24At a lodging place on the way, the Lord met Moses and was about to kill him.


In Context

21 The Lord said to Moses, "When you return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders I have given you the power to do. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.

22 Then say to Pharaoh, 'This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son,

23 and I told you, "Let my son go, so he may worship me." But you refused to let him go; so I will kill your firstborn son.' "

24 At a lodging place on the way, the Lord met Moses and was about to kill him.

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

26 So the Lord let him alone. (At that time she said "bridegroom of blood," referring to circumcision.)

Exodus 4:24 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:24And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:24And when he was in his journey, in the inn, the Lord met him, and would have killed him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:24And it came to pass on the way at the lodging-place, that Jehovah met him, and sought to kill him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:24And it came to pass on the way, in the inn, that Jehovah came upon him, and sought to slay him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:24And it came to pass on the way at the lodging place, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:24And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:24It happened on the way at a lodging place, that Yahweh met Moses and wanted to kill him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:24And it cometh to pass in the way, in a lodging place, that Jehovah meeteth him, and seeketh to put him to death;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:24And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.