Exodus 4 · Verse 26

Exodus 4:26

So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.
Exodus 4:26, King James Version

Exodus 4:26 in other translations

BSBSo the LORD let him alone. (When she said, “bridegroom of blood,” she was referring to the circumcision.)
WEBSo he let him alone. Then she said, “You are a bridegroom of blood,” because of the circumcision.
ASVSo he let him alone. Then she said, A bridegroom of blood art thou, because of the circumcision.
YLTand He desisteth from him: then she said, ‘A bridegroom of blood,' in reference to the circumcision.
DARBYAnd he let him go. Then she said, A bloody husband — because of the circumcision.
BBESo he let him go. Then she said, You are a husband of blood because of the circumcision.
WebsterSo he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.

What does Exodus 4:26 mean?

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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 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…

Read the full comment on Exodus 4:24-31 →

Exodus 4:26 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּ֖רֶףvai.Yi.refand he withdrewH7503
מִמֶּ֑נּוּmi.Me.nufrom himH4480
אָ֚ז'azthenH227
אָֽמְרָ֔ה'a.me.Rahshe saidH559
חֲתַ֥ןcha.Tana bridegroom ofH2860
דָּמִ֖יםda.Mimblood<s>H1818
לַמּוּלֹֽת\׃\ \פla.mu.Lotto the circumcisionH4139

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

  • 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.

  • Exodus 4:26

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

  • Exodus 4:27

    And the Lord said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.

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Exodus 4:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Así le dejó luego ir. Y ella dijo: Esposo de sangre, á causa de la circuncisión.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et l’ Éternel le laissa. Alors elle dit: Époux de sang! à cause de la circoncision.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Da ließ er von ihm ab. Damals sprach sie "Blutbräutigam" der Beschneidung wegen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et dimisit eum postquam dixerat: Sponsus sanguinum ob circumcisionem.