25Then 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.|


In Context

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.

27 Yahweh said to Aaron, |Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.| He went, and met him on God's mountain, and kissed him.

Exodus 4:25 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:25Then 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:25But 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

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:25Immediately Sephora took a very sharp stone, and circumcised the fore skin of her son, and touched his feet and said: A bloody spouse art thou to me.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:25Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said, Surely a bridegroom of blood art thou to me.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:25Then Zipporah took a stone and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, A bloody husband indeed art thou to me!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:25Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said, Surely a bridegroom of blood art thou to me.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:25Then 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:25and Zipporah taketh a flint, and cutteth off the foreskin of her son, and causeth it to touch his feet, and saith, 'Surely a bridegroom of blood art thou to me;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:25Then 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 are you to me.