Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"So God has taken away your father's livestock and has given them to me.
New American Standard Bible
Thus God has
King James Version
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
Holman Bible
God has taken away your father’s herds and given them to me.
A Conservative Version
Thus God has taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
American Standard Version
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
Amplified
Thus God has taken away the flocks of your father and given them to me.
Bible in Basic English
So God has taken away your father's cattle and has given them to me.
Darby Translation
And God has taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
Julia Smith Translation
And God will take away the cattle of your father and will give them to me.
King James 2000
Thus God has taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
God has taken away your father's livestock and given [them] to me.
Modern King James verseion
And God has taken away the flocks of your father, and has given them to me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thus hath God taken away your father's cattle and given them me.
NET Bible
In this way God has snatched away your father's livestock and given them to me.
New Heart English Bible
Thus God has taken away your father's livestock, and given them to me.
The Emphasized Bible
So hath God stripped away the herds of your father, and given them to me.
Webster
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
World English Bible
Thus God has taken away your father's livestock, and given them to me.
Youngs Literal Translation
and God taketh away the substance of your father, and doth give to me.
Interlinear
'elohiym
Natsal
'ab
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 31:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jacob Flees From Laban
8 "When Laban said, "The speckled ones will be your wages,' then all the flock gave birth to speckled ones. Then when he said, "The streaked ones will be your wages,' all the flock gave birth to streaked offspring. 9 "So God has taken away your father's livestock and has given them to me. 10 As it was, when it was time for the livestock to breed, I once looked up in a dream, and the male goats that were mating with the flock were producing streaked, speckled, and spotted offspring.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 31:1
Now Jacob used to listen while Laban's sons kept on complaining, "Jacob has taken over everything our father owns! He made himself wealthy from what belongs to our father!"
Genesis 31:16
Furthermore, all of the wealth that God has stripped away from our father belongs to us now and to our children. So do everything that God tells you to do."
Esther 8:1-2
That day King Ahasuerus gave Queen Esther the property of Haman, the enemy of the Jewish people, and Mordecai came into the king's presence because Esther had told him how Mordecai was related to her.
Psalm 50:10
Indeed, every animal of the forest is mine, even the cattle on a thousand hills.
Proverbs 13:22
A good person leaves an inheritance to his grandchildren, but the wealth of the wicked is reserved for the righteous.
Matthew 20:15
I am allowed to do what I want with my own money, am I not? Or are you envious because I'm generous?'