepherds. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternative translation: “from the strength of” or “from the harm of”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
דָּלֹ֤ה דָלָה֙
to_draw drew_water
This expresses surprise or emphasizes the magnitude of Moses’ act of kindness to the women. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your language.