Exodus 2:22 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

and she beareth a son, and he calleth his name Gershom, for he said, `A sojourner I have been in a strange land.`

English ASV

And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.

English Amplified

And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom [expulsion, or a stranger there]; for he said, I have been a stranger and a sojourner in a foreign land.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom [expulsion, or a stranger there]; for he said, I have been a stranger and a sojourner in a foreign land.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

She gave birth to a son whom he named Gershom, for he said, “I have been a resident alien in a foreign land.”

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.

English EASY 2024

Later, Zipporah gave birth to a son for Moses. Moses gave the boy the name ‘Gershom’. He called him that because he said, ‘I am living as a stranger in a foreign country.’

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Zipporah became pregnant and had a son. Moses named him Gershom because Moses was a stranger in a land that was not his own.

She gave birth to a son, and he called his name Gershom, for he said, "I have been a sojourner in a foreign land."

English GNT (Good News Translation)

who bore him a son. Moses said to himself, “I am a foreigner in this land, and so I name him Gershom.”

English God's Word - GW 1995

She gave birth to a son. Moses named him Gershom Foreigner, because he said, "I was a foreigner living in another country."

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

She gave birth to a son whom he named Gershom, for he said, "I have become a stranger in a foreign land."

English KJV 1611

And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

English LSB

Then she gave birth to a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, “I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.”

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Then she gave birth to a son, and he called his name Gershom, for he said, “I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.”

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Then she gave birth to a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, "I have been a sojourner in a foreign land."

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

She bore him a son, whom he named Gershom; for he said, "I am a stranger in a foreign land."

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

When she bore a son, Moses named him Gershom, for he said, “I have become a resident foreigner in a foreign land.”

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Zipporah had a son by him. Moses named him Gershom. Moses said, "I'm an outsider in a strange land."

English NIV

Zipporah gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, "I have become an alien in a foreign land."

English NKJ 1982

And she bore him a son. He called his name Gershom, for he said, “I have been a stranger in a foreign land.”

English NLT

Later they had a baby boy, and Moses named him Gershom, for he said, "I have been a stranger in a foreign land."

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

She bore a son, and he named him Gershom; for he said, "I have been an alien residing in a foreign land."

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

She bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, “I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.”

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

They had a baby named Gershom (meaning “foreigner“), for he said, “I am a stranger in a foreign land.“

English Tyndale 1537

and he called him Gerson: for he said: I have been a stranger in a strange land.

Exodus 2:22 — Compare Translations