Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And the name of the other was Eliezer, for [he said], The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:
Holman Bible
and the other Eliezer (because he had said, “The God of my father was my helper and delivered me from Pharaoh’s sword”).
International Standard Version
while the name of the other was Eliezer, because he would say, "My father's God helped me and delivered me from Pharaoh's sword."
American Standard Version
and the name of the other was Eliezer; for he said , The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.
Amplified
The other [son] was named Eliezer (my God is help), for Moses said, “The God of my father was my help, and He rescued me from the sword of Pharaoh.”
Bible in Basic English
And the name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, The God of my father was my help, and kept me safe from the sword of Pharaoh:
Darby Translation
And the name of the other, Eliezer for the God of my father has been my help, And has delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.
Julia Smith Translation
And the name of the one Eliezer; for the God of my father for my help, and he will take me away from the sword of Pharaoh.
King James 2000
And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:
Lexham Expanded Bible
and the one [whose] name [was] Eliezer, for "the God of my father [was] my help, and he delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh."
Modern King James verseion
and the name of the other was Eliezer (for the God of my father, my help, delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.)
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the other was called Eliezer - "For the God of my father was mine help and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh."
NET Bible
and the other Eliezer (for Moses had said, "The God of my father has been my help and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh").
New Heart English Bible
The name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, "My father's God was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh's sword."
The Emphasized Bible
and, the name of the other, Eliezer, for the God of my father, was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.
Webster
And the name of the other was Eliezer; (for the God of my father, said he, was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:)
World English Bible
The name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, "My father's God was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh's sword."
Youngs Literal Translation
and the name of the other is Eliezer, for, 'the God of my father is for my help, and doth deliver me from the sword of Pharaoh.'
Themes
Children » Were named » From remarkable events
journey of israel through the Desert » To mount sinai » Jethro's visit
moses » Joined by his family in the wilderness
Zipporah » Separates from moses, is brought again to him by her father
Interlinear
Shem
'elohiym
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 18:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jethro's Visit
3 and her two sons, of whom the name of the one was Gershom, for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land. 4 And the name of the other was Eliezer, for [he said], The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh. 5 And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the mount of God.
Cross References
Exodus 2:15
Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well.
1 Chronicles 23:15
The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
Psalm 18:1
I love thee, O LORD, my strength.
Psalm 18:48
He rescues me from my enemies. Yea, thou lift me up above those who rise up against me. Thou deliver me from the violent man.
Psalm 34:4
I sought LORD, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.
Psalm 46:1
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Isaiah 50:7-9
For lord LORD will help me. Therefore I have not been confounded. Therefore I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame.
Daniel 6:22
My God has sent his [heavenly] agent, and has shut the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me, inasmuch as before him innocence was found in me. And also before thee, O king, I have done no harm.
Acts 12:11
And when Peter came to himself, he said, Now I know truly, that Lord dispatched his agent and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
2 Corinthians 1:8-10
For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about our affliction that happened to us in Asia, because we were extraordinarily weighed down, above strength, so as for us to despair even to be alive.
2 Timothy 4:17
But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the sacred message might be brought to fullness, and all the Gentiles might hear. And I was rescued out of the mouth of the lion.
Hebrews 13:6
So then we have confidence to say, Lord is a helper to me, and I will not fear. What will man do to me?