Exodus 4:26
World English Bible (WEB)
So he let him alone. Then she said, “You are a bridegroom of blood,” because of the circumcision.
In context
24 On the way at a lodging place, the LORD met Moses and wanted to kill him.
25 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.”
26 So he let him alone. Then she said, “You are a bridegroom of blood,” because of the circumcision.
27 The LORD said to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.” He went, and met him on God’s mountain, and kissed him.
28 Moses told Aaron all the LORD’s words with which he had sent him, and all the signs with which he had instructed him.
Exodus 4:26 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- So he let him alone. Then she said, “You are a bridegroom of blood,” because of the circumcision.
- KJV King James Version
- So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, 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.