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Genesis 31:40

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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.

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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BSB
As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.
KJV
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
WEB
This was my situation: in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from my eyes.
ASV
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.
DARBY
Thus it was with me: in the day the heat consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.
BLB
[There] I was: In the day the drought consumed me, and the frost in the night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.
ÅB
Slik hadde jeg det: Om dagen fortærtes jeg av hete og av kulde om natten, og søvnen flyktet fra mine øyne.
OTB
Dette var min situasjon: Hete fortærte meg om dagen og frost om natten, og søvnen flyktet fra mine øyne.
B1930
Slik hadde jeg det: Om dagen fortærtes jeg av hete og av kulde om natten, og søvnen flydde fra mine øine.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 78:70–71

    He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

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  • Luke 2:8

    And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

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  • Exodus 2:19–22

    And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock.

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  • John 21:15–17

    So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.

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  • Hebrews 13:7

    Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.

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  • Hosea 12:12

    And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

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  • Exodus 3:1

    Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.

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  • 1 Peter 5:2–4

    Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

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