Genesis 2:18 Parallel Translations

Then the LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is right for him."(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

And the Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be by himself: I will make one like himself as a help to him

DBY:

And Jehovah Elohim said, It is not good that Man should be alone; I will make him a helpmate, his like.

ERV:

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

JPS:

And the LORD God said: 'It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.'

WBS:

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

WEB:

Yahweh God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him."

YLT:

And Jehovah God saith, 'Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper -- as his counterpart.'

Genesis 2:18 Cross References

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Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

2:18-20 It is not good that man - This man, should be alone - Though there was an upper world of angels, and a lower world of brutes, yet there being none of the same rank of beings with himself, he might be truly said to be alone. And every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air God brought to Adam - Either by the ministry of angels, or by a special instinct that he might name them, and so might give a proof of his knowledge, the names he gave them being expressive of their inmost natures.

MHC:

2:18-25 Power over the creatures was given to man, and as a proof of this he named them all. It also shows his insight into the works of God. But though he was lord of the creatures, yet nothing in this world was a help meet for man. From God are all our helpers. If we rest in God, he will work all for good. God caused deep sleep to fall on Adam; while he knows no sin, God will take care that he shall feel no pain. God, as her Father, brought the woman to the man, as his second self, and a help meet for him. That wife, who is of God's making by special grace, and of God's bringing by special providence, is likely to prove a help meet for a man. See what need there is, both of prudence and prayer in the choice of this relation, which is so near and so lasting. That had need to be well done, which is to be done for life. Our first parents needed no clothes for covering against cold or heat, for neither could hurt them: they needed none for ornament. Thus easy, thus happy, was man in his state of innocency. How good was God to him! How many favours did he load him with! How easy were the laws given to him! Yet man, being in honour, understood not his own interest, but soon became as the beasts that perish.

CONC:

Alone Counterpart Elohim Fit Helper Helpmate Meet Suitable

Alone Counterpart Elohim Fit Good Help Helper Helpmate Meet Suitable

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