17He 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

14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

15 I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you."

16 When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, "Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it."

17 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 he had placed under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on top of it.

19 He called that place Bethel, though the city used to be called Luz.

Genesis 28:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:17And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

28:17And trembling he said: How terrible is this place! this is no other but the house of God, and the gate of heaven.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

28:17And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:17And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

28:17And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:17And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:17He was afraid, and said, |How dreadful is this place! This is none other than God's house, and this is the gate of heaven.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

28:17and he feareth, and saith, 'How fearful is this place; this is nothing but a house of God, and this a gate of the heavens.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:17And 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.