Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
He was afraid and said, “
King James Version
And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
Holman Bible
He was afraid and said, “What an awesome place this is! This is none other than the house of God. This is the gate of heaven.”
International Standard Version
In mounting terror, he cried out, "How scary this place is! This is nothing less than God's house and the gateway to heaven!"
A Conservative Version
And he was afraid, and said, How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
American Standard Version
And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
Amplified
So he was afraid and said, “How fearful and awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gateway to heaven.”
Bible in Basic English
And fear came on him, and he said, This is a holy place; this is nothing less than the house of God and the doorway of heaven.
Darby Translation
And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will be afraid, and will Say, How terrible this place is not this but the house of God, and this the gate of the heavens?
King James 2000
And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then he was afraid and said, "How awesome [is] this place! {This is nothing else than the house of God}, and this is the gate of heaven!"
Modern King James verseion
And he was afraid, and said, How fearful is this place! This is nothing but the house of God, and this is the gate of Heaven!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he was afraid, and said, "How fearful is this place? It is none other, but even the house of God and the gate of heaven!"
NET Bible
He was afraid and said, "What an awesome place this is! This is nothing else than the house of God! This is the gate of heaven!"
New Heart English Bible
He was afraid, and said, "How dreadful is this place. This is none other than God's house, and this is the gate of heaven."
The Emphasized Bible
And he feared and said, How fearful is this place! None other this, than the house of God! Nor this than the gate of the heavens
Webster
And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is no other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
World English Bible
He was afraid, and said, "How dreadful is this place! This is none other than God's house, and this is the gate of heaven."
Youngs Literal Translation
and he feareth, and saith, 'How fearful is this place; this is nothing but a house of God, and this a gate of the heavens.'
Themes
Beth-el » A city » A city north of jerusalem » The place where jacob saw the vision of the ladder
Devotional life » Morning devotions » Of jacob
Early rising » For devotions » Of jacob
Gates » Figurative » Of salvation
Gates » Illustrative » (of heaven,) of access to God
jacob » God confirms the covenant of abraham to
jacob » His vision of the ladder
Religion » Instances of outstanding religious persons » jacob
Topics
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 28:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jacob's Dream
16
Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, "Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know it."
17 He was afraid and said, “
Names
Cross References
Genesis 28:22
and this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house. And of all that you give me I will give a full tenth to you."
Genesis 35:1-13
God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau."
Exodus 3:6
And he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
Judges 13:22
And Manoah said to his wife, "We shall surely die, for we have seen God."
2 Chronicles 5:14
so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.
Ecclesiastes 5:1
Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil.
Matthew 17:6
When the disciples heard this, they fell on their faces and were terrified.
Luke 2:9
And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with fear.
Luke 8:35
Then people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid.
1 Timothy 3:15
if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.
Hebrews 10:21
and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
1 Peter 4:17
For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?
Revelation 1:17
When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, "Fear not, I am the first and the last,