Genesis 31:26 Parallel Translations

Then Laban asked Jacob, "What have you done by tricking me? You've carried off my daughters like prisoners of war.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?

ASV:

And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters as captives of the sword?

BBE:

And Laban said to Jacob, Why did you go away secretly, taking my daughters away like prisoners of war?

DBY:

And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast deceived me, and hast carried away my daughters as captives of war?

ERV:

And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters as captives of the sword?

JPS:

And Laban said to Jacob: 'What hast thou done, that thou hast outwitted me, and carried away my daughters as though captives of the sword?

WBS:

And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?

WEB:

Laban said to Jacob, "What have you done, that you have deceived me, and carried away my daughters like captives of the sword?

YLT:

And Laban saith to Jacob, 'What hast thou done that thou dost deceive my heart, and lead away my daughters as captives of the sword?

Genesis 31:26 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 31:25 Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country, and Laban with his kinsmen camped in the hill country of Gilead.

Genesis 31:27 "Why did you flee secretly and deceive me, and did not tell me so that I might have sent you away with joy and with songs, with timbrel and with lyre; (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

MHC:

31:22-35 God can put a bridle in the mouth of wicked men, to restrain their malice, though he do not change their hearts. Though they have no love to God's people, they will pretend to it, and try to make a merit of necessity. Foolish Laban! to call those things his gods which could be stolen! Enemies may steal our goods, but not our God. Here Laban lays to Jacob's charge things that he knew not. Those who commit their cause to God, are not forbidden to plead it themselves with meekness and fear. When we read of Rachel's stealing her father's images, what a scene of iniquity opens! The family of Nahor, who left the idolatrous Chaldees; is this family itself become idolatrous? It is even so. The truth seems to be, that they were like some in after-times, who sware by the Lord and by Malcham, Zep 1:5; and like others in our times, who wish to serve both God and mammon. Great numbers will acknowledge the true God in words, but their hearts and houses are the abodes of spiritual idolatry. When a man gives himself up to covetousness, like Laban, the world is his god; and he has only to reside among gross idolaters in order to become one, or at least a favourer of their abominations.

CONC:

Captives Carried Carrying Cheated Daughters Deceive Deceived Deceiving Hast Heart Jacob Laban Lead Outwitted Prisoners Secretly Stolen Sword Taking Though Unawares War You've

Captives Carried Carrying Cheated Daughters Deceive Deceived Deceiving Heart Jacob Laban Outwitted Prisoners Secretly Stolen Sword Unawares War You've

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