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Exodus 18:4
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KJ21
and the name of the other was Eliezer [that is, My God is a help], “For the God of my father,” said he, “was my help and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh”);
ASV
and the name of the other was Eliezer; for he said, The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.
AMP
The other [son] was named Eliezer (my God is help), for Moses said, “The God of my father was my help, and He rescued me from the sword of Pharaoh.”
AMPC
And the name of the other was Eliezer [God is help], for the God of my father, said Moses, was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.
BRG
And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:
CSB
and the other Eliezer (because he had said, “The God of my father was my helper and rescued me from Pharaoh’s sword”).
CSBA
and the other Eliezer (because he had said, ‘The God of my father was my helper and rescued me from Pharaoh’s sword’).
CEB
The other was named Eliezer because he said, “The God of my ancestors was my helper who rescued me from Pharaoh’s sword.”
CJB
The name of the other was Eli‘ezer [my God helps], “because the God of my father helped me by rescuing me from Pharaoh’s sword.”
CEV
In the meantime, Moses had sent his wife Zipporah and her two sons to stay with Jethro, and he had welcomed them. Moses was still a foreigner in Midian when his first son was born, and so Moses said, “I'll name him Gershom.” When his second son was born, Moses said, “I'll name him Eliezer, because the God my father worshiped has saved me from the king of Egypt.”
DARBY
—and the name of the other, Eliezer—For the God of my father has been my help, and has delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.
DRA
And the other Eliezer: For the God of my father, said he, is my helper, and hath delivered me from the sword of Pharao.
ERV
The other son was named Eliezer, because when he was born, Moses said, “The God of my father helped me and saved me from the king of Egypt.”
EASY
The other son was called Eliezer. Moses said about him, ‘My ancestors' God gave me help. He saved me from Pharaoh, when Pharaoh wanted to kill me.’
EHV
The name of the other was Eliezer, for he had said, “My father’s God was my helper, and he has delivered me from Pharaoh’s sword.”
ESV
and the name of the other, Eliezer (for he said, “The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh”).
ESVUK
and the name of the other, Eliezer (for he said, “The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh”).
EXB
The other son was named Eliezer [C sounds like Hebrew for “my God is help”], because when he was born, Moses said, “The God of my father is my help. He saved me from ·the king of Egypt [L the sword of Pharaoh].”
GNV
And the name of the other was Eliezer: for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh).
GW
The name of the other was Eliezer [My God Is a Helper], because he said, “My father’s God was my helper. He saved me from Pharaoh’s death sentence.”
GNT
He had also said, “The God of my father helped me and saved me from being killed by the king of Egypt”; so he had named the other son Eliezer.)
HCSB
and the other Eliezer (because he had said, “The God of my father was my helper and delivered me from Pharaoh’s sword”).
ICB
The other son was named Eliezer. When he was born, Moses said, “The God of my father is my help. He saved me from the king of Egypt.”
ISV
while the name of the other was Eliezer, because he would say, “My father’s God helped me and delivered me from Pharaoh’s sword.”
JUB
and the name of the other was Eliezer, for the God of my father, said he, helped me and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh;
KJV
And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:
AKJV
and the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:
LSB
And the other was named Eliezer, for he said, “The God of my father was my help and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.”
LEB
and the one whose name was Eliezer, for “the God of my father was my help, and he delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.”
TLB
and Eliezer (meaning “God is my help,” for Moses said at his birth, “The God of my fathers was my helper and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh”).
MSG
Jethro, priest of Midian and father-in-law to Moses, heard the report of all that God had done for Moses and Israel his people, the news that God had delivered Israel from Egypt. Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, had taken in Zipporah, Moses’ wife who had been sent back home, and her two sons. The name of the one was Gershom (Sojourner) for he had said, “I’m a sojourner in a foreign land”; the name of the other was Eliezer (God’s-Help) because “The God of my father is my help and saved me from death by Pharaoh.”
MEV
And the name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, “The God of my father was my help, and He delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.”
NOG
The name of the other was Eliezer [My God Is a Helper], because he said, “My father’s Elohim was my helper. He saved me from Pharaoh’s death sentence.”
NABRE
The other was named Eliezer; for he said, “The God of my father is my help; he has rescued me from Pharaoh’s sword.”
NASB
And the other was named Eliezer, for he said, “The God of my father was my help, and saved me from the sword of Pharaoh.”
NASB1995
The other was named Eliezer, for he said, “The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.”
NCB
and the other named Eliezer, for he had said, “The God of my father has come to my assistance and has freed me from the sword of Pharaoh.”
NCV
The other son was named Eliezer, because when he was born, Moses said, “The God of my father is my help. He saved me from the king of Egypt.”
NET
and the other Eliezer (for Moses had said, “The God of my father has been my help and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh”).
NIRV
The other was named Eliezer. That’s because Moses had said, “My father’s God helped me. He saved me from Pharaoh’s sword.”
NIV
and the other was named Eliezer, for he said, “My father’s God was my helper; he saved me from the sword of Pharaoh.”
NIVUK
and the other was named Eliezer, for he said, ‘My father’s God was my helper; he saved me from the sword of Pharaoh.’
NKJV
and the name of the other was Eliezer (for he said, “The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh”);
NLV
The other was given the name Eliezer, for he said, “The God of my father was my help. And He saved me from the sword of Pharaoh.”
NLT
His second son was named Eliezer, for Moses had said, “The God of my ancestors was my helper; he rescued me from the sword of Pharaoh.”)
NRSVA
and the name of the other, Eliezer (for he said, ‘The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh’).
NRSVACE
and the name of the other, Eliezer (for he said, ‘The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh’).
NRSVCE
and the name of the other, Eliezer (for he said, “The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh”).
NRSVUE
and the name of the other was Eliezer (for he had said, “The God of my father was my help and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh”).
OJB
And the shem of the other was Eliezer; for the Elohei Avi, said he, was ezri (my help), and delivered me from the cherev of Pharaoh;
RGT
and the name of the other was Eliezer (for he said, ‘The God of my father was my help and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh’).
RSV
and the name of the other, Elie′zer (for he said, “The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh”).
RSVCE
and the name of the other, Elie′zer (for he said, “The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh”).
TLV
and the name of the other was Eliezer because he said, “For my father’s God is my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.”)
VOICE
Moses had named the other son Eliezer, for he said, “My father’s God was my helper, and He rescued me from Pharaoh’s sword.”
WEB
The name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, “My father’s God was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh’s sword.”
WYC
forsooth the tother was called Eliezer, for Moses at his birth (had) said, (For the) God of my father is mine helper, and he delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.
YLT
and the name of the other [is] Eliezer, for, `the God of my father [is] for my help, and doth deliver me from the sword of Pharaoh.'
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