Verse Comparison: Exodus 13:18
American Standard Version
but God led the people about, by the way of the wilderness by the Red Sea: and the children of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt.
Amplified® Bible
But God led the people around by way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the Israelites went up marshaled [in ranks] out of the land of Egypt.
Contemporary English Version
So he led them around through the desert and toward the Red Sea. The Israelites left Egypt, prepared for battle.
Darby English Version
And God led the people about, the way of the wilderness of the Red Sea; and the children of Israel went arrayed out of the land of Egypt.
Good News Bible
Instead, he led them in a roundabout way through the desert toward the Red Sea. The Israelites were armed for battle.
King James Version
But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.
New American Standard Bible
Hence God led the people around by the way of the wilderness to the Red Sea; and the sons of Israel went up in martial array from the land of Egypt.
New International Version
So God led the people around by the desert road toward the Red Sea. The Israelites went up out of Egypt armed for battle.
New King James Version
So God led the people around by way of the wilderness of the Red Sea. And the children of Israel went up in orderly ranks out of the land of Egypt.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Hence God led the people around by the way of the wilderness to the Red Sea; and the sons of Israel went up in martial array from the land of Egypt.
Revised Standard Version
But God led the people round by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the people of Israel went up out of the land of Egypt equipped for battle.
Young's Literal Translation
and God turneth round the people the way of the wilderness of the Red Sea, and by fifties have the sons of Israel gone up from the land of Egypt.
