Genesis 31:27 - Revised Standard Version CI

²⁷ Why did you flee secretly, and cheat me, and did not tell me, so that I might have sent you away with mirth and songs, with tambourine and lyre?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ Why did you flee secretly and cheat me and did not tell me, so that I might have sent you away with joy and gladness and with singing, with tambourine and lyre?

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ Wherefore didst thou flee secretly, and steal away from me, and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth and with songs, with tabret and with harp;

Common English Bible

²⁷ Why did you leave secretly, deceiving me, and not letting me know? I would’ve sent you off with a celebration, with songs and tambourines and harps.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ Why would you want to flee without my knowledge and without telling me, though I might have led you forward with gladness, and songs, and timbrels, and lyres?

Genesis 31:27 Cross References

Genesis 31:26

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

Genesis 31:31

Jacob answered Laban, “Because I was afraid, for I thought that you would take your daughters from me by force.

Genesis 4:21

His brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe.

Exodus 15:20

Then Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and dancing.

Isaiah 5:12

They have lyre and harp, timbrel and flute and wine at their feasts; but they do not regard the deeds of the Lord, or see the work of his hands.

Judges 6:27

So Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the Lord had told him; but because he was too afraid of his family and the men of the town to do it by day, he did it by night.