40Thus I was; in the day the drouth consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from my eyes.


In Context

37 Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household-stuff? set it here before my brethren, and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.

38 These 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 by beasts, I brought not to thee; I bore 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 drouth consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from my 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 now sent me away empty. God hath seen my affliction, and the labor of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.

Genesis 31:40 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:40[Thus] I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

31:40This was my situation: The heat consumed me in the daytime and the cold at night, and sleep fled from my eyes.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

31:40Day and night was I parched with heat, and with frost, and sleep departed from my eyes.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

31:40Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:40Thus it was with me: in the day the heat consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

31:40Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:40This was my situation: in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from my eyes.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

31:40I have been thus: in the day consumed me hath drought, and frost by night, and wander doth my sleep from mine eyes.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:40Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from my eyes.