Exodus 4:25

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband are you to me.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son's foreskin, and touched Moses' feet with it. She said, 'Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then Zipporah{H6855} took{H3947} a flint,{H6864} and cut off{H3772} the foreskin{H6190} of her son,{H1121} and cast{H5060} it at his feet;{H7272} and she said,{H559} Surely a bridegroom{H2860} of blood{H1818} art thou to me.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then Zipporah{H6855} took{H3947}{(H8799)} a sharp stone{H6864}, and cut off{H3772}{(H8799)} the foreskin{H6190} of her son{H1121}, and cast{H5060}{(H8686)} it at his feet{H7272}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Surely a bloody{H1818} husband{H2860} art thou to me.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Than Zepora toke a stone ad circumcised hyr sonne and fell at hys fette, and sayde: a bloudy husband art thou vnto me.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Then toke Zipora a stone, and circumcyded the foreskynne of hir sonne, and touched his fete, and sayde: A bloudy brydegrome art thou vnto me.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then Zipporah tooke a sharpe knife, and cut away the foreskinne of her sonne, and cast it at his feete, and said, Thou art indeede a bloody husband vnto me.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And Sephora toke a stone, and cut away the foreskin of her sonne, and cast it at his feete, and sayd: a blooddy husbande art thou vnto me.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast [it] at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband [art] thou to me.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said, "Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me."

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and Zipporah taketh a flint, and cutteth off the foreskin of her son, and causeth `it' to touch his feet, and saith, `Surely a bridegroom of blood `art' thou to me;'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said, Surely a bridegroom of blood art thou to me.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said, Surely a bridegroom of blood art thou to me.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cutting off the skin of her son's private parts, and touching his feet with it, she said, Truly you are a husband of blood to me.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said, "Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off the foreskin of her son and touched it to Moses’ feet, and said,“Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me.”

Referenced Verses

  • Josh 5:2-3 : 2 At that time the LORD said to Joshua, Make for yourself sharp knives, and circumcise the children of Israel again the second time. 3 And Joshua made sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.
  • Gen 17:14 : 14 And the uncircumcised male child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that person shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.
  • 2 Sam 16:7 : 7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, you bloody man, and you man of Belial:

Similar Verses (AI)

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

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    26 So he let him go, then she said, A bloody husband you are, because of the circumcision.

  • Exod 4:23-24
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    79%

    23 And I say to you, Let my son go, that he may serve me, and if you refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay your son, even your firstborn.

    24 And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.

  • Exod 18:2
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    2 Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,

  • Exod 2:20-22
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    71%

    20 And he said to his daughters, And where is he? Why have you left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread.

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    2 verses
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    12 Then you shall cut off her hand; your eye shall not pity her.

  • Gen 17:14
    69%

    14 And the uncircumcised male child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that person shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.

  • Josh 5:2-5
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    2 At that time the LORD said to Joshua, Make for yourself sharp knives, and circumcise the children of Israel again the second time.

    3 And Joshua made sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.

    4 And this is the reason why Joshua circumcised: All the people who came out of Egypt, who were males, all the men of war, died in the wilderness on the way, after they came out of Egypt.

    5 Now all the people who came out were circumcised, but all the people born in the wilderness, on the way as they came out of Egypt, had not been circumcised.

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    68%

    3 And on the eighth day, the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

  • Gen 17:11
    68%

    11 And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you.

  • Gen 17:23-24
    2 verses
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    24 And Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

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    15 But in this will we consent unto you: If you will become as we are, that every male of you be circumcised,

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    4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your deeds.

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    66%

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    22 Moses therefore gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.

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    16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer stubborn.

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    18 And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he has discovered her fountain, and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.

  • Lev 8:23
    65%

    23 And he killed it; and Moses took some of its blood, and put it on the tip of Aaron's right ear, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.

  • Exod 4:20
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    20 And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt, and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.