Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom, - for he said, A, sojourner, I am, in a strange land.
New American Standard Bible
Then she gave birth to
King James Version
And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
Holman Bible
She gave birth to a son whom he named Gershom, for he said, “I have been a foreigner
International Standard Version
Later she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, because he used to say, "I became an alien in a foreign land."
A Conservative Version
And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom, for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.
American Standard Version
And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.
Amplified
She gave birth to a son, and he named him Gershom (stranger); for he said, “I have been a stranger in a foreign land.”
Bible in Basic English
And she gave birth to a son, to whom he gave the name Gershom: for he said, I have been living in a strange land.
Darby Translation
And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.
Julia Smith Translation
And she will bear a son, and he will call his name Gershom; for he said, I was a sojourner in a strange land.
King James 2000
And she bore him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom because he said, "I am an alien in a foreign land."
Modern King James verseion
And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom. For he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and he called him Gershom: for he said, "I have been a stranger in a strange land." And she bare yet another son, whom he called Eliezer saying, "The God of my father is mine helper, and hath rid me out of the hands of Pharaoh."
NET Bible
When she bore a son, Moses named him Gershom, for he said, "I have become a resident foreigner in a foreign land."
New Heart English Bible
She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, "I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land."
Webster
And she bore him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
World English Bible
She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, "I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land."
Youngs Literal Translation
and she beareth a son, and he calleth his name Gershom, for he said, 'A sojourner I have been in a strange land.'
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 2:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
Moses In Midian
21 And Moses was well-pleased to dwell with the man, - and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses. 22 And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom, - for he said, A, sojourner, I am, in a strange land. 23 And it came to pass, during those many days, that the king of Egypt died, and the sons of Israel sighed by reason of the servitude and lamented, - and their cry for help went up to God, by reason of the servitude.
Phrases
Cross References
Acts 7:29
And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons.
Hebrews 11:13-14
In faith, all these died - not bearing away the promises, but, from afar, beholding and saluting them, and confessing that, strangers and sojourners, were they upon the land.
Exodus 2:10
And the child grew, and she brought him in to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, and said - For out of the water, I drew him.
Exodus 18:3-4
and her two sons, - of whom, the name of the one, was Gershom, for, said he, A sojourner, am I in a strange land,
Exodus 22:21
And, a sojourner, shalt thou not tread down neither shalt thou drive him away, - for sojourners, ye became in the land of Egypt.
1 Chronicles 16:20
And they wandered from nation to nation, and from one kingdom, to another people:
1 Chronicles 23:14-17
and, as for Moses, the man of God, his sons, were called unto the tribe of Levi.
1 Chronicles 29:15
for, sojourners, are we before thee, and strangers, like all our fathers, - like a shadow, are our days upon the earth, and there is no hope.
Psalm 39:12
Hear my prayer, O Yahweh, And, unto my cry for help, give ear, At my tears, do not be silent, - For, a sojourner, am, I, with thee, A stranger, like all my fathers.
Psalm 119:19
A sojourner, am, I, in the earth, Do not hide from me, thy commandments.