Genesis 28:17
World English Bible (WEB)
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.”
In context
15 Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you until I have done that which I have spoken of to you.”
16 Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I didn’t know it.”
17 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.”
18 Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on its top.
19 He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
Genesis 28:17 in every translation
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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!”
- 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.