Genesis 30:31 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

He said, “What shall I give you?” Jacob said, “You shall not give me anything; if you will do this for me, I will again feed your flock and keep it:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

[Laban] said, What shall I give you? And Jacob said, You shall not give me anything, if you will do this one thing for me [of which I am about to tell you], and I will again feed and take care of your flock.

American Standard Version (1901)

And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me aught: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed thy flock and keep it.

Common English Bible

Laban said, “What will I pay you?” Jacob said, “Don’t pay me anything. If you will do this for me, I will take care of your flock again, and keep a portion.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And Laban said, "What shall I give to you?" But he said, "I want nothing. But if you will do what I ask, I will feed and guard your sheep again.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And Laban said: What shall I give thee? But he said: I require nothing. But if thou wilt do what I demand, I will feed, and keep thy sheep again.

Genesis 30:31 Cross References

Genesis 30:30

For you had little before I came, and it has increased abundantly, and the Lord has blessed you wherever I turned. But now when shall I provide for my own household also?”

Genesis 30:32

let me pass through all your flock today, removing from it every speckled and spotted sheep and every black lamb and the spotted and speckled among the goats, and such shall be my wages.

Psalm 118:8

It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to put confidence in mortals.

Hebrews 13:5

Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be content with what you have, for he himself has said, “I will never leave you or forsake you.”