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Young's Literal Translation

Exodus 18:4

and the name of the other [is] Eliezer, for, `the God of my father [is] for my help, and doth deliver me from the sword of Pharaoh.'

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Eliezer;   Moses;   Zipporah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Children;   Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Kenites, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Eliezer;   Jethro;   Names;   Zipporah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Create, Creation;   Eve;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Eliezer;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Moses;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Eliezer;   Exodus, Book of;   Zipporah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Eliezer;   Gershom;   Judges;   Moses;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Eliezer ;   Jethro ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Name;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Elie'zar;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Name;   Rephidim;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Exodus, the;   On to Sinai;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Eliezer;   Jethro;   Wanderings of Israel;   Zipporah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Azariah;   Eliezer;   Elohist;   Invocation;   Jethro;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The name of the other was Eli`ezer, for he said, "My father's God was my help and delivered me from Par`oh's sword."
King James Version
And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:
Lexham English Bible
and the one whose name was Eliezer, for "the God of my father was my help, and he delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh."
New Century Version
The other son was named Eliezer, because when he was born, Moses said, "The God of my father is my help. He saved me from the king of Egypt."
New English Translation
and the other Eliezer (for Moses had said, "The God of my father has been my help and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh").
Amplified Bible
The other [son] was named Eliezer (my God is help), for Moses said, "The God of my father was my help, and He rescued me from the sword of Pharaoh."
New American Standard Bible
And the other was named Eliezer, for he said, "The God of my father was my help, and saved me from the sword of Pharaoh."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the name of the other was Eliezer: for the God of my father, said he, was mine helpe, & deliuered me from the sword of Pharaoh)
Legacy Standard Bible
And the other was named Eliezer, for he said, "The God of my father was my help and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh."
Complete Jewish Bible
The name of the other was Eli‘ezer [my God helps], "because the God of my father helped me by rescuing me from Pharaoh's sword."
Darby Translation
—and the name of the other, Eliezer—For the God of my father has been my help, and has delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.
Easy-to-Read Version
The other son was named Eliezer, because when he was born, Moses said, "The God of my father helped me and saved me from the king of Egypt."
English Standard Version
and the name of the other, Eliezer (for he said, "The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh").
George Lamsa Translation
And the name of the other was Eliezer; For the God of my fathers, said he, was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh;
Good News Translation
He had also said, "The God of my father helped me and saved me from being killed by the king of Egypt"; so he had named the other son Eliezer.)
Christian Standard Bible®
and the other Eliezer (because he had said, “The God of my father was my helper and rescued me from Pharaoh’s sword”).
Literal Translation
and one's name was Eliezer (for the God of my father was my Help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh).
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the other was called Eliaser, for he sayde: The God of my fathers hath bene my helpe, and hath delyuered me from Pharaos swerde.
American Standard Version
and the name of the other was Eliezer; for he said, The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.
Bible in Basic English
And the name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, The God of my father was my help, and kept me safe from the sword of Pharaoh:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The name of the other was Eliezer: for the God of my father [sayde he] was mine helpe, and deliuered me from the sworde of Pharao.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and the name of the other was Eliezer: 'for the God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.'
King James Version (1611)
And the name of the other was Eliezer: for the God of my father, said he, was mine helpe, and deliuered me from the sword of Pharaoh.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and the name of the second Eliezer, saying, For the God of my father is my helper, and he has rescued me out of the hand of Pharao.
English Revised Version
and the name of the other was Eliezer; for he said, The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:
Berean Standard Bible
The other son was named Eliezer, because Moses had said, "The God of my father was my helper and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
forsothe the tother was clepid Eliezer, for Moises seide, God of my fadir is myn helpere, and he delyuerede me fro the swerd of Farao.
Update Bible Version
and the name of the other was Eliezer; for [he said], The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the name of the other [was] Eliezer; (for the God of my father, [said he], [was] my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:)
World English Bible
The name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, "My father's God was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh's sword."
New King James Version
and the name of the other was Eliezer [fn] (for he said, "The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh");
New Living Translation
His second son was named Eliezer, for Moses had said, "The God of my ancestors was my helper; he rescued me from the sword of Pharaoh.")
New Life Bible
The other was given the name Eliezer, for he said, "The God of my father was my help. And He saved me from the sword of Pharaoh."
New Revised Standard
and the name of the other, Eliezer (for he said, "The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh").
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, the name of the other, Eliezer, for the God of my father, was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the other Eliezer: For the God of my father, said he, is my helper, and hath delivered me from the sword of Pharao.
Revised Standard Version
and the name of the other, Elie'zer (for he said, "The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh").
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The other was named Eliezer, for he said, "The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh."

Contextual Overview

1 And Jethro priest of Midian, father-in-law of Moses, heareth all that God hath done for Moses, and for Israel his people, that Jehovah hath brought out Israel from Egypt, 2 and Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, taketh Zipporah, wife of Moses, besides her parents, 3 and her two sons, of whom the name of the one [is] Gershom, for he said, `a sojourner I have been in a strange land:' 4 and the name of the other [is] Eliezer, for, `the God of my father [is] for my help, and doth deliver me from the sword of Pharaoh.' 5 And Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, cometh, and his sons, and his wife, unto Moses, unto the wilderness where he is encamping -- the mount of God; 6 and he saith unto Moses, `I, thy father-in-law, Jethro, am coming unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Eliezer: i.e. my God is an help, Psalms 46:1, Isaiah 50:7-9, Hebrews 13:6

delivered: Exodus 2:15, Psalms 18:1, *title Psalms 18:48, Psalms 34:4, Daniel 6:22, Acts 12:11, 2 Corinthians 1:8-10, 2 Timothy 4:17

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 23:15 - Gershom 1 Chronicles 26:25 - Eliezer

Cross-References

Genesis 18:5
and I bring a piece of bread, and support ye your heart; afterwards pass on, for therefore have ye passed over unto your servant;' and they say, `So mayest thou do as thou has spoken.'
Genesis 18:15
And Sarah denieth, saying, `I did not laugh;' for she hath been afraid; and He saith, `Nay, but thou didst laugh.'
Genesis 19:2
and he saith, `Lo, I pray you, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, unto the house of your servant, and lodge, and wash your feet -- then ye have risen early and gone on your way;' and they say, `Nay, but in the broad place we do lodge.'
Genesis 24:32
And he bringeth in the man into the house, and looseth the camels, and giveth straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the feet of the men who [are] with him:
Genesis 43:24
And the man bringeth in the men into Joseph's house, and giveth water, and they wash their feet; and he giveth provender for their asses,
1 Samuel 25:41
And she riseth and boweth herself -- face to the earth -- and saith, `Lo, thy handmaid [is] for a maid-servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.'
Luke 7:44
And having turned unto the woman, he said to Simon, `Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house; water for my feet thou didst not give, but this woman with tears did wet my feet, and with the hairs of her head did wipe;
1 Timothy 5:10
in good works being testified to: if she brought up children, if she entertained strangers, if saints' feet she washed, if those in tribulation she relieved, if every good work she followed after;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the name of the other was Eliezer,.... Who seems to be his second son, and was that which was circumcised by Zipporah at the inn, and about which there was such a stir, Exodus 4:24, and signifies "my God [is] help", or, his helper:

for the God of my father, [said he], was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh; who, on hearing that Moses had killed an Egyptian, was wroth with him, and sought to slay him; and perhaps drew his sword for that purpose, but was prevented: however, this, in all human probability, would have been the case, that he would have fallen by his sword either in a private or public manner, had it not been for the interposition of divine Providence, and therefore he gave this name to his child, to be a standing memorial of it.


 
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