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


In Context

21 Yahweh said to Moses, |When you go back into Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand, but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.

22 You shall tell Pharaoh, 'Thus says Yahweh, Israel is my son, my firstborn,

23 and I have said to you, |Let my son go, that he may serve me;| and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn.'|

24 It happened on the way at a lodging place, that Yahweh 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.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:24At a lodging place on the way, the Lord met [Moses] and was about 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 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.