Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
And Lamech took two wives to himself. The name of the first one was Adah, and the name of the other was Zillah.
New American Standard Bible
Lamech took to himself
King James Version
And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
Holman Bible
Lamech took two wives for himself, one named Adah and the other named Zillah.
International Standard Version
Later, Lamech married two wives. One was named Adah and the other was named Zillah.
A Conservative Version
And Lamech took to him two wives. The name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
American Standard Version
And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
Amplified
And Lamech took for himself two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other, Zillah.
Bible in Basic English
And Lamech had two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
Darby Translation
And Lemech took two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the second, Zillah.
Julia Smith Translation
And Lamech shall take to him two women: the name of the one Adah, and the name of the second, Zillah.
King James 2000
And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Lamech took to himself two wives. The name of the first [was] Adah, and the name of the second [was] Zillah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Lamech took him two wives: the one was called Adah, and the other Zillah.
NET Bible
Lamech took two wives for himself; the name of the first was Adah, and the name of the second was Zillah.
New Heart English Bible
Lamech took two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
The Emphasized Bible
And Lamech took to himself two wives, - the name of the one, was Adah, and, the name of the second Zillah.
Webster
And Lamech took to him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
World English Bible
Lamech took two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Lamech taketh to himself two wives, the name of the one Adah, and the name of the second Zillah.
Interlinear
Laqach
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 4:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
Cain And Abel
18 And Irad was born to Enoch. And Irad fathered Mehujael. And Mehujael fathered Methusael. And Methusael fathered Lamech. 19 And Lamech took two wives to himself. The name of the first one was Adah, and the name of the other was Zillah. 20 And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents, and with cattle.
Cross References
Genesis 2:24
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife and they shall be one flesh.
Genesis 2:18
And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.
Matthew 19:4-6
And He answered and said to them, Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning "made them male and female",
Matthew 19:8
He said to them, Because of your hard-heartedness Moses allowed you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not so.