Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
and now, come, let us make a covenant, I and thou, and it hath been for a witness between me and thee.'
New American Standard Bible
So now come, let us
King James Version
Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
Holman Bible
Come now, let’s make a covenant, you and I.
International Standard Version
Come, let's make a covenant just between you and me. And let it serve as a witness between you and me."
A Conservative Version
And now come, let us make a covenant, I and thou, and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
American Standard Version
And now come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
Amplified
So come now, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between you and me.”
Bible in Basic English
Come, let us make an agreement, you and I; and let it be for a witness between us.
Darby Translation
And now, come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be a witness between me and thee.
Julia Smith Translation
Now come thou we will make a covenant, I and thou; and it was for witness between me and between thee.
King James 2000
Now therefore come, let us make a covenant, I and you; and let it be for a witness between me and you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So now, come, let us {make} a covenant, you and I, and let it be a witness between me and you."
Modern King James verseion
And come now, let us make a covenant, you and I. And let it be for a witness between you and me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Now therefore, come on, let us make a bond, I and thou together, and let it be a witness between thee and me."
NET Bible
So now, come, let's make a formal agreement, you and I, and it will be proof that we have made peace."
New Heart English Bible
Now come, let us make a covenant, you and I; and let it be for a witness between me and you."
The Emphasized Bible
Now, therefore, come on! Let us solemnise a covenant, I and thou, - So shall it be a witness betwixt me and thee.
Webster
Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
World English Bible
Now come, let us make a covenant, you and I; and let it be for a witness between me and you."
Themes
Contracts » By erecting a heap of stones
Covenant » Instances of » Jacob and laban
Laban » Pursues jacob, overtakes him at mount gilead, and covenants with him
Interlinear
Yalak
Karath
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 31:44
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jacob Flees From Laban
43 And Laban answereth and saith unto Jacob, 'The daughters are my daughters, and the sons my sons, and the flock my flock, and all that thou art seeing is mine; and to my daughters -- what do I to these to-day, or to their sons whom they have born? 44 and now, come, let us make a covenant, I and thou, and it hath been for a witness between me and thee.' 45 And Jacob taketh a stone, and lifteth it up for a standing pillar;
Cross References
Genesis 15:18
In that day hath Jehovah made with Abram a covenant, saying, 'To thy seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Phrat,
Genesis 21:22-32
And it cometh to pass at that time that Abimelech speaketh -- Phichol also, head of his host -- unto Abraham, saying, 'God is with thee in all that thou art doing;
Genesis 26:28-31
And they say, 'We have certainly seen that Jehovah hath been with thee, and we say, 'Let there be, we pray thee, an oath between us, between us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
Genesis 31:48
And Laban saith, 'This heap is witness between me and thee to-day;' therefore hath he called its name Galeed;
Genesis 31:52
this heap is witness, and the standing pillar is witness, that I do not pass over this heap unto thee, and that thou dost not pass over this heap and this standing pillar unto me -- for evil;
Deuteronomy 31:19
'And now, write for you this song, and teach it the sons of Israel; put it in their mouths, so that this song is to Me for a witness against the sons of Israel,
Deuteronomy 31:21
'And it hath been, when many evils and distresses do meet it, that this song hath testified to its face for a witness; for it is not forgotten out of the mouth of its seed, for I have known its imagining which it is doing to-day, before I bring them in unto the land of which I have sworn.'
Deuteronomy 31:26
'Take this Book of the Law, and thou hast set it on the side of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, and it hath been there against thee for a witness;
Joshua 22:27
but a witness it is between us and you, and between our generations after us, to do the service of Jehovah before Him with our burnt-offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings, and your sons do not say hereafter to our sons, Ye have no portion in Jehovah.
Joshua 24:25-27
And Joshua maketh a covenant with the people on that day, and layeth on it a statute and an ordinance, in Shechem.
1 Samuel 20:14-17
and not only while I am alive dost thou do with me the kindness of Jehovah, and I die not,