Genesis 28:17
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven!”
In context
15 Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
16 When Jacob woke up, he thought, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was unaware of it.”
17 And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven!”
18 Early the next morning, Jacob took the stone that he had placed under his head, and he set it up as a pillar. He poured oil on top of it,
19 and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
Genesis 28:17 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven!”
- KJV King James Version
- And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
- WEB World English Bible
- He was afraid, and said, “How awesome this place is! This is none other than God’s house, and this is the gate of heaven.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and he feareth, and saith, 'How fearful [is] this place; this is nothing but a house of God, and this a gate of the heavens.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is no other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.