Exodus 4:26 So the LORD let him alone. (At that time she said "bridegroom of blood," referring to circumcision.)

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
So the LORD let him alone. (At that time she said "bridegroom of blood," referring to circumcision.)

English Standard Version
So he let him alone. It was then that she said, “A bridegroom of blood,” because of the circumcision.

New American Standard Bible
So He let him alone. At that time she said, "You are a bridegroom of blood "-- because of the circumcision.

King James Bible
So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So He let him alone. At that time she said, "You are a bridegroom of blood," referring to the circumcision.

International Standard Version
Then the LORD withdrew from him, and she said, "�a bridegroom of blood because of circumcision."

American Standard Version
So he let him alone. Then she said, A bridegroom of blood art thou , because of the circumcision.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he let him go after she had said A bloody spouse art thou to me, because of the circumcision.

Darby Bible Translation
And he let him go. Then she said, A bloody husband because of the circumcision.

Young's Literal Translation
and He desisteth from him: then she said, 'A bridegroom of blood,' in reference to the circumcision.

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

4:24-31 God met Moses in anger. The Lord threatened him with death or sent sickness upon him, as the punishment of his having neglected to circumcise his son. When God discovers to us what is amiss in our lives, we must give all diligence to amend it speedily. This is the voice of every rod; it calls us to return to Him that smites us. God sent Aaron to meet Moses. The more they saw of God's bringing them together, the more pleasant their interview was. The elders of Israel met them in faith, and were ready to obey them. It often happens, that less difficulty is found than was expected, in such undertakings as are according to the will of God, and for his glory. Let us but arise and try at our proper work, the Lord will be with us and prosper us. If Israel welcomed the tidings of their deliverance, and worshipped the Lord, how should we welcome the glad tidings of redemption, embrace it in faith, and adore the Redeemer!

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

26. So he let him go—Moses recovered; but the remembrance of this critical period in his life would stimulate the Hebrew legislator to enforce a faithful attention to the rite of circumcision when it was established as a divine ordinance in Israel, and made their peculiar distinction as a people.