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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
ויקח יתרו חתן משה את צפרה אשת משה--אחר שלוחיה
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
vyqKH ytrv KHtn mSHh At TSprh ASHt mSHh--AKHr SHlvKHyh

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
tulit Sefforam uxorem Mosi quam remiserat

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
Authorized (King James) Version   
then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,
New King James Version   
Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,
21st Century King James Version   
then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after Moses had sent her back

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And Jethro, Moses father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses wife, after he had sent her away,
Darby Bible Translation   
And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
He took Sephora the wife of Moses whom he had sent back:
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away,
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Now Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, had taken Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her home,
God's Word   
When Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro had taken her in,
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Now Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, had taken in Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
International Standard Version   
Now Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, had taken back Moses' wife Zipporah after she had been sent away,
NET Bible   
Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Moses' wife Zipporah after he had sent her back,
New American Standard Bible   
Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Moses' wife Zipporah, after he had sent her away,
New International Version   
After Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro received her
New Living Translation   
Earlier, Moses had sent his wife, Zipporah, and his two sons back to Jethro, who had taken them in.
Webster's Bible Translation   
Then Jethro, Moses's father-in-law, took Zipporah Moses's wife, after he had sent her back,
The World English Bible   
Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, received Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away,
EasyEnglish Bible   
Moses had sent his wife, Zipporah, back to her home. He also sent his two sons with her. Jethro took care of them.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
and Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, taketh Zipporah, wife of Moses, besides her parents,
New Life Version   
Moses’ father-in-law, Jethro, had taken Moses’ wife, Zipporah, after Moses had sent her away.
The Voice Bible   
Now Moses had sent his wife, Zipporah, and her two sons back to Jethro from Egypt, and Jethro had cared for them in his long absence. Moses had named one son Gershom, because as he said, “I have lived as an outsider in an unfamiliar land.”
Living Bible   
Then Jethro took Moses’ wife, Zipporah, to him (for he had sent her home),
New Catholic Bible   
Jethro brought Zipporah, the wife of Moses, with him, for he had sent her back to him,
Legacy Standard Bible   
And Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Moses’ wife Zipporah, after he had sent her away,
Jubilee Bible 2000   
then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,
Christian Standard Bible   
Now Jethro, Moses’s father-in-law, had taken in Zipporah, Moses’s wife, after he had sent her back,
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after Moses had sent her back [to her father],
New Century Version   
Now Moses had sent his wife Zipporah to Jethro, his father-in-law,
The Message   
Jethro, priest of Midian and father-in-law to Moses, heard the report of all that God had done for Moses and Israel his people, the news that God had delivered Israel from Egypt. Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, had taken in Zipporah, Moses’ wife who had been sent back home, and her two sons. The name of the one was Gershom (Sojourner) for he had said, “I’m a sojourner in a foreign land”; the name of the other was Eliezer (God’s-Help) because “The God of my father is my help and saved me from death by Pharaoh.”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
After Moses had sent his wife Zipporah away, his father-in-law Jethro had taken her in,
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
After Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro took her back,
Good News Translation®   
So he came to Moses, bringing with him Moses' wife Zipporah, who had been left behind,
Wycliffe Bible   
Jethro took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, whom Moses had sent again (whom Moses had sent back to him),
Contemporary English Version   
In the meantime, Moses had sent his wife Zipporah and her two sons to stay with Jethro, and he had welcomed them. Moses was still a foreigner in Midian when his first son was born, and so Moses said, “I'll name him Gershom.” When his second son was born, Moses said, “I'll name him Eliezer, because the God my father worshiped has saved me from the king of Egypt.”
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Now Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, had taken Zippo′rah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her away,
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
After Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro took her back,
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
After Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro took her back,
Common English Bible © 2011   
Moses’ father-in-law Jethro took with him Zipporah, Moses’ wife whom he had sent away,
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Moses’ wife Zipporah, after he had sent her away [from Egypt],
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Now Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, had taken Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her home,
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
So his father-in-law Jethro took along Zipporah, Moses’ wife—now this was after Moses had sent her back—
New American Standard Bible   
And Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took in Moses’ wife Zipporah, after he had sent her away,
The Expanded Bible   
Now Moses had sent [L away] his wife Zipporah [2:21] to Jethro, his father-in-law [4:24–26],
Tree of Life Version   
( Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, had taken in Moses’ wife Zipporah, after he had sent her away
Revised Standard Version   
Now Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, had taken Zippo′rah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her away,
New International Reader's Version   
Moses had sent his wife Zipporah to his father-in-law. So Jethro welcomed her
BRG Bible   
Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,
Complete Jewish Bible   
After Moshe had sent away his wife Tzipporah and her two sons, Yitro Moshe’s father-in-law had taken them back.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
After Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro took her back,
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Then Yitro, Moshe’s khoten, received Tzipporah, Moshe’ wife, after Moshe had sent her away,
Names of God Bible   
When Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro had taken her in,
Modern English Version   
Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,
Easy-to-Read Version   
So Jethro went to Moses while Moses was camped near the mountain of God. Jethro brought Moses’ wife, Zipporah, with him. (Zipporah was not with Moses, because Moses had sent her home.)
International Children’s Bible   
Moses had sent his wife Zipporah to Jethro, his father-in-law.
Lexham English Bible   
And Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses, took Zipporah the wife of Moses after her sending away,
New International Version - UK   
After Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro received her