Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Now it came about at the lodging place on the way that the Lord met him and sought to put him to death.

King James Version

And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.

Holman Bible

On the trip, at an overnight campsite, it happened that the Lord confronted him and sought to put him to death.

International Standard Version

But later on, at the lodging place along the way, the LORD met Moses and was about to kill him.

A Conservative Version

And it came to pass on the way at the lodging-place, that LORD met him, and sought to kill him.

American Standard Version

And it came to pass on the way at the lodging-place, that Jehovah met him, and sought to kill him.

Amplified

Now it happened at the lodging place, that the Lord met Moses and sought to kill him [making him deathly ill because he had not circumcised one of his sons].

Bible in Basic English

Now on the journey, at the night's resting-place, the Lord came in his way and would have put him to death.

Darby Translation

And it came to pass on the way, in the inn, that Jehovah came upon him, and sought to slay him.

Julia Smith Translation

And it shall be in the way in the inn, and Jehovah will meet with him and will seek to kill him.

King James 2000

And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.

Lexham Expanded Bible

{And} on the way, at the place of overnight lodging, Yahweh encountered him and sought to kill him.

Modern King James verseion

And it happened by the way, in the inn, that Jehovah met him and sought to kill him.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And it chanced by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him and would have killed him.

NET Bible

Now on the way, at a place where they stopped for the night, the Lord met Moses and sought to kill him.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

And it came to pass, on the way, in the resting-place for the night, that Yahweh fell upon him, and sought to kill him.

Webster

And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

And it cometh to pass in the way, in a lodging place, that Jehovah meeteth him, and seeketh to put him to death;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And it came to pass by the way
דּרך 
Derek 
Usage: 704

in the inn
מלון 
Malown 
Usage: 8

that the Lord

Usage: 0

met
פּגשׁ 
Pagash 
Usage: 14

to kill
מוּת 
Muwth 
Usage: 839

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Exodus 4:24

Context Readings

Moses Leaves Midian And Returns To Egypt

23 So I said to you, ‘Let My son go that he may serve Me’; but you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn.”’” 24 Now it came about at the lodging place on the way that the Lord met him and sought to put him to death. 25 Then Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son’s foreskin and threw it at Moses’ feet, and she said, “You are indeed a bridegroom of blood to me.”


Cross References

Genesis 17:14

But an uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that person shall be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”

1 Chronicles 21:16

Then David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the Lord standing between earth and heaven, with his drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, covered with sackcloth, fell on their faces.

Genesis 42:27

As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey fodder at the lodging place, he saw his money; and behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.

Exodus 3:18

They will pay heed to what you say; and you with the elders of Israel will come to the king of Egypt and you will say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So now, please, let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.’

Leviticus 10:3

Then Moses said to Aaron, “It is what the Lord spoke, saying,
‘By those who come near Me I will be treated as holy,
And before all the people I will be honored.’”
So Aaron, therefore, kept silent.

Numbers 22:22-23

But God was angry because he was going, and the angel of the Lord took his stand in the way as an adversary against him. Now he was riding on his donkey and his two servants were with him.

1 Kings 13:24

Now when he had gone, a lion met him on the way and killed him, and his body was thrown on the road, with the donkey standing beside it; the lion also was standing beside the body.

Hosea 13:8

I will encounter them like a bear robbed of her cubs,
And I will tear open their chests;
There I will also devour them like a lioness,
As a wild beast would tear them.

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