Parallel Verses

King James 2000

For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and a great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.

New American Standard Bible

for he had possessions of flocks and herds and a great household, so that the Philistines envied him.

King James Version

For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.

Holman Bible

He had flocks of sheep, herds of cattle, and many slaves, and the Philistines were envious of him.

International Standard Version

He owned so many sheep, cattle, and servants that the Philistines eventually became envious of him.

A Conservative Version

And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great household. And the Philistines envied him.

American Standard Version

And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great household. And the Philistines envied him.

Amplified

he owned flocks and herds and a great household [with a number of servants], and the Philistines envied him.

Bible in Basic English

For he had great wealth of flocks and herds and great numbers of servants; so that the Philistines were full of envy.

Darby Translation

And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great number of servants; and the Philistines envied him.

Julia Smith Translation

And there will be to him possession of flocks, and possession of oxen, and service of many; and the Philistines will envy him.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And he possessed sheep and cattle and many servants, so that the Philistines envied him.

Modern King James verseion

And he had possession of flocks and possession of herds, and many servants. And the Philistines envied him.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

that he had possession of sheep, of oxen, and a mighty household; so that the Philistines had envy at him,

NET Bible

He had so many sheep and cattle and such a great household of servants that the Philistines became jealous of him.

New Heart English Bible

He had possessions of flocks, possessions of herds, and a great household. The Philistines envied him.

The Emphasized Bible

So he came to have possessions of flocks gild possessions of herds, and a large body of servants, - and the Philistines envied him.

Webster

For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and very many servants: And the Philistines envied him.

World English Bible

He had possessions of flocks, possessions of herds, and a great household. The Philistines envied him.

Youngs Literal Translation

and he hath possession of a flock, and possession of a herd, and an abundant service; and the Philistines envy him,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מקנה 
Miqneh 
Usage: 76

of flocks
צאון צאןo 
Tso'n 
Usage: 274

מקנה 
Miqneh 
Usage: 76

of herds
בּקר 
Baqar 
Usage: 183

and great store
רב 
Rab 
Usage: 458

עבדּה 
`abuddah 
Usage: 2

and the Philistines
פּלשׁתּי 
P@lishtiy 
Usage: 288

קנא 
Qana' 
Usage: 34

References

Context Readings

Conflicts Over Wells

13 And the man became great, and advanced, and grew until he became very great: 14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and a great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him. 15 For all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.



Cross References

Genesis 37:11

And his brothers envied him; but his father observed the saying.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Again, I considered all toil, and every skillful work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This is also vanity and grasping after the wind.

Genesis 12:16

And he treated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and male donkeys, and menservants, and maidservants, and female donkeys, and camels.

Genesis 13:2

And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

1 Samuel 18:9

And Saul eyed David from that day forward.

Job 1:3

His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred female donkeys, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

Job 5:2

For wrath kills the foolish man, and envy slays the simple one.

Job 42:12

So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.

Psalm 112:3

Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endures forever.

Psalm 112:10

The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

Psalm 144:13-14

That our barns may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:

Proverbs 10:22

The blessing of the LORD, it makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.

Proverbs 27:4

Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but which is able to stand before jealousy?

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