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Exodus 4:25

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.

KJV

Tulit idcirco Sephora acutissimam petram, et circumcidit præputium filii sui, tetigitque pedes ejus, et ait : Sponsus sanguinum tu mihi es.

Vulgate

καὶ λαβοῦσα Σεπφώρα ψῆφον περιέτεμεν τὴν ἀκροβυστίαν τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτῆς, καὶ προσέπεσεν πρὸς τοὺς πόδας καὶ εἶπεν Ἔστη τὸ αἷμα τῆς περιτομῆς τοῦ παιδίου μου.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/תִּקַּ֨ח צִפֹּרָ֜ה צֹ֗ר וַ/תִּכְרֹת֙ אֶת עָרְלַ֣ת בְּנָ֔/הּ וַ/תַּגַּ֖ע לְ/רַגְלָ֑י/ו וַ/תֹּ֕אמֶר כִּ֧י חֲתַן דָּמִ֛ים אַתָּ֖ה לִֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
הִכְרַתִּ֥י
hkrty
verb · 283×
ו
v
noun · 247×
וֹ
v
noun · 356×
וֹ
v
noun · 16×
חָתָ֖ן
chtn
noun · 20×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
נֹּגֵ֥עַ
ng'
verb · 149×
צִפֹּרָ֥ה
tsprh
proper_noun · 3×
צֹ֗ר
tsr
noun · 2×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 16:7 — And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:
  • Gen 17:14 — And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
  • Josh 5:2 — At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.
  • Josh 5:2 — At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.