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


In Context

15 And Jehovah God taketh the man, and causeth him to rest in the garden of Eden, to serve it, and to keep it.

16 And Jehovah God layeth a charge on the man, saying, 'Of every tree of the garden eating thou dost eat;

17 and of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou dost not eat of it, for in the day of thine eating of it — dying thou dost die.'

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

19 And Jehovah God formeth from the ground every beast of the field, and every fowl of the heavens, and bringeth in unto the man, to see what he doth call it; and whatever the man calleth a living creature, that is its name.

20 And the man calleth names to all the cattle, and to fowl of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; and to man hath not been found an helper — as his counterpart.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:18The Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable 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 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.