Exodus 4:25 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁵ But Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son’s foreskin, touched his feet with it, and said, “Truly you are a bridegroom of blood to me!”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁵ Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁵ [Now apparently he had failed to circumcise one of his sons, his wife being opposed to it; but seeing his life in such danger] Zipporah took a flint knife and cut off the foreskin of her son and cast it to touch [Moses'] feet, and said, Surely a husband of blood you are to me!

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁵ Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said, Surely a bridegroom of blood art thou to me.

Common English Bible

²⁵ But Zipporah took a sharp-edged flint stone and cut off her son’s foreskin. Then she touched Moses’ genitals with it, and she said, “You are my bridegroom because of bloodshed.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁵ For this reason, Zipporah took a very sharp stone, and she circumcised the foreskin of her son, and she touched his feet, and she said, "You are a bloody spouse to me."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁵ Immediately Sephora took a very sharp stone, and circumcised the foreskin of her son, and touched his feet, and said: A bloody spouse art thou to me.

Exodus 4:25 Cross References

Genesis 17:14

Any uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.”

2 Samuel 16:7

Shimei shouted while he cursed, “Out! Out! Murderer! Scoundrel!

Exodus 18:2

After Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro took her back,

Exodus 2:21

Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave Moses his daughter Zipporah in marriage.

Exodus 4:26

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