Parallel Verses
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;'
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."
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."
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Family » Parental prayers » Prayer
Israel » A name given to jacob
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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 asketh, and saith, 'Declare, I pray thee, thy name;' and he saith, 'Why is this, thou askest for My name?' and He blesseth him there. 30 And Jacob calleth the name of the place Peniel: for 'I have seen God face unto face, and my life is delivered;' 31 and the sun riseth on him when he hath passed over Penuel, and he is halting on his thigh;
Cross References
Genesis 16:13
And she calleth the name of Jehovah who is speaking unto her, 'Thou art, O God, my beholder;' for she said, 'Even here have I looked behind my beholder?'
Exodus 24:10-11
and they see the God of Israel, and under His feet is as the white work of the sapphire, and as the substance of the heavens for purity;
Numbers 12:8
mouth unto mouth I speak with him, and by an appearance, and not in riddles; and the form of Jehovah he beholdeth attentively; and wherefore have ye not been afraid to speak against My servant -- against Moses?'
Exodus 33:19-23
and He saith, 'I cause all My goodness to pass before thy face, and have called concerning the Name of Jehovah before thee, and favoured him whom I favour, and loved him whom I love.'
Deuteronomy 5:24
and say, Lo, Jehovah our God hath shewed us His honour, and His greatness; and His voice we have heard out of the midst of the fire; this day we have seen that God doth speak with man -- and he hath lived.
Isaiah 6:5
And I say, 'Woe to me, for I have been silent, For a man -- unclean of lips am I, And in midst of a people unclean of lips I am dwelling, Because the King, Jehovah of Hosts, have my eyes seen.'
John 1:18
God no one hath ever seen; the only begotten Son, who is on the bosom of the Father -- he did declare.
Genesis 28:19
and he calleth the name of that place Bethel, house of God, and yet, Luz is the name of the city at the first.
Exodus 33:14
and He saith, 'My presence doth go, and I have given rest to thee.'
Deuteronomy 34:10
And there hath not arisen a prophet any more in Israel like Moses, whom Jehovah hath known face unto face,
Judges 6:22-23
And Gideon seeth that He is a messenger of Jehovah, and Gideon saith, 'Alas, Lord Jehovah! because that I have seen a messenger of Jehovah face to face!'
Judges 8:8
And he goeth up thence to Penuel, and speaketh unto them thus; and the men of Penuel answer him as the men of Succoth answered.
Judges 8:17
and the tower of Penuel he hath broken down, and slayeth the men of the city.
Judges 13:21-22
and the messenger of Jehovah hath not added again to appear unto Manoah, and unto his wife, then hath Manoah known that He is a messenger of Jehovah.
1 Kings 12:25
And Jeroboam buildeth Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and dwelleth in it, and goeth out thence, and buildeth Penuel;
2 Corinthians 3:18
and we all, with unvailed face, the glory of the Lord beholding in a mirror, to the same image are being transformed, from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
2 Corinthians 4:6
because it is God who said, Out of darkness light is to shine, who did shine in our hearts, for the enlightening of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Galatians 1:6
I wonder that ye are so quickly removed from Him who did call you in the grace of Christ to another good news;
Ephesians 1:17
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the recognition of him,
Colossians 1:15
who is the image of the invisible God, first-born of all creation,
2 Timothy 1:10
and was made manifest now through the manifestation of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who indeed did abolish death, and did enlighten life and immortality through the good news,
Hebrews 11:27
by faith he left Egypt behind, not having been afraid of the wrath of the king, for, as seeing the Invisible One -- he endured;