Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

And they were a bitterness of spirit to Isaac and to Rebekah.

New American Standard Bible

and they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.

King James Version

Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.

Holman Bible

They made life bitter for Isaac and Rebekah.

International Standard Version

This brought extreme grief to Isaac and Rebekah.

American Standard Version

And they were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.

Amplified

and they were a source of grief to [Esau’s parents] Isaac and Rebekah.

Bible in Basic English

And Isaac and Rebekah had grief of mind because of them.

Darby Translation

And they were a grief of mind to Isaac and to Rebecca.

Julia Smith Translation

And they will be bitterness of spirit to Isaak and to Rebekah.

King James 2000

Who were a source of grief unto Isaac and to Rebekah.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And {they made life bitter} for Isaac and Rebekah.

Modern King James verseion

who were a grief of spirit to Isaac and to Rebekah.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

which were disobedient unto Isaac and Rebekah.

NET Bible

They caused Isaac and Rebekah great anxiety.

New Heart English Bible

They grieved Isaac's and Rebekah's spirits.

The Emphasized Bible

and they became a bitterness of spirit, to Isaac and to Rebekah.

Webster

Who were a grief of mind to Isaac and Rebekah.

World English Bible

They grieved Isaac's and Rebekah's spirits.

Youngs Literal Translation

and they are a bitterness of spirit to Isaac and to Rebekah.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מרה 
Morah 
Usage: 1

of mind
רוּח 
Ruwach 
Usage: 378

יצחק 
Yitschaq 
Usage: 108

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

Esau's Wives

34 And when Esau was forty years old he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite. 35 And they were a bitterness of spirit to Isaac and to Rebekah.

Cross References

Genesis 6:2

that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair. And they took to them wives of all that they chose.

Genesis 27:46-2

And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?

Genesis 28:8

And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan did not please Isaac his father.

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