Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

I have been thus: in the day consumed me hath drought, and frost by night, and wander doth my sleep from mine eyes.

New American Standard Bible

Thus I was: by day the heat consumed me and the frost by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.

King James Version

Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

Holman Bible

There I was—the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.

International Standard Version

As it was, I was attacked by drought during the day and by cold at night. I never got any decent rest.

A Conservative Version

Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.

American Standard Version

Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.

Amplified

This was my situation: by day the heat consumed me and by night the cold, and I could not sleep.

Bible in Basic English

This was my condition, wasted by heat in the day and by the bitter cold at night; and sleep went from my eyes.

Darby Translation

Thus it was with me: in the day the heat consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.

Julia Smith Translation

I was in the day, the drought consumed me, and cold in the night, and sleep will flee away from mine eyes.

King James 2000

Thus I was; in the day the heat consumed me, and the cold by night; and my sleep departed from my eyes.

Lexham Expanded Bible

[There] I was, during the day the heat consumed me, and the cold by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.

Modern King James verseion

I was there; in the day the heat consumed me, and the frost by night. And my sleep departed from my eyes.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Moreover, by day the heat consumed me, and the cold by night, and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

NET Bible

I was consumed by scorching heat during the day and by piercing cold at night, and I went without sleep.

New Heart English Bible

This was my situation: in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from my eyes.

The Emphasized Bible

Thus have I been - By day, drought hath consumed me, And, frost, by, night, - So that my sleep fled away from mine eyes.

Webster

Thus I was; in the day the drouth consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from my eyes.

World English Bible

This was my situation: in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from my eyes.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Thus I was in the day
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

the drought
חרב 
Choreb 
Usage: 16

אכל 
'akal 
Usage: 809

me, and the frost
קרח קרח 
Qerach 
Usage: 7

by night
לילה ליל ליל 
Layil 
Usage: 233

and my sleep
שׁנא שׁנה 
Shehah 
Usage: 23

נדד 
Nadad 
Usage: 28

References

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Watsons

Context Readings

Jacob Flees From Laban

39 the torn I have not brought in unto thee -- I, I repay it -- from my hand thou dost seek it; I have been deceived by day, and I have been deceived by night; 40 I have been thus: in the day consumed me hath drought, and frost by night, and wander doth my sleep from mine eyes. 41 This is to me twenty years in thy house: I have served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock; and thou changest my hire ten times;



Cross References

Exodus 2:19-22

and they say, 'A man, an Egyptian, hath delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also hath diligently drawn for us, and watereth the flock;'

Exodus 3:1

And Moses hath been feeding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, priest of Midian, and he leadeth the flock behind the wilderness, and cometh in unto the mount of God, to Horeb;

Psalm 78:70-71

And He fixeth on David His servant, And taketh him from the folds of a flock,

Hosea 12:12

And Jacob doth flee to the country of Aram, And Israel doth serve for a wife, Yea, for a wife he hath kept watch.

Luke 2:8

And there were shepherds in the same region, lodging in the field, and keeping the night-watches over their flock,

John 21:15-17

When, therefore, they dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, 'Simon, son of Jonas, dost thou love me more than these?' he saith to him, 'Yes, Lord; thou hast known that I dearly love thee;' he saith to him, 'Feed my lambs.'

Hebrews 13:7

Be mindful of those leading you, who did speak to you the word of God, whose faith -- considering the issue of the behaviour -- be imitating,

1 Peter 5:2-4

feed the flock of God that is among you, overseeing not constrainedly, but willingly, neither for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind,

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