8 occurrences in 12 translations

'Wages' in the Bible

And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?

Verse ConceptsBeing FairNegotiationServants, Working Conditions OfWagesFree Of Charge

Then Leah said, “God has given me my wages because I gave my maid to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.

Verse ConceptsGiving In MarriagePeople With Apt NamesReward For Works

And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.

Let me go through all your sheep today and remove every sheep that is speckled or spotted, every dark-colored sheep among the lambs, and the spotted and speckled among the female goats. Such will be my wages.

Verse ConceptsGoatsLambsNegotiationBlack AnimalsBlemished CreaturesBlack And WhiteColor

In the future when you come to check on my wages, my honesty will testify for me. If I have any female goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not black, they will be considered stolen.”

Verse ConceptsHonestyBlack AnimalsBlemished CreaturesBlack And White

If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.

Verse ConceptsBlemished CreaturesBlack And White

Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

Verse ConceptsdowryCovetousness, Example OfDishonesty, Examples OfThe Number FourteenTen TimesSix YearsTen To Fourteen Years20 To 30 YearsChangeServing Individuals

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Earnings (12 instances)
Engage (51 instances)
Payoff (2 instances)
Remuneration (1 instance)

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