Genesis 33:8
Parallel Translations


NASB: And he said, "What do you mean by all this company which I have met?" And he said, "To find favor in the sight of my lord." (NASB ©1995)
GWT: Then Esau asked, "Why did you send this whole group [of people and animals] I met?" He answered, "To win your favor, sir." (GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.
ASV: And he said, What meanest thou by all this company which I met? And he said, To find favor in the sight of my lord.
BBE: And he said, What were all those herds which I saw on the way? And Jacob said, They were an offering so that I might have grace in my lord's eyes.
DBY: And he said, What meanest thou by all the drove which I met? And he said, To find favour in the eyes of my lord.
JPS: And he said: 'What meanest thou by all this camp which I met?' And he said: 'To find favour in the sight of my lord.'
WBS: And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, these are to find grace in the sight of my lord.
WEB: Esau said, "What do you mean by all this company which I met?" Jacob said, "To find favor in the sight of my lord."
YLT: And he saith, 'What to thee [is] all this camp which I have met?' and he saith, 'To find grace in the eyes of my lord.'

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