18The Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him."


In Context

15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.

16 And the Lord God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;

17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die."

18 The Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him."

19 Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the beasts of the field and all the birds of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.

20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds of the air and all the beasts of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.

Genesis 2:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:18And the LORD God said, [It is] not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:18And the Lord God said: It is not good for man to be alone: let us make him a help like unto himself.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:18And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:18And Jehovah Elohim said, It is not good that Man should be alone; I will make him a helpmate, his like.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:18And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:18And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone: I will make him a help meet for him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:18Yahweh God said, |It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:18And Jehovah God saith, 'Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper — as his counterpart.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:18And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.