Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And it shall be in the way in the inn, and Jehovah will meet with him and will seek to kill him.
New American Standard Bible
Now it came about at the lodging place on the way that the Lord met him and
King James Version
And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.
Holman Bible
On the trip, at an overnight campsite, it happened that the Lord confronted him and sought to put him to death.
International Standard Version
But later on, at the lodging place along the way, the LORD met Moses and was about to kill him.
A Conservative Version
And it came to pass on the way at the lodging-place, that LORD met him, and sought to kill him.
American Standard Version
And it came to pass on the way at the lodging-place, that Jehovah met him, and sought to kill him.
Amplified
Now it happened at the lodging place, that the Lord met Moses and sought to kill him [making him deathly ill because he had not circumcised one of his sons].
Bible in Basic English
Now on the journey, at the night's resting-place, the Lord came in his way and would have put him to death.
Darby Translation
And it came to pass on the way, in the inn, that Jehovah came upon him, and sought to slay him.
King James 2000
And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{And} on the way, at the place of overnight lodging, Yahweh encountered him and sought to kill him.
Modern King James verseion
And it happened by the way, in the inn, that Jehovah met him and sought to kill him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And it chanced by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him and would have killed him.
NET Bible
Now on the way, at a place where they stopped for the night, the Lord met Moses and sought to kill him.
New Heart English Bible
It happened on the way at a lodging place, that the LORD met him and wanted to kill him.
The Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass, on the way, in the resting-place for the night, that Yahweh fell upon him, and sought to kill him.
Webster
And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.
World English Bible
It happened on the way at a lodging place, that Yahweh met Moses and wanted to kill him.
Youngs Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass in the way, in a lodging place, that Jehovah meeteth him, and seeketh to put him to death;
Themes
Circumcision » Punishment for neglecting
Circumcision » Neglect of, punished
moses » His controversy with his wife on account of circumcision
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 4:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
Moses Leaves Midian And Returns To Egypt
23 And saying to thee, Send forth my son, and he shall save me: and shalt thou refuse to send him, behold me killing thy son, thy first-born. 24 And it shall be in the way in the inn, and Jehovah will meet with him and will seek to kill him. 25 And Zipporah will take a stone, and will cut off the uncircumcision her son, and will come to his feet, and will say, For a spouse of bloods, thou to me.
Cross References
Genesis 17:14
And the uncircumcised male which shall not be circumcised in the flesh of his uncircumcision, and that soul shall be cut off from its people: he broke my covenant
1 Chronicles 21:16
And David will lift up his eyes and see the messenger of Jehovah standing between the earth and between the heavens, and his sword drawn in his hand stretched forth over Jerusalem. And David will fall, and the old men being covered with sackcloth, upon their face.
Genesis 42:27
And the one will open his sack to give food to his ass in the lodging place, and he will see his silver; for behold, it in the mouth of his sack.
Exodus 3:18
And they heard thy voice; and thou camest, thou and the old men of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and ye said to him, Jehovah the God of the Hebrews, met with us; and now will we go a way of three days into the desert, and we will sacrifice to Jehovah our God.
Leviticus 10:3
And Moses will say to Aaron, This which Jehovah spake, saying, In drawing near me I will be consecrated, and before all the people I will be honored. And Aaron will be silent
Numbers 22:22-23
And the anger of God will kindle because he went; and the messenger of Jehovah will stand in the way, for an adversary to him: and he rode upon his ass, and his two young men with him.
1 Kings 13:24
And he will go, and a lion will find him in the way and kill him: and his corpse will be cast in the way, and the ass standing by it., and the lion standing by the corpse.
Hosea 13:8
I will fall upon them as a bear bereaved, and I will rend the enclosure of their heart, and devour them there as a lion: the beast of the field shall cleave them asunder.