Genesis 31:7

In 11 translations

BSB

And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.

KJV

And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

WEB

Your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times, but God didn’t allow him to hurt me.

ASV

And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

LSV

and your father has played on me, and has changed my hire ten times; and God has not permitted him to do evil with me.

YLT

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.

DBY

And your father has mocked me, and has changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.Elohim

DRC

Yea, your father also hath overreached me, and hath changed my wages ten times: and yet God hath not suffered him to hurt me.

GNV

But your father hath deceiued me, and changed my wages tenne times: but God suffred him not to hurt me.

JPS

And your father hath mocked me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

LXXE

But your father deceived me, and changed my wages for the ten lambs, yet God gave him not power to hurt me.

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WLC

וַאֲבִיכֶן֙ הֵ֣תֶל בִּ֔י וְהֶחֱלִ֥ף אֶת־מַשְׂכֻּרְתִּ֖י עֲשֶׂ֣רֶת מֹנִ֑ים וְלֹֽא־נְתָנ֣וֹ אֱלֹהִ֔ים לְהָרַ֖ע עִמָּדִֽי׃

LXX-Br

Ὁ δὲ πατὴρ ὑμῶν παρεκρούσατό με, καὶ ἤλλαξε τὸν μισθόν μου τῶν δέκα ἀμνῶν· καὶ οὐκ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ ὁ Θεὸς κακοποιῆσαί με.

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• Zechariah 8:23This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue will tightly grasp the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’”
• Nehemiah 4:12At that time the Jews who lived nearby came and told us ten times over, “Wherever you turn, they will attack us.”
• Genesis 31:29I have power to do you great harm, but last night the God of your father said to me, ‘Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’
• Numbers 14:22not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times—
• Genesis 31:41Thus for twenty years I have served in your household—fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks—and you have changed my wages ten times!
• Psalms 37:28For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.
• Isaiah 54:17No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.
• Job 1:10Have You not placed a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
• Genesis 20:6Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.
• Isaiah 4:1In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothes. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!”
• Leviticus 26:26When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and dole out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.
• Job 19:3Ten times now you have reproached me; you shamelessly mistreat me.
• Job 19:8He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.
• Psalms 105:14–15He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf: “Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”

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