Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

He had a fight with the angel and overcame him; he made request for grace to him with weeping; he came face to face with him in Beth-el and there his words came to him;

New American Standard Bible

Yes, he wrestled with the angel and prevailed;
He wept and sought His favor.
He found Him at Bethel
And there He spoke with us,

King James Version

Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us;

Holman Bible

Jacob struggled with the Angel and prevailed;
he wept and sought His favor.
He found him at Bethel,
and there He spoke with him.

International Standard Version

He even fought the angel and won; he cried and prayed to him. Then at Bethel he found him, and there he spoke with us

A Conservative Version

Yea, he had strength over the [heavenly] agent, and prevailed, [as] he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us.

American Standard Version

yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him at Beth-el, and there he spake with us,

Amplified


He wrestled with the angel and prevailed;
He wept [in repentance] and sought His favor.
He met Him at Bethel
And there God spoke with [him and through him with] us—

Darby Translation

Yea, he wrestled with the Angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us,

Julia Smith Translation

And he will be a leader to the messenger, and he will prevail: he wept, and he will make supplication to him: in the house of God he will find him, and there he will speak with him.

King James 2000

Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us;

Lexham Expanded Bible

He struggled with [the] angel and prevailed; he pleaded for his mercy. He met him at Bethel, and there he spoke with him.

Modern King James verseion

Yes, he wept and cried to Him, and he had power over the Angel and overcame. He found him in Bethel, and there He spoke with us,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He strove with the angel, and gat the victory: so that he prayed and desired him. He found him at Bethel, and there he talked with us.

NET Bible

He struggled with an angel and prevailed; he wept and begged for his favor. He found God at Bethel, and there he spoke with him!

New Heart English Bible

Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us,

The Emphasized Bible

Yea he strove against a Messenger, and prevailed, he wept, and made supplication unto him, - At Bethel, he found him, and, there, he spake with us;

Webster

Yes, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication to him: he found him in Beth-el, and there he spoke with us;

World English Bible

Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us,

Youngs Literal Translation

Yea, he is a prince unto the Messenger, And he overcometh by weeping, And he maketh supplication to Him, At Bethel He doth find him, And there He doth speak with us,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Yea, he had power
שׂוּר 
Suwr 
Usage: 1

over the angel
מלאך 
Mal'ak 
Usage: 213

and prevailed
יכול יכל 
Yakol 
Usage: 194

he wept
בּכה 
Bakah 
Usage: 114

מצא 
Matsa' 
Usage: 455

him in Beth–el
בּית־אל 
Beyth-'El 
Usage: 71

and there he spake
דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1142

References

Morish

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

God's Case Against Jacob's Heirs

3 In the body of his mother he took his brother by the foot, and in his strength he was fighting with God; 4 He had a fight with the angel and overcame him; he made request for grace to him with weeping; he came face to face with him in Beth-el and there his words came to him; 5 Even the Lord, the God of armies; the Lord is his name.



Cross References

Genesis 35:15

And he gave to the place where God had been talking with him, the name of Beth-el.

Genesis 28:11-19

And coming to a certain place, he made it his resting-place for the night, for the sun had gone down; and he took one of the stones which were there, and putting it under his head he went to sleep in that place.

Genesis 32:9-12

Then Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, the God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, Go back to your country and your family and I will be good to you:

Genesis 32:29

Then Jacob said, What is your name? And he said, What is my name to you? Then he gave him a blessing.

Genesis 35:9-10

Now when Jacob was on his way from Paddan-aram, God came to him again and, blessing him, said,

Genesis 48:15

And he gave Joseph a blessing, saying, May the God to whom my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, gave worship, the God who has taken care of me all my life till this day,

Exodus 3:2-5

And the angel of the Lord was seen by him in a flame of fire coming out of a thorn-tree: and he saw that the tree was on fire, but it was not burned up.

Psalm 66:6

The sea was turned into dry land: they went through the river on foot: there did we have joy in him.

Isaiah 63:9

It was no sent one or angel, but he himself who was their saviour: in his love and in his pity he took up their cause, and he took them in his arms, caring for them all through the years.

Malachi 3:1

See, I am sending my servant, and he will make ready the way before me; and the Lord, whom you are looking for, will suddenly come to his Temple; and the angel of the agreement, in whom you have delight, see, he is coming, says the Lord of armies.

Acts 7:30-35

At the end of forty years, an angel came to him in the waste land of Sinai, in the flame of a burning thorn-tree.

1 Thessalonians 4:17

Then we who are still living will be taken up together with them into the clouds to see the Lord in the air: and so will we be for ever with the Lord.

Hebrews 5:7

Who in the days of his flesh, having sent up prayers and requests with strong crying and weeping to him who was able to give him salvation from death, had his prayer answered because of his fear of God.

Hebrews 6:13-18

For when God made his oath to Abraham, because there was no greater oath, he made it by himself,

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