Genesis 31:40 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.”
Genesis 31:40 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Genesis 31:40 in 7 Bible Translations
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Genesis 31:40 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“This was my situation: in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from my eyes.”
Genesis 31:40 — World English Bible
Genesis 31:40 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes. ”
Genesis 31:40 — American Standard Version
Genesis 31:40 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“I have been <FI>thus<Fi> : in the day consumed me hath drought, and frost by night, and wander doth my sleep from mine eyes.”
Genesis 31:40 — Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 31:40 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Thus it was with me: in the day the heat consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes. ”
Genesis 31:40 — Darby Translation
Genesis 31:40 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“I was in the day consumed with heate, and with frost in the night, and my sleepe departed from mine eyes.”
Genesis 31:40 — Geneva Bible
Genesis 31:40 LS — The Living Sword (2024)
“I endured: by day the heat consumed me, and the frost by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.”
Genesis 31:40 — The Living Sword
Genesis 31:40 in Context — Genesis 31
38 This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.
39 That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.
40 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
What Does Genesis 31:40 Mean?
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