Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
and that he has cheated me and changed my wages 10 times. But God has not let him harm me.
New American Standard Bible
Yet your father has
King James Version
And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
International Standard Version
Even so, your father has cheated me. He broke our wage agreement ten times. However, God didn't allow him to harm me.
A Conservative Version
And your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times, but God did not allow him to hurt me.
American Standard Version
And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
Amplified
Yet your father has cheated me [as often as possible] and changed my wages ten times; but God did not allow him to hurt me.
Bible in Basic English
But your father has not kept faith with me, and ten times he has made changes in my payment; but God has kept him from doing me damage.
Darby Translation
And your father has mocked me, and has changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
Julia Smith Translation
And your father deceived me and changed my wages ten parts; and God gave him not to do evil by me.
King James 2000
And your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God permitted him not to hurt me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
and your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, but God has not allowed him to harm me.
Modern King James verseion
and your father has deceived me and changed my wages ten times. But God did not allow him to hurt me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And your father hath deceived me and changed my wages ten times: But God suffered him not to hurt me.
NET Bible
but your father has humiliated me and changed my wages ten times. But God has not permitted him to do me any harm.
New Heart English Bible
Your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times, but God did not allow him to hurt me.
The Emphasized Bible
But, your father, hath deceived me, and hath changed my wages ton times, - yet God hath not suffered him to deal harmfully with me.
Webster
And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times: but God suffered him not to hurt me.
World English Bible
Your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times, but God didn't allow him to hurt me.
Youngs Literal Translation
and your father hath played upon me, and hath changed my hire ten times; and God hath not suffered him to do evil with me.
Themes
Business life » Employers » bad examples
Business life » Employers » Bad
Covetousness » Instances of » Laban » In deceiving jacob in wages
Father-in-law » Unjust, laban to jacob
Husbands' » Duty of, to wives » To consult with them
Ingratitude » Exemplified » Laban
Master » Unjust master, instances of » Laban to jacob
Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » Not to defraud them
Servants » When good » Are protected by God
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 31:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jacob Flees From Laban
6
You know that I’ve worked hard
Cross References
Genesis 31:29
I could do you great harm, but last night the God of your father said to me: ‘Watch yourself. Don’t say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’
Genesis 31:41
For 20 years I have worked in your household—14 years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks
Numbers 14:22
none of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tested Me these 10 times and did not obey Me,
Nehemiah 4:12
When the Jews who lived nearby arrived, they said to us time and again,
Psalm 37:28
and will not abandon His faithful ones.
They are kept safe forever,
but the children of the wicked will be destroyed.
Zechariah 8:23
The Lord of Hosts says this: “In those days, 10 men from nations of every language will grab the robe of a Jewish man tightly, urging: Let us go with you,
Genesis 20:6
Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience.
Leviticus 26:26
When I cut off your supply of bread, 10 women will bake your bread in a single oven and ration out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.
Job 1:10
Haven’t You placed a hedge around
Job 19:3
and you mistreat
Job 19:8
He has veiled my paths with darkness.
Psalm 105:14-15
He rebuked kings on their behalf:
Isaiah 4:1
will seize one man,
“We will eat our own bread
and provide our own clothing.
Just let us be called by your name.
Take away our disgrace.”
Isaiah 54:17
and you will refute any accusation
raised against you in court.
This is the heritage of the Lord’s servants,
and their righteousness is from Me.”
This is the Lord’s declaration.