Devine Scripture

Genesis 31:8

Genesis chapter 31 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the flock bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstreaked shall be thy wages; then bare all the flock ringstreaked.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the flock bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstreaked shall be thy wages; then bare all the flock ringstreaked.

Context

v.7And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

v.8This passage

v.9Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 30:32

    I will pass through all thy flock to-day, removing from thence every speckled and spotted one, and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.