Genesis 2:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁸ Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ Now the Lord God said, It is not good (sufficient, satisfactory) that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper meet (suitable, adapted, complementary) for him.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Then the LORD God said, “It’s not good that the human is alone. I will make him a helper that is perfect for him.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ The Lord God also said: "It is not good for the man to be alone. Let us make a helper for him similar to himself."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ And the Lord God said: It is not good for man to be alone; let us make him a help like unto himself.

Genesis 2:18 Cross References

Genesis 1:31

God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

Genesis 2:20

The man gave names to all cattle and to the birds of the air and to every animal of the field, but for the man there was not found a helper as his partner.

Genesis 3:12

The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate.”

Proverbs 18:22

He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:36

If anyone thinks that he is behaving indecently toward his fiancée, if his passions are strong and so it has to be, let him marry as he wishes; it is no sin. Let them marry.

1 Peter 3:7

Husbands, in the same way, show consideration for your wives in your life together, paying honor to the woman—though the weaker vessel, they are joint heirs of the gracious gift of life—so that nothing may hinder your prayers.

Ruth 3:1

Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, “My daughter, I need to seek some security for you, so that it may be well with you.