Genesis 2:18

In 11 translations

BSB

The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”

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.meet…: Heb. as before him

WEB

Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”or, suitable for, or appropriate for.

ASV

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

LSV

And YHWH God says, “[It is] not good for the man to be alone; I make him a helper as his counterpart.”

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

And the Lord God said: It is not good for man to be alone: let us make him a help like unto himself.

GNV

Also the Lord God saide, It is not good that the man should be himself alone: I wil make him an helpe meete 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.'

LXXE

And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone, let us make for him a help suitable to him.Gr. according to him.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהִ֔ים לֹא־ט֛וֹב הֱי֥וֹת הָֽאָדָ֖ם לְבַדּ֑וֹ אֶֽעֱשֶׂהּ־לּ֥וֹ עֵ֖זֶר כְּנֶגְדּֽוֹ׃BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.

LXX-Br

Καὶ εἶπε Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς, οὐ καλὸν εἶναι τὸν ἄνθρωπον μόνον· ποιήσωμεν αὐτῷ βοηθὸν κατʼ αὐτόν.

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• Adam and Eve: the garden and the fall God places the man in Eden and forbids him to eat from one tree. A serpent challenges the death warning; the woman and her husband eat, blam…

Cross-references most cited first

• Ecclesiastes 4:9–12Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor. For if one falls down, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to help him up! Again, if two lie down…
• Proverbs 18:22He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.
• 1 Corinthians 11:7–12A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man. For man did not come from woman, but woman from man. Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.…
• 1 Peter 3:7Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.
• 1 Timothy 2:11–13A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness. I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet. For Adam was formed first, and then Eve.
• Ruth 3:1One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek a resting place for you, that it may be well with you?
• Genesis 1:31And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
• Genesis 3:12And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
• 1 Corinthians 7:36However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get married.

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