Exodus 4:26
King James Version (KJV)
So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.
In context
24 And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.
25 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.
26 So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.
27 And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.
28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.
Exodus 4:26 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.
- WEB World English Bible
- So he let him alone. Then she said, “You are a bridegroom of blood,” because of the circumcision.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So the LORD let him alone. (When she said, “bridegroom of blood,” she was referring to the circumcision.)
- ASV American Standard Version
- So he let him alone. Then she said, A bridegroom of blood art thou, because of the circumcision.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and He desisteth from him: then she said, 'A bridegroom of blood,' in reference to the circumcision.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he let him go. Then she said, A bloody husband — because of the circumcision.
- WBS Webster Bible
- So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.