Genesis 2:18
Modern Translations
New International Version
The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him."

New Living Translation
Then the LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.”

English Standard Version
Then the LORD God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”

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

New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.”

NASB 1995
Then the LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him."

NASB 1977
Then the LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.”

Amplified Bible
Now the LORD God said, “It is not good (beneficial) for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper [one who balances him—a counterpart who is] suitable and complementary for him.”

Christian Standard Bible
Then the LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper corresponding to him.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then the LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper as his complement."

Contemporary English Version
The LORD God said, "It isn't good for the man to live alone. I will make a suitable partner for him."

Good News Translation
Then the LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to live alone. I will make a suitable companion to help him."

GOD'S WORD® Translation
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."

International Standard Version
Later, the LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make the woman to be an authority corresponding to him."

NET Bible
The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a companion for him who corresponds to him."
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

New King James Version
And the LORD God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.”

King James 2000 Bible
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.

New Heart English Bible
And the LORD God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him."

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

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

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

A Faithful Version
And the LORD God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone. I will make a helper compatible for him."

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

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

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

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Also the Lorde God saide, It is not good that the man should be himself alone: I wil make him an helpe meete for him.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And the Lord God sayde: It is not good yt the man should be alone, I wyll make hym an helpe lyke vnto hym.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And the LORDE God sayde: It is not good yt ma shulde be alone. I wil make him an helpe, to beare him copany.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And the LORde God sayd: it is not good that man shulde be alone I will make hym an helper to beare him company:
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And YHWH God says, “[It is] not good for the man to be alone; I make him a helper as his counterpart.”

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

Smith's Literal Translation
And Jehovah God will say, It is not good for man to be alone; I will make for him a help as before him.

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

Catholic Public Domain Version
The Lord God also said: “It is not good for the man to be alone. Let us make a helper for him similar to himself.”

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And LORD JEHOVAH God said, “It is not good for Adam to be alone. I shall make a helper for him like himself.”

Lamsa Bible
Then the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper who is like him.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And the LORD God said: 'It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.'

Brenton Septuagint Translation
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.
















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