Genesis 31:40 - Revised Standard Version CI

⁴⁰ Thus I was; by day the heat consumed me, and the cold by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁰ Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁰ This was [my lot]; by day the heat consumed me and by night the cold, and I could not sleep.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁰ Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.

Common English Bible

⁴⁰ The dry heat consumed me during the day, and the frost at night; I couldn’t sleep.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁰ Day and night, I was burned by heat and by frost, and sleep fled from my eyes.

Genesis 31:40 Cross References

Genesis 31:39

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

Genesis 31:41

These twenty years I have been in your house; I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times.

Exodus 3:1

Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian; and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

Proverbs 31:18

She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp does not go out at night.

Hosea 12:12

(Jacob fled to the land of Aram, there Israel did service for a wife, and for a wife he herded sheep.)

Haggai 1:11

And I have called for a drought upon the land and the hills, upon the grain, the new wine, the oil, upon what the ground brings forth, upon men and cattle, and upon all their labors.”

Luke 2:8

And in that region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

Deuteronomy 8:15

who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water, who brought you water out of the flinty rock,

Hebrews 13:7

Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God; consider the outcome of their life, and imitate their faith.