Parallel Verses
NET Bible
In this way God has snatched away your father's livestock and given them to me.
New American Standard Bible
Thus God has
King James Version
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
Holman Bible
God has taken away your father’s herds and given them to me.
International Standard Version
"So God has taken away your father's livestock and has given them to me.
A Conservative Version
Thus God has taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
American Standard Version
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
Amplified
Thus God has taken away the flocks of your father and given them to me.
Bible in Basic English
So God has taken away your father's cattle and has given them to me.
Darby Translation
And God has taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
Julia Smith Translation
And God will take away the cattle of your father and will give them to me.
King James 2000
Thus God has taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
God has taken away your father's livestock and given [them] to me.
Modern King James verseion
And God has taken away the flocks of your father, and has given them to me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thus hath God taken away your father's cattle and given them me.
New Heart English Bible
Thus God has taken away your father's livestock, and given them to me.
The Emphasized Bible
So hath God stripped away the herds of your father, and given them to me.
Webster
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
World English Bible
Thus God has taken away your father's livestock, and given them to me.
Youngs Literal Translation
and God taketh away the substance of your father, and doth give to me.
Interlinear
'elohiym
Natsal
'ab
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 31:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jacob Flees From Laban
8 If he said, 'The speckled animals will be your wage,' then the entire flock gave birth to speckled offspring. But if he said, 'The streaked animals will be your wage,' then the entire flock gave birth to streaked offspring. 9 In this way God has snatched away your father's livestock and given them to me. 10 "Once during breeding season I saw in a dream that the male goats mating with the flock were streaked, speckled, and spotted.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 31:1
Jacob heard that Laban's sons were complaining, "Jacob has taken everything that belonged to our father! He has gotten rich at our father's expense!"
Genesis 31:16
Surely all the wealth that God snatched away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So now do everything God has told you."
Esther 8:1-2
On that same day King Ahasuerus gave the estate of Haman, that adversary of the Jews, to Queen Esther. Now Mordecai had come before the king, for Esther had revealed how he was related to her.
Psalm 50:10
For every wild animal in the forest belongs to me, as well as the cattle that graze on a thousand hills.
Proverbs 13:22
A benevolent person leaves an inheritance for his grandchildren, but the wealth of a sinner is stored up for the righteous.
Matthew 20:15
Am I not permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?'