Passage

Exodus 4.31

Book: Exodus · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"29. And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel: 30. and Aaron spake all the words which Jehovah had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people."

"31. And the people believed: and when they heard that Jehovah had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped." (Exodus 4:29-31, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"29. Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel. 30. Aaron spoke all the words which Yahweh had spoken to Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people."

"31. The people believed, and when they heard that Yahweh had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped." (Exodus 4:29-31, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"29. And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel: 30. And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people."

"31. And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped." (Exodus 4:29-31, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"29. And Moses goeth, Aaron also, and they gather all the elders of the sons of Israel, 30. and Aaron speaketh all the words which Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses, and doth the signs before the eyes of the people;"

"31. and the people believe when they hear that Jehovah hath looked after the sons of Israel, and that He hath seen their affliction; and they bow and do obeisance." (Exodus 4:29-31, YLT)

Setting

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Quoted in

H0539 - aman

Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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