Parallel Verses
NET Bible
So Jacob named the place Peniel, explaining, "Certainly I have seen God face to face and have survived."
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.
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.
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."
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 Then Jacob asked, "Please tell me your name." "Why do you ask my name?" the man replied. Then he blessed Jacob there. 30 So Jacob named the place Peniel, explaining, "Certainly I have seen God face to face and have survived." 31 The sun rose over him as he crossed over Penuel, but he was limping because of his hip.
Cross References
Genesis 16:13
So Hagar named the Lord who spoke to her, "You are the God who sees me," for she said, "Here I have seen one who sees me!"
Exodus 24:10-11
and they saw the God of Israel. Under his feet there was something like a pavement made of sapphire, clear like the sky itself.
Numbers 12:8
With him I will speak face to face, openly, and not in riddles; and he will see the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?"
Exodus 33:19-23
And the Lord said, "I will make all my goodness pass before your face, and I will proclaim the Lord by name before you; I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, I will show mercy to whom I will show mercy."
Deuteronomy 5:24
You said, "The Lord our God has shown us his great glory and we have heard him speak from the middle of the fire. It is now clear to us that God can speak to human beings and they can keep on living.
Isaiah 6:5
I said, "Too bad for me! I am destroyed, for my lips are contaminated by sin, and I live among people whose lips are contaminated by sin. My eyes have seen the king, the Lord who commands armies."
John 1:18
No one has ever seen God. The only one, himself God, who is in closest fellowship with the Father, has made God known.
Genesis 28:19
He called that place Bethel, although the former name of the town was Luz.
Exodus 33:14
And the Lord said, "My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest."
Deuteronomy 34:10
No prophet ever again arose in Israel like Moses, who knew the Lord face to face.
Judges 6:22-23
When Gideon realized that it was the Lord's messenger, he said, "Oh no! Master, Lord! I have seen the Lord's messenger face to face!"
Judges 8:8
He went up from there to Penuel and made the same request. The men of Penuel responded the same way the men of Succoth had.
Judges 8:17
He also tore down the tower of Penuel and executed the city's men.
Judges 13:21-22
The Lord's messenger did not appear again to Manoah and his wife. After all this happened Manoah realized that the visitor had been the Lord's messenger.
1 Kings 12:25
Jeroboam built up Shechem in the Ephraimite hill country and lived there. From there he went out and built up Penuel.
2 Corinthians 3:18
And we all, with unveiled faces reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, which is from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 4:6
For God, who said "Let light shine out of darkness," is the one who shined in our hearts to give us the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ.
Galatians 1:6
I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are following a different gospel --
Ephesians 1:17
I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you spiritual wisdom and revelation in your growing knowledge of him,
Colossians 1:15
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation,
2 Timothy 1:10
but now made visible through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus. He has broken the power of death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel!
Hebrews 11:27
By faith he left Egypt without fearing the king's anger, for he persevered as though he could see the one who is invisible.