Parallel Verses
King James 2000
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
New American Standard Bible
So Jacob named the place
King James Version
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
Holman Bible
Jacob then named the place Peniel,
International Standard Version
Jacob would later call that place Peniel, because "I saw God face to face, but my life was spared."
A Conservative Version
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, for, I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
American Standard Version
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for,'said he , I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
Amplified
So Jacob named the place Peniel (the face of God), saying, “For I have seen God face to face, yet my life has not been snatched away.”
Bible in Basic English
And Jacob gave that place the name of Peniel, saying, I have seen God face to face, and still I am living.
Darby Translation
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel For I have seen God face to face, and my life has been preserved.
Julia Smith Translation
And Jacob will call the name of the place, the face of God: for I saw God lace to face, and my soul shall be saved.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then Jacob called the name of the place Peniel [which means] "I have seen God face to face and my life was spared."
Modern King James verseion
And Jacob called the name of the place Face of God; for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, "for I have seen God face to face, and yet is my life reserved."
NET Bible
So Jacob named the place Peniel, explaining, "Certainly I have seen God face to face and have survived."
New Heart English Bible
Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, he said, "I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved."
The Emphasized Bible
So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; For I saw God face to face; and my soul was delivered,
Webster
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
World English Bible
Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, he said, "I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved."
Youngs Literal Translation
And Jacob calleth the name of the place Peniel: for 'I have seen God face unto face, and my life is delivered;'
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Topics
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 32:30
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jacob Wrestles With God
29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray you, your name. And he said, Why is it that you do ask my name? And he blessed him there. 30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. 31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he limped upon his thigh.
Cross References
Genesis 16:13
And she called the name of the LORD that spoke unto her, You God, see me: for she said, Have I also here seen him that sees me?
Exodus 24:10-11
And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the very heaven in its clearness.
Numbers 12:8
With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even clearly, and not in dark sayings; and the form of the LORD shall he behold: why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
Exodus 33:19-23
And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before you; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.
Deuteronomy 5:24
And you said, Behold, the LORD our God has showed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God does talk with man, and he lives.
Isaiah 6:5
Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
John 1:18
No man has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
Genesis 28:19
And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at first.
Exodus 33:14
And he said, My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest.
Deuteronomy 34:10
And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face,
Judges 6:22-23
And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord GOD! for I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face.
Judges 8:8
And he went up there to Penuel, and spoke unto them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him.
Judges 8:17
And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
Judges 13:21-22
But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD.
1 Kings 12:25
Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt there; and went out from there, and built Penuel.
2 Corinthians 3:18
But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
2 Corinthians 4:6
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Galatians 1:6
I marvel that you are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
Ephesians 1:17
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
Colossians 1:15
Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation:
2 Timothy 1:10
But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death, and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:
Hebrews 11:27
By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.