KJV King James Version
That which was torn [of beasts] I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, [whether] stolen by day, or stolen by night.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 31:39
That which was torn [of beasts] I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, [whether] stolen by day, or stolen by night.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or night.
WEB World English Bible
That which was torn of animals, I didn’t bring to you. I bore its loss. Of my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.
ASV American Standard Version
That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
the torn I have not brought in unto thee—I, I repay it—from my hand thou dost seek it; I have been deceived by day, and I have been deceived by night;
Surrounding context — Genesis 31
36 And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What [is] my trespass? what [is] my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?
37 Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set [it] here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.
38 This twenty years [have] I [been] with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.
39 That which was torn [of beasts] I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, [whether] stolen by day, or stolen by night.
40 [Thus] I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
41 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.
42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked [thee] yesternight.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
טְרֵפָה֙H2966 · te.re.phahtorn animalלֹא־H3808 · lonotהֵבֵ֣אתִיH935 · boto come (in): comeאֵלֶ֔יךָH413 · elto(wards)אָנֹכִ֣יH595 · a.no.khiIאֲחַטֶּ֔נָּהH2398 · cha.tato sinמִיָּדִ֖יH3027 · yadhandתְּבַקְשֶׁ֑נָּהH1245 · ba.qashto seekגְּנֻֽבְתִ֣יH1589 · ga.navto stealי֔וֹםH3117 · yomdayוּגְנֻֽבְתִ֖יH1589 · ga.navto stealלָֽיְלָה׃H3915 · lay.lahnight
Cross-references
Luke 2:8And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.Exodus 22:10-13If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing [it]:Exodus 22:31And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat [any] flesh [that is] torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.Leviticus 22:8That which dieth of itself, or is torn [with beasts], he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I [am] the LORD.1 Samuel 17:34-35And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:John 10:12-13But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
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