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
Jacob woke up from his sleep and said: Truly, Jehovah is in this place, and I did not know it!
17 He was afraid and said, “
Names
Cross References
Genesis 28:22
This stone I placed as a marker will be the house of God. I will certainly give you a tenth of everything you give me.
Genesis 35:1-13
God said to Jacob: Go to Bethel and dwell there. Make an altar to God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.
Exodus 3:6
I am the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Moses covered his face, because he was afraid to look at God.
Judges 13:22
Manoah told his wife: We will die, for we have seen God (a God-like being)!
2 Chronicles 5:14
The priests could not serve because of the cloud. Jehovah's glory filled the Temple of God.
Ecclesiastes 5:1
Guard your step when you go to the house of God. It is better to go there and listen than to bring the sacrifices fools bring. Fools are not aware that they do evil.
Matthew 17:6
When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces. They were very afraid.
Luke 2:9
God's angel stood by them and His glory gave illumination around them and they were very afraid.
Luke 8:35
They went out to see what happened. They came to Jesus and found the man who had been demon possessed. He was clothed, in his right mind and sitting at the feet of Jesus. They were afraid.
1 Timothy 3:15
though if I am delayed, so that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in the household of God, which is the congregation of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.
Hebrews 10:21
having a high priest over the house of God,
1 Peter 4:17
For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God. If it begins with us first what will it be like in the end for those who do not obey the good news of God?
Revelation 1:17
When I saw him, I fell as dead at his feet. He laid his right hand on me and said: Do not fear. I am the first and the last: