Exodus 2:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.”
Exodus 2:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Exodus 2:5 in 7 Bible Translations
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Exodus 2:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Pharaoh’s daughter came down to bathe at the river. Her maidens walked along by the riverside. She saw the basket among the reeds, and sent her servant to get it.”
Exodus 2:5 — World English Bible
Exodus 2:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river-side; and she saw the ark among the flags, and sent her handmaid to fetch it.”
Exodus 2:5 — American Standard Version
Exodus 2:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And a daughter of Pharaoh cometh down to bathe at the River, and her damsels are walking by the side of the River, and she seeth the ark in the midst of the weeds, and sendeth her handmaid, and she taketh it,”
Exodus 2:5 — Young's Literal Translation
Exodus 2:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And the daughter of Pharaoh went down to bathe in the river; and her maids went along by the river's side. And she saw the ark in the midst of the sedge, and sent her handmaid and fetched it.”
Exodus 2:5 — Darby Translation
Exodus 2:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then ye daughter of Pharaoh came downe to wash her in the riuer, and her maidens walked by the riuers side: and when shee sawe the arke among the bulrushes, she sent her maide to fet it.”
Exodus 2:5 — Geneva Bible
Exodus 2:5 LS — The Living Sword (2024)
“And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe upon the river, and her young women were walking upon the hand of the river, and she saw the ark in the midst of the reeds, and she sent her maidservant and she took it.”
Exodus 2:5 — The Living Sword
Exodus 2:5 in Context — Exodus 2
3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.
4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
6 And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children.
7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?
What Does Exodus 2:5 Mean?
Exodus 2:5 is a verse from the Book of Exodus, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Exodus chapter 2. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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