Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And Jehovah God saith, 'Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper -- as his counterpart.'
New American Standard Bible
Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone;
King James Version
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Holman Bible
Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper as his complement.”
International Standard Version
Later, the LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make the woman to be an authority corresponding to him."
A Conservative Version
And LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone, I will make a help meet for him.
American Standard Version
And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.
Amplified
Now the Lord God said, “It is not good (beneficial) for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper [one who balances him—a counterpart who is]
Bible in Basic English
And the Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be by himself: I will make one like himself as a help to him
Darby Translation
And Jehovah Elohim said, It is not good that Man should be alone; I will make him a helpmate, his like.
Julia Smith Translation
And Jehovah God will say, It is not good for man to be alone; I will make for him a help as before him.
King James 2000
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then Yahweh God said, "[it is] not good [that] the man is alone. I will make for him a helper {as his counterpart}."
Modern King James verseion
And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the LORD God said, "It is not good that man should be alone. I will make him a helper to bear him company."
NET Bible
The Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a companion for him who corresponds to him."
New Heart English Bible
The LORD God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him."
The Emphasized Bible
And Yahweh God said, It is, not good, that the man should remain alone, - I will make for him a helper as his counterpart.
Webster
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone: I will make him a help meet for him.
World English Bible
Yahweh God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him."
Themes
Adam » The first man. Creation of » History of, before he sinned
Associations » Man needs the comfort and help of » Seen in God's original plan
Companionship » Man needs the comfort and help of » Seen in God's original plan
Man » Not good for, to be alone
Marriage » Designed for » The happiness of man
Wife » Relation of, to husband
Topics
Interlinear
'elohiym
Towb
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 2:18
Prayers for Genesis 2:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
The First Woman
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.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 3:12
and the man saith, 'The woman whom Thou didst place with me -- she hath given to me of the tree -- and I do eat.'
Genesis 1:31
And God seeth all that He hath done, and lo, very good; and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day the sixth.
1 Corinthians 11:7-12
for a man, indeed, ought not to cover the head, being the image and glory of God, and a woman is the glory of a man,
1 Peter 3:7
The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with them, according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel -- to the wife -- imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.
Ruth 3:1
And Naomi her mother-in-law saith to her, 'My daughter, do not I seek for thee rest, that it may be well with thee?
Proverbs 18:22
Whoso hath found a wife hath found good, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
The two are better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour.
1 Corinthians 7:36
and if any one doth think it to be unseemly to his virgin, if she may be beyond the bloom of age, and it ought so to be, what he willeth let him do; he doth not sin -- let him marry.
1 Timothy 2:11-13
Let a woman in quietness learn in all subjection,