Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He strove with the angel, and gat the victory: so that he prayed and desired him. He found him at Bethel, and there he talked with us.

New American Standard Bible

Yes, he wrestled with the angel and prevailed;
He wept and sought His favor.
He found Him at Bethel
And there He spoke with us,

King James Version

Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us;

Holman Bible

Jacob struggled with the Angel and prevailed;
he wept and sought His favor.
He found him at Bethel,
and there He spoke with him.

International Standard Version

He even fought the angel and won; he cried and prayed to him. Then at Bethel he found him, and there he spoke with us

A Conservative Version

Yea, he had strength over the [heavenly] agent, and prevailed, [as] he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us.

American Standard Version

yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him at Beth-el, and there he spake with us,

Amplified


He wrestled with the angel and prevailed;
He wept [in repentance] and sought His favor.
He met Him at Bethel
And there God spoke with [him and through him with] us—

Bible in Basic English

He had a fight with the angel and overcame him; he made request for grace to him with weeping; he came face to face with him in Beth-el and there his words came to him;

Darby Translation

Yea, he wrestled with the Angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us,

Julia Smith Translation

And he will be a leader to the messenger, and he will prevail: he wept, and he will make supplication to him: in the house of God he will find him, and there he will speak with him.

King James 2000

Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us;

Lexham Expanded Bible

He struggled with [the] angel and prevailed; he pleaded for his mercy. He met him at Bethel, and there he spoke with him.

Modern King James verseion

Yes, he wept and cried to Him, and he had power over the Angel and overcame. He found him in Bethel, and there He spoke with us,

NET Bible

He struggled with an angel and prevailed; he wept and begged for his favor. He found God at Bethel, and there he spoke with him!

New Heart English Bible

Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us,

The Emphasized Bible

Yea he strove against a Messenger, and prevailed, he wept, and made supplication unto him, - At Bethel, he found him, and, there, he spake with us;

Webster

Yes, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication to him: he found him in Beth-el, and there he spoke with us;

World English Bible

Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us,

Youngs Literal Translation

Yea, he is a prince unto the Messenger, And he overcometh by weeping, And he maketh supplication to Him, At Bethel He doth find him, And there He doth speak with us,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Yea, he had power
שׂוּר 
Suwr 
Usage: 1

over the angel
מלאך 
Mal'ak 
Usage: 213

and prevailed
יכול יכל 
Yakol 
Usage: 194

he wept
בּכה 
Bakah 
Usage: 114

מצא 
Matsa' 
Usage: 455

him in Beth–el
בּית־אל 
Beyth-'El 
Usage: 71

and there he spake
דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1142

References

Morish

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

God's Case Against Jacob's Heirs

3 He took his brother by the heel, when he was yet in his mother's womb: and in his strength he wrestled with God. 4 He strove with the angel, and gat the victory: so that he prayed and desired him. He found him at Bethel, and there he talked with us. 5 Yea, the LORD God of hosts, even the LORD himself remembered him:

Cross References

Genesis 35:15

and called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.

Genesis 28:11-19

and came unto a place and tarried there all night, because the son was down. And took a stone of the place, and put it under his head, and laid him down in the same place to sleep.

Genesis 32:9-12

And Jacob said, "O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac: LORD, which saidest unto me, 'return unto thy country and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee.'

Genesis 32:29

And Jacob asked him, saying, "Tell me thy name." And he said, "Wherefore dost thou ask after my name?" And he blessed him there.

Genesis 35:9-10

And God appeared unto Jacob again after he came out of Mesopotamia, and blessed him,

Genesis 48:15

And he blessed Joseph saying, "God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, and the God which hath fed me all my life long unto this day;

Exodus 3:2-5

And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of a bush. And he perceived that the bush burned with fire, and consumed not.

Psalm 66:6

He turned the sea into dry land, so that they went through the water on foot; there did we rejoice thereof.

Isaiah 63:9

In their troubles he forsook them not, but the angel that went forth from his presence delivered them. Of very love and kindness that he had unto them, he redeemed them: He hath born them, and carried them up ever since the world began.

Malachi 3:1

Behold, I send my messenger which shall prepare the way before me. And suddenly shall the Lord whom ye seek, come unto his temple, and the messenger of the covenant whom ye desire. Behold, he cometh saith the LORD Sabaoth.

Acts 7:30-35

"And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.

1 Thessalonians 4:17

then shall we which live and remain, be caught up with them also in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so shall we ever be with the Lord.

Hebrews 5:7

Which in the days of his flesh, did offer up prayers and supplications, with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death: and was also heard, because of his godliness.

Hebrews 6:13-18

For when God made promise to Abraham, because he had no greater thing to swear by, he sware by himself,

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