Exodus 18:4

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The name of the other son was Eliezer, meaning, 'My God is my help,' for Moses had said, 'The God of my father was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh’s sword.'

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And the name of the other was Eliezer, for the God of my father, he said, was my help and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    and the name{H8034} of the other{H259} was Eliezer;{H461} for [he said], The God{H430} of my father{H1} was my help,{H5828} and delivered{H5337} me from the sword{H2719} of Pharaoh.{H6547}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the name{H8034} of the other{H259} was Eliezer{H461}; for the God{H430} of my father{H1}, said he, was mine help{H5828}, and delivered{H5337}{(H8686)} me from the sword{H2719} of Pharaoh{H6547}:

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And the other was called Eliesar: for the God of my father was myne helpe ad delyuered me from the swerde of Pharao.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And the other was called Eliaser, for he sayde: The God of my fathers hath bene my helpe, and hath delyuered me from Pharaos swerde.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And the name of the other was Eliezer: for the God of my father, said he, was mine helpe, & deliuered me from the sword of Pharaoh)

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    The name of the other was Eliezer: for the God of my father sayde he was mine helpe, and deliuered me from the sworde of Pharao.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And the name of the other [was] Eliezer; for the God of my father, [said he, was] mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The name of the other was Eliezer,{Eliezer means "God is my helper."} for he said, "My father's God was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh's sword."

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and the name of the other `is' Eliezer, for, `the God of my father `is' for my help, and doth deliver me from the sword of Pharaoh.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and the name of the other was Eliezer; for `he said', The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and the name of the other was Eliezer; for [he said], The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And the name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, The God of my father was my help, and kept me safe from the sword of Pharaoh:

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, "My father's God was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh's sword."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    and the other Eliezer(for Moses had said,“The God of my father has been my help and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh”).

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 2:15 : 15 When Pharaoh heard about this, he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in the land of Midian, where he sat down by a well.
  • 1 Chr 23:15 : 15 The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
  • Ps 18:1 : 1 To the director, a song of David, the servant of the LORD, who spoke the words of this song to the LORD on the day the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
  • Ps 18:48 : 48 The God who avenges me and subdues peoples under me,
  • Ps 34:4 : 4 Magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together.
  • Ps 46:1 : 1 For the choirmaster. A song of the sons of Korah, set to soprano voices.
  • Isa 50:7-9 : 7 Because the Sovereign LORD helps me, I will not be disgraced. Therefore, I have set my face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame. 8 He who vindicates me is near. Who will bring charges against me? Let us face each other. Who is my accuser? Let him confront me. 9 Behold, the Sovereign LORD helps me. Who will condemn me? Look, all of them will wear out like a garment; the moth will devour them.
  • Dan 6:22 : 22 Then Daniel spoke to the king, 'O king, may you live forever!
  • Acts 12:11 : 11 When Peter came to himself, he said, 'Now I truly know that the Lord sent His angel and rescued me from Herod's grasp and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.'
  • 2 Cor 1:8-9 : 8 For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, of the trouble we experienced in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself. 9 Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened so that we would not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. 10 He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us again. On Him we have set our hope that He will continue to deliver us,
  • 2 Tim 4:17 : 17 But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fully made and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lion's mouth.
  • Heb 13:6 : 6 So we can confidently say: 'The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?'

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Exod 18:1-3
    3 verses
    79%

    1 Jethro, the priest of Midian and Moses’ father-in-law, heard about everything that God had done for Moses and for His people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.

    2 Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after she had been sent away,

    3 along with her two sons. One was named Gershom, meaning, 'I have been a foreigner in a foreign land,' because Moses had said, 'I was a sojourner in a strange land.'

  • Exod 18:5-6
    2 verses
    76%

    5 Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came to Moses in the wilderness where he was camped at the mountain of God, bringing Moses’ wife and his two sons with him.

    6 Jethro sent word to Moses, saying, 'I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you, along with your wife and her two sons.'

  • Exod 18:8-10
    3 verses
    75%

    8 Moses told his father-in-law about everything the LORD had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for the sake of Israel, all the hardships they had faced along the way, and how the LORD had delivered them.

    9 Jethro rejoiced over all the good things the LORD had done for Israel, delivering them from the hand of the Egyptians.

    10 Jethro said, 'Blessed be the LORD, who delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of Pharaoh, and who rescued the people from under the hand of Egypt.'

  • 22 She gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, 'I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.'

  • Exod 2:15-19
    5 verses
    74%

    15 When Pharaoh heard about this, he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in the land of Midian, where he sat down by a well.

    16 Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father's flock.

    17 Some shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses got up, came to their rescue, and watered their flock.

    18 When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked, 'Why have you returned so early today?'

    19 They answered, 'An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds. He even drew water for us and watered the flock.'

  • 15 The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.

  • Exod 2:9-11
    3 verses
    72%

    9 Pharaoh's daughter said to her, 'Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay you.' So the woman took the child and nursed him.

    10 When the child grew older, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, saying, 'I drew him out of the water.'

    11 One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and saw their forced labor. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his people.

  • 18 Then Moses went back to Jethro, his father-in-law, and said to him, 'Please let me return to my relatives in Egypt to see if they are still alive.' And Jethro said to Moses, 'Go in peace.'

  • 21 When he was abandoned, Pharaoh's daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son.

  • 15 Moses answered his father-in-law, 'Because the people come to me to inquire of God.'

  • Exod 3:15-16
    2 verses
    70%

    15 God also said to Moses, 'Say to the Israelites, "The LORD, the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you. This is my name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered in every generation."

    16 Go, assemble the elders of Israel, and tell them, 'The LORD, the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me and said: "I have watched over you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt."

  • 1 Now Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

  • Exod 3:10-11
    2 verses
    70%

    10 'So now go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.'

    11 But Moses said to God, 'Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?'

  • 6 Then he said, 'I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' At this, Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look at God.

  • 8 When Jacob went into Egypt, your ancestors cried out to the LORD, and He sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them in this place.

  • 29 When Moses heard this, he fled and became a foreigner in the land of Midian, where he had two sons.

  • 5 'This is so that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their ancestors—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has appeared to you.'

  • 13 But Moses said to the LORD, "The Egyptians will hear about it! By your power you brought these people up from among them.

  • 20 So Moses took his wife and his sons, put them on a donkey, and started back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.

  • Gen 41:51-52
    2 verses
    69%

    51 Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, 'God has made me forget all my hardship and my father’s household.'

    52 The second son he named Ephraim, saying, 'God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.'

  • 17 'because my father fought for you, risked his life, and delivered you from the hand of Midian—'

  • 15 Our ancestors went down to Egypt, and we lived there for a long time. But the Egyptians mistreated us and our ancestors.

  • 18 They set out from Midian and went to Paran. Taking men from Paran with them, they entered Egypt and went to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, who gave him a house, food, and land.

  • 21 You shall say to your son: 'We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.'

  • 29 Moses said to Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law: "We are setting out for the place about which the LORD said, 'I will give it to you.' Come with us, and we will treat you well, for the LORD has promised good things for Israel."

  • 2 The LORD is my strength and my song; He has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will glorify Him; the God of my father, and I will exalt Him.