Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

You did not even let me give a kiss to my sons and my daughters. This was a foolish thing to do.

New American Standard Bible

and did not allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now you have done foolishly.

King James Version

And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.

Holman Bible

but you didn’t even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters. You have acted foolishly.

International Standard Version

As it is, you didn't even allow me to kiss my grandchildren and daughters goodbye! You've acted foolishly.

A Conservative Version

and did not allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now thou have done foolishly.

American Standard Version

and didst not suffer me to kiss my sons and my daughters? now hast thou done foolishly.

Amplified

And why did you not allow me to kiss my grandchildren and my daughters [goodbye]? Now you have done a foolish thing [in behaving like this].

Darby Translation

and hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now thou hast acted foolishly.

Julia Smith Translation

And didst not permit me to kiss my sons and to my daughters? now thou wert foolish doing it

King James 2000

And have not allowed me to kiss my sons and my daughters? you have now done foolishly in so doing.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And [why] did you not give me opportunity to kiss my grandsons and my daughters [goodbye]? Now you have behaved foolishly [by] doing [this].

Modern King James verseion

And why have you not allowed me to kiss my sons and my daughters? You have done foolishly in so doing.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

and hast not suffered me to kiss my children and my daughters? Thou wast a fool to do it,

NET Bible

You didn't even allow me to kiss my daughters and my grandchildren good-bye. You have acted foolishly!

New Heart English Bible

and did not allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now have you done foolishly.

The Emphasized Bible

and didst not suffer me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now, hast thou done, foolishly.

Webster

And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons, and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.

World English Bible

and didn't allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now have you done foolishly.

Youngs Literal Translation

and hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? -- now thou hast acted foolishly in doing so;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נטשׁ 
Natash 
Usage: 40

me to kiss
נשׁק 
Nashaq 
Usage: 35

and my daughters
בּת 
Bath 
Usage: 587

סכל 
Cakal 
Usage: 8

References

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Fausets

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Morish

Smith

Context Readings

Jacob Flees From Laban

27 Why did you make a secret of your flight, not giving me word of it, so that I might have sent you away with joy and songs, with melody and music? 28 You did not even let me give a kiss to my sons and my daughters. This was a foolish thing to do. 29 It is in my power to do you damage: but the God of your father came to me this night, saying, Take care that you say nothing good or bad to Jacob.

Cross References

Genesis 31:55

And early in the morning Laban, after kissing and blessing his daughters, went on his way back to his country.

Ruth 1:9

May the Lord give you rest in the houses of your husbands. Then she gave them a kiss; and they were weeping bitterly.

Ruth 1:14

Then again they were weeping; and Orpah gave her mother-in-law a kiss, but Ruth would not be parted from her.

1 Kings 19:20

And letting the oxen be where they were, he came running after Elijah, and said, Only let me give a kiss to my father and mother, and then I will come after you. But he said to him, Go back again; for what have I done to you?

Acts 20:37

And they were all weeping, falling on Paul's neck and kissing him,

Genesis 29:13

And Laban, hearing news of Jacob, his sister's son, came running, and took Jacob in his arms, and kissing him, made him come into his house. And Jacob gave him news of everything.

Genesis 31:3

Then the Lord said to Jacob, Go back to the land of your fathers, and to your relations, and I will be with you.

Genesis 31:13

I am the God of Beth-el, where you put oil on the pillar and took an oath to me: now then, come out of this land and go back to the country of your birth.

Genesis 31:24

Then God came to Laban in a dream by night, and said to him, Take care that you say nothing good or bad to Jacob.

Exodus 4:27

And the Lord said to Aaron, Go into the waste land and you will see Moses. So he went and came across Moses at the mountain of God, and gave him a kiss.

1 Samuel 13:13

And Samuel said to Saul, You have done a foolish thing: you have not kept the rules which the Lord your God gave you; it was the purpose of the Lord to make your authority over Israel safe for ever.

2 Chronicles 16:9

For the eyes of the Lord go this way and that, through all the earth, letting it be seen that he is the strong support of those whose hearts are true to him. In this you have done foolishly, for from now you will have wars.

1 Corinthians 2:14

For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit.

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