Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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."
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.
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 will be contented to dwell with the man, and he will give Zipporah his daughter to Moses. 22 And she will bear a son, and he will call his name Gershom; for he said, I was a sojourner in a strange land. 23 And it will be in these many days, and the king of Egypt will die: and the sons of Israel will groan, from the work; and they will cry out, and their supplication will go up to God from the work.
Phrases
Cross References
Acts 7:29
And Moses fled at this word, and he was a sojourner in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
Hebrews 11:13-14
According to faith died all these, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar, and been persuaded, and having embraced, and assented that they are strangers and newly arrived from a foreign country upon earth.
Exodus 2:10
And the child will become great, and she will bring him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he will be to her for a son. And she will call his name Moses; and she will say, Because I drew him out of the water.
Exodus 18:3-4
And her two sons, which the name of the one Gershom, for he said I was a stranger in a strange land;
Exodus 22:21
Thou shalt not treat evil the stranger, and thou shalt not press him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
1 Chronicles 16:20
And they will go about from nation to nation, and from kingdom to another people;
1 Chronicles 23:14-17
And Moses the man of God, his sons will be called for the tribe of Levi.
1 Chronicles 29:15
For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers: as a shadow our days upon the earth, and no expectation.
Psalm 39:12
Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear to my cry; thou wilt not be silent at my tears, for I a sojourner with thee, a dweller, as all my fathers.
Psalm 119:19
I am a stranger in the earth, thou wilt not hide thy commands from me.