30Now you have gone off because you longed to return to your father's house. But why did you steal my gods?"


In Context

27 Why did you run off secretly and deceive me? Why didn't you tell me, so I could send you away with joy and singing to the music of tambourines and harps?

28 You didn't even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters good- by. You have done a foolish thing.

29 I have the power to harm you; but last night the God of your father said to me, 'Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.'

30 Now you have gone off because you longed to return to your father's house. But why did you steal my gods?"

31 Jacob answered Laban, "I was afraid, because I thought you would take your daughters away from me by force.

32 But if you find anyone who has your gods, he shall not live. In the presence of our relatives, see for yourself whether there is anything of yours here with me; and if so, take it." Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the gods.

Genesis 31:30 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:30And now, [though] thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house, [yet] wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

31:30Suppose thou didst desire to go to thy friends, and hadst a longing after thy father's house: why hast thou stolen away my gods?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

31:30And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:30And now that thou must needs be gone, because thou greatly longedst after thy father's house, why hast thou stolen my gods?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

31:30And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:30And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou didst earnestly long after thy father's house; yet why hast thou stolen my gods?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:30Now, you want to be gone, because you greatly longed for your father's house, but why have you stolen my gods?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

31:30'And now, thou hast certainly gone, because thou hast been very desirous for the house of thy father; why hast thou stolen my gods?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:30And now, though you would needs be gone, because you sore longed after your father's house, yet why have you stolen my gods?