Genesis 31:40
King James Version (KJV)
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
In context
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.
Genesis 31:40 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
- WEB World English Bible
- This was my situation: in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from my eyes.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- I have been [thus]: in the day consumed me hath drought, and frost by night, and wander doth my sleep from mine eyes.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Thus it was with me: in the day the heat consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Thus I was; in the day the drouth consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from my eyes.