Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Then the LORD withdrew from him, and she said, ""a bridegroom of blood because of circumcision."
New American Standard Bible
So He let him alone. At that time she said, “You are a bridegroom of blood”—
King James Version
So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.
Holman Bible
So He let him alone. At that time she said, “You are a bridegroom of blood,” referring to the circumcision.
A Conservative Version
So he let him alone. Then she said, A bridegroom of blood [thou are], because of the circumcision.
American Standard Version
So he let him alone. Then she said, A bridegroom of blood art thou , because of the circumcision.
Amplified
So He let Moses alone [to recover]. At that time Zipporah said, “You are a husband of blood”—because of the circumcision.
Bible in Basic English
So he let him go. Then she said, You are a husband of blood because of the circumcision.
Darby Translation
And he let him go. Then she said, A bloody husband because of the circumcision.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will desist from him: then she said, A husband of bloods, for the circumcision.
King James 2000
So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband you are, because of the circumcision.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he left him alone. At that time she said, "A bridegroom of blood," because of the circumcision.
Modern King James verseion
So He let him go. Then she said, You are a bloody husband, because of the circumcision.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he let him go. She said 'a bloody husband' because of the circumcision.
NET Bible
So the Lord let him alone. (At that time she said, "A bridegroom of blood," referring to the circumcision.)
New Heart English Bible
So he let him alone. Then she said, "You are a bridegroom of blood," because of the circumcision.
The Emphasized Bible
So he let him go, Then, it was that she said, A bridegroom by rites of blood - with regard to the rites of circumcision.
Webster
So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.
World English Bible
So he let him alone. Then she said, "You are a bridegroom of blood," because of the circumcision.
Youngs Literal Translation
and He desisteth from him: then she said, 'A bridegroom of blood,' in reference to the circumcision.
Themes
Circumcision » Punishment for neglecting
Circumcision » Bloody » Painful
Family » Instances of infelicity in » Moses and zipporah
moses » His controversy with his wife on account of circumcision
Women » Instances of » Zipporah, in her persecution of moses on account of his religious obligations
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 4:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
Moses Leaves Midian And Returns To Egypt
25 Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son's foreskin, and touched Moses' feet with it, saying while doing so, ""because you are a bridegroom of blood to me." 26 Then the LORD withdrew from him, and she said, ""a bridegroom of blood because of circumcision." 27 The LORD told Aaron, "Go meet Moses in the desert." So Aaron went, found him at the mountain of God, and embraced him.