Parallel Verses
World English Bible
When he saw them, Jacob said, "This is God's army." He called the name of that place Mahanaim.
New American Standard Bible
Jacob said when he saw them, “This is God’s
King James Version
And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
Holman Bible
When he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God’s camp.” So he called that place Mahanaim.
International Standard Version
As he was watching them, Jacob said, "This must be God's camp," so he named that place Mahanaim.
A Conservative Version
And Jacob said when he saw them, This is God's camp. And he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
American Standard Version
And Jacob said when he saw them, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
Amplified
When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God’s camp.” So he named that place Mahanaim (
Bible in Basic English
And when he saw them he said, This is the army of God: so he gave that place the name of Mahanaim.
Darby Translation
And when Jacob saw them he said, This is the camp of God. And he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
Julia Smith Translation
And Jacob will say when seeing them, This the camp of God: and he will call the name of that place the camps.
King James 2000
And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And when he saw them, Jacob said, "This [is] the camp of God!" And he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
Modern King James verseion
And when Jacob saw them he said, This is God's camp. And he called the name of that place Two Camps.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And when Jacob saw them, he said, "This is God's host," and called the name of that same place Mahanaim.
NET Bible
When Jacob saw them, he exclaimed, "This is the camp of God!" So he named that place Mahanaim.
New Heart English Bible
When he saw them, Jacob said, "This is God's army." He called the name of that place Mahanaim.
The Emphasized Bible
And Jacob said, when he saw them, the camp of God, is this! So he called the name of that place, Mahanaim.
Webster
And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
Youngs Literal Translation
and Jacob saith, when he hath seen them, 'This is the camp of God;' and he calleth the name of that place 'Two Camps.'
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 32:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jacob Fears Esau
1 Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. 2 When he saw them, Jacob said, "This is God's army." He called the name of that place Mahanaim. 3 Jacob sent messengers in front of him to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, the field of Edom.
Cross References
2 Samuel 2:8
Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's army, had taken Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
Joshua 21:38
Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,
Joshua 5:14
He said, "No; but I have come now as commander of Yahweh's army." Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and worshipped, and said to him, "What does my lord say to his servant?"
2 Samuel 17:24
Then David came to Mahanaim. Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
1 Kings 2:8
"Behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by Yahweh, saying, 'I will not put you to death with the sword.'
Luke 2:13
Suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army praising God, and saying,
2 Samuel 2:12
Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
2 Samuel 17:26-27
Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.
1 Kings 4:14
Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;
2 Kings 6:17
Elisha prayed, and said, "Yahweh, please open his eyes, that he may see." Yahweh opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire around Elisha.
Psalm 34:7
The angel of Yahweh encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.
Psalm 103:21
Praise Yahweh, all you armies of his, you servants of his, who do his pleasure.
Psalm 148:2
Praise him, all his angels! Praise him, all his army!
Song of Songs 6:13
Return, return, Shulammite! Return, return, that we may gaze at you. Lover Why do you desire to gaze at the Shulammite, as at the dance of Mahanaim?
Daniel 10:20
Then he said, "Do you know why I have come to you? Now I will return to fight with the prince of Persia. When I go forth, behold, the prince of Greece shall come.