Genesis 30:33

KJV1611 – Modern English

"So my righteousness shall answer for me in time to come, when it comes for my wages before your face. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats and brown among the sheep shall be counted stolen with me."

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    My honesty will testify for me in the future. When you check what I’ve taken as payment, if you find any in my possession that is not speckled or spotted among the goats, or dark-colored among the lambs, let it be considered stolen.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    So shall my righteousness answer for me hereafter, when thou shalt come concerning my hire that is before thee: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that, [if found] with me, shall be counted stolen.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    So shall my rightwesnes answere for me: when the tyme commeth that I shall receaue my rewarde of the: So that what soeuer is not speckeld and partie amonge the gootes and blacke amonge the lambes let that be theft with me.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    so shal my righteousnes testifie with me to daye or tomorow, whan it cometh vnto my rewarde before the, so that, what so euer is not spotted and partye coloured amonge the kyddes, and blacke amoge the lambes, let that be theft with me.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    So shal my righteousnesse answere for me hereafter, when it shall come for my rewarde before thy face, and euery one that hath not litle or great spots among the goates, and blacke among the sheepe, the same shalbe theft with me.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    So shall my ryghteousnes aunswere for me in time to come: for it shal come for my rewarde before thy face. And euery one that is not specked and partie amongst the goates, & blacke amongst the sheepe, let it be compted theft in me.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that [is] not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    So my righteousness will answer for me hereafter, when you come concerning my hire that is before you. Everyone that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that might be with me, will be counted stolen."

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and my righteousness hath answered for me in the day to come, when it cometh in for my hire before thy face; -- every one which is not speckled and spotted among `my' goats, and brown among `my' lambs -- it is stolen with me.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    So shall my righteousness answer for me hereafter, when thou shalt come concerning my hire that is before thee: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that `if found' with me, shall be counted stolen.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    So shall my righteousness answer for me hereafter, when thou shalt come concerning my hire that is before thee: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that, [if found] with me, shall be counted stolen.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And so you will be able to put my honour to the test in time to come; if you see among my flocks any goats which are not marked or coloured, or any sheep which is not black, you may take me for a thief.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    So my righteousness will answer for me hereafter, when you come concerning my hire that is before you. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that might be with me, will be counted stolen."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    My integrity will testify for me later on. When you come to verify that I’ve taken only the wages we agreed on, if I have in my possession any goat that is not speckled or spotted or any sheep that is not dark-colored, it will be considered stolen.”

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 31:37 : 37 Whereas you have searched all my goods, what have you found of all your household goods? set it here before my brethren and your brethren, that they may judge between us both.
  • Exod 13:14 : 14 And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, What is this? that you shall say to him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:
  • 1 Sam 26:23 : 23 The LORD repay every man for his righteousness and his faithfulness, for the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not stretch out my hand against the LORD's anointed.
  • 2 Sam 22:21 : 21 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me.
  • Ps 37:6 : 6 And he shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.
  • Isa 59:12 : 12 For our transgressions are multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Gen 30:27-32
    6 verses
    87%

    27Laban said to him, "I pray you, if I have found favor in your eyes, stay, for I have learned by experience that the LORD has blessed me for your sake."

    28He said, "Set your wages, and I will give it."

    29He said to him, "You know how I have served you and how your cattle have been with me."

    30"For it was little which you had before I came, and it is now increased to a multitude, and the LORD has blessed you since my coming. Now, when shall I provide for my own house also?"

    31He said, "What shall I give you?" And Jacob said, "You shall not give me anything; if you will do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep your flock."

    32"I will pass through all your flock today, removing from there all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats, and of such shall be my wages."

  • Gen 30:34-36
    3 verses
    82%

    34Laban said, "Behold, I would it might be according to your word."

    35He removed that day the he-goats that were ringstraked and spotted, all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hands of his sons.

    36He set three days' journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.

  • Gen 31:8-10
    3 verses
    79%

    8If he said, The speckled shall be your wages; then all the cattle bore speckled: and if he said, The streaked shall be your pay; then all the cattle bore streaked.

    9So God has taken away the cattle of your father and given them to me.

    10And it happened, at the time when the cattle conceived, that I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were streaked, speckled, and spotted.

  • Gen 31:12
    78%

    12And he said, Lift up now your eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are streaked, speckled, and spotted: for I have seen all that Laban does to you.

  • Gen 30:38-42
    5 verses
    76%

    38He set the rods which he had peeled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.

    39The flocks conceived before the rods and brought forth ringstraked, speckled, and spotted cattle.

    40Jacob separated the lambs and set the faces of the flocks towards the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban. He put his own flocks by themselves and did not put them with Laban's cattle.

    41Whenever the stronger cattle conceived, Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, so they might conceive among the rods.

    42But when the cattle were feeble, he did not put them in. Thus, the feebler were Laban's and the stronger Jacob's.

  • Gen 31:42-43
    2 verses
    74%

    42Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely you would have sent me away now empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night.

    43And Laban answered and said to Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that you see is mine: and what can I do this day to these my daughters, or to their children whom they have borne?

  • Gen 31:36-39
    4 verses
    74%

    36And Jacob was angry, and argued with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that you have so hotly pursued me?

    37Whereas you have searched all my goods, what have you found of all your household goods? set it here before my brethren and your brethren, that they may judge between us both.

    38These twenty years have I been with you; your ewes and your she goats have not miscarried, and the rams of your flock have I not eaten.

    39That which was torn by beasts I did not bring to you; I bore the loss of it; from my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or by night.

  • Gen 29:15
    72%

    15And Laban said to Jacob, Because you are my relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?

  • Gen 31:32-33
    2 verses
    71%

    32With whomever you find your gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern what is yours with me, and take it to you. For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.

    33And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then he went out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.

  • Job 31:20
    70%

    20If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

  • Gen 31:1
    70%

    1And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob has taken away all that was our father's; and from that which was our father's, he has gained all this wealth.

  • Ezek 34:22
    70%

    22Therefore I will save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep.

  • Prov 27:26
    70%

    26The lambs will provide your clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.

  • Ezek 34:17
    70%

    17And as for you, O my flock, thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, between the rams and the goats.

  • Gen 31:19
    70%

    19And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's.

  • Gen 31:30
    70%

    30And now, though you would certainly be gone, because you greatly longed for your father's house, yet why have you stolen my gods?

  • Ps 18:24
    69%

    24Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.