Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

{And} on the way, at the place of overnight lodging, Yahweh encountered him and sought to kill him.

New American Standard Bible

Now it came about at the lodging place on the way that the Lord met him and sought to put him to death.

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.

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.

King James 2000

And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met 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;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And it came to pass by the way
דּרך 
Derek 
Usage: 704

in the inn
מלון 
Malown 
Usage: 8

that the Lord

Usage: 0

met
פּגשׁ 
Pagash 
Usage: 14

to kill
מוּת 
Muwth 
Usage: 839

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Exodus 4:24

Context Readings

Moses Leaves Midian And Returns To Egypt

23 And I said to you, "Release my son and let him serve me," but you refused to release him. Look, I [am about] to kill your son, your firstborn.'" 24 {And} on the way, at the place of overnight lodging, Yahweh encountered him and sought to kill him. 25 But Zipporah took a flint [knife], and she cut off the foreskin of her son, and she touched his feet, and she said, "Yes, you [are] a bridegroom of blood to me."


Cross References

Genesis 17:14

And [as for any] uncircumcised male who has not circumcised the flesh of his foreskin, that person shall be cut off from his people. He has broken my covenant.

1 Chronicles 21:16

And David lifted his eyes and saw the angel of Yahweh standing between earth and heaven, with his sword drawn in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

Genesis 42:27

And one [of them later] opened his sack to give fodder to his donkey at the lodging place and saw his money--behold, it [was] in the mouth of his sack.

Exodus 3:18

And they will listen to your voice, and you will go, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you will say to him, 'Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews has met with us, and now let us please go [on] a journey of three days into the desert, and let us sacrifice to Yahweh our God.'

Leviticus 10:3

Therefore Moses said to Aaron, "This [is] what Yahweh spoke, saying, 'Among those who are close to me I will show myself holy, and {in the presence of} all the people I will display my glory.'" So Aaron was silent.

Numbers 22:22-23

But {God became angry} because he was going, and the angel of Yahweh stood in the road as an adversary to him; he [was] riding on his donkey, and two servants were with him.

1 Kings 13:24

When he left, a lion found him on the road and killed him, and his dead body [was] thrown on the road with the donkey standing beside it, and the lion [was] standing by the dead body.

Hosea 13:8

I will attack them like a bear robbed of her offspring, and I will tear open the covering of their heart; there I will devour them like a lion, like an animal of the field would mutilate them.

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