Genesis 31:29

KJV1611 – Modern English

It is in my power to do you harm: but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, Beware that you speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    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.’

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    It is{H3426} in the power{H410} of my hand{H3027} to do{H6213} you hurt:{H7451} but the God{H430} of your father{H1} spake{H559} unto me yesternight,{H570} saying,{H559} Take heed{H8104} to thyself that thou speak not{H1696} to Jacob{H3290} either good{H2896} or bad.{H7451}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    It is{H3426} in the power{H410} of my hand{H3027} to do{H6213}{(H8800)} you hurt{H7451}: but the God{H430} of your father{H1} spake{H559}{(H8804)} unto me yesternight{H570}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Take thou heed{H8104}{(H8734)} that thou speak not{H1696}{(H8763)} to Jacob{H3290} either good{H2896} or bad{H7451}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    it for I am able to do you evell. But the God of youre father spake vnto me yesterdaye saynge take hede tha thou speake not to Iacob oughte saue goode.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    that I coude haue done you euell: but youre fathers God saide yesterdaye vnto me: Bewarre, that thou speake nothinge vnto Iacob but good.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    I am able to do you euill: but the God of your father spake vnto me yesternight, saying, Take heed that thou speake not to Iaakob ought saue good.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For it is in my hand through God to do you hurt: But the God of your father spake vnto me yesternight, saying: Take heede that thou speake not to Iacob ought saue good.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    It is in the power of my hand to hurt you, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, 'Take heed to yourself that you don't speak to Jacob either good or bad.'

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    my hand is to God to do evil with you, but the God of your father yesternight hath spoken unto me, saying, Take heed to thyself from speaking with Jacob from good unto evil.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    It is in my power to do you damage: but the God of your father came to me this night, saying, Take care that you say nothing good or bad to Jacob.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    It is in the power of my hand to hurt you, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, 'Take heed to yourself that you don't speak to Jacob either good or bad.'

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    I have the power to do you harm, but the God of your father told me last night,‘Be careful that you neither bless nor curse Jacob.’

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 31:53 : 53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us. And Jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac.
  • Gen 31:42 : 42 Except 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.
  • Gen 28:13 : 13 And behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: the land where you lie, I will give to you and to your descendants;
  • Gen 31:24 : 24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said to him, Beware that you speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
  • Josh 24:2-3 : 2 And Joshua said to all the people, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers lived on the other side of the river in ancient times, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods. 3 And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the river, and led him through all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his descendants, and gave him Isaac.
  • 2 Kgs 19:10 : 10 Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
  • Ps 52:1 : 1 Why do you boast in mischief, O mighty man? The goodness of God endures continually.
  • Dan 2:47 : 47 The king answered and said to Daniel, Truly, your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing you could reveal this secret.
  • Dan 3:28 : 28 Nebuchadnezzar spoke, saying, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him, and they have frustrated the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they should not serve nor worship any god except their own God.
  • Dan 6:20 : 20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice to Daniel: and the king spoke and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God, whom you serve continually, able to deliver you from the lions?
  • Dan 6:26 : 26 I make a decree, that in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and steadfast forever, and his kingdom that shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be until the end.
  • John 19:10-11 : 10 Then Pilate said to him, Do you not speak to me? Do you not know that I have the power to crucify you, and have the power to release you? 11 Jesus answered, You could have no power against me at all, except it were given you from above: therefore he who delivered me to you has the greater sin.
  • Acts 5:38-39 : 38 And now I say to you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work is of men, it will come to nothing. 39 But if it is of God, you cannot overthrow it; lest perhaps you be found even to fight against God.
  • Acts 9:5 : 5 And he said, Who are you, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting: it is hard for you to kick against the goads.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Gen 31:42
    80%

    42 Except 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.

  • Gen 31:24
    79%

    24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said to him, Beware that you speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

  • Gen 31:5-7
    3 verses
    78%

    5 And said to them, I see your father's expression, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me.

    6 And you know that with all my strength I have served your father.

    7 And your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God did not allow him to harm me.

  • Gen 31:28
    78%

    28 And have not allowed me to kiss my sons and my daughters? You have now done foolishly in so doing.

  • Gen 31:30-32
    3 verses
    77%

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

    31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Perhaps you would take your daughters from me by force.

    32 With 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.

  • Gen 32:8-9
    2 verses
    76%

    8 And said, If Esau comes to one group and attacks it, then the other group which is left shall escape.

    9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD who said to me, Return to your country and to your relatives, and I will deal well with you:

  • Gen 31:9
    74%

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

  • Gen 31:16
    74%

    16 For all the riches which God has taken from our father, that is ours, and our children's: now then, whatever God has said to you, do.

  • Gen 27:12
    73%

    12 Perhaps my father will feel me, and I will seem to him as a deceiver; and I will bring a curse upon myself, and not a blessing.

  • 1 Sam 24:12
    73%

    12 The LORD judge between me and you, and the LORD avenge me of you; but my hand shall not be upon you.

  • Gen 31:52-53
    2 verses
    73%

    52 This heap is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not pass over this heap to you, and that you shall not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.

    53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us. And Jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac.

  • Gen 31:3
    73%

    3 And the LORD said to Jacob, Return to the land of your fathers, and to your kindred; and I will be with you.

  • Gen 26:29
    73%

    29 That you will do us no harm, as we have not touched you, and as we have done to you nothing but good, and have sent you away in peace: you are now the blessed of the LORD.

  • Gen 44:29
    73%

    29 And if you take this also from me, and harm befalls him, you shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

  • Gen 44:17
    73%

    17 And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, go up in peace to your father.

  • Gen 44:34
    72%

    34 For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad is not with me? lest perhaps I see the evil that shall come upon my father.

  • Gen 30:29-31
    3 verses
    72%

    29 He 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?"

    31 He 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."

  • Gen 31:11
    72%

    11 And the angel of God spoke to me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here I am.

  • Gen 31:13
    72%

    13 I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar, and where you vowed a vow unto me: now arise, get out of this land, and return unto the land of your kindred.

  • Gen 32:11
    72%

    11 Deliver me, I pray, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he come and attack me, and the mother with the children.

  • Gen 42:29
    72%

    29 And they came to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan, and told him all that had happened to them; saying,

  • Gen 20:6
    72%

    6 And God said to him in a dream, Yes, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart; for I also kept you from sinning against me: therefore I did not let you touch her.

  • Gen 27:35-36
    2 verses
    72%

    35 And he said, Your brother came with deceit, and has taken away your blessing.

    36 And he said, Is he not rightly named Jacob? for he has supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and behold, now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Have you not reserved a blessing for me?

  • Gen 44:7
    71%

    7 And they said to him, Why does my lord say these words? God forbid that your servants should do such a thing as this:

  • Gen 46:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2 And God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here I am.

    3 And He said, I am God, the God of your father; do not fear to go down into Egypt, for I will make of you a great nation there.

  • Gen 31:50
    71%

    50 If you afflict my daughters, or if you take other wives besides my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness between me and you.

  • Gen 27:45
    71%

    45 Until your brother's anger turns away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him: then I will send and get you from there: why should I be deprived of both of you in one day?

  • Gen 31:1
    71%

    1 And 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.

  • Gen 27:6
    71%

    6 And Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, Look, I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,