I’ve been with you these twenty years. Your ewes and female goats have not miscarried, and I have not eaten the rams from your flock.
Genesis 31:39 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised I did not bring you any of the flock torn by wild beasts; I myself bore the loss. You demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or by night. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I did not bring you [the carcasses of the animals] torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss of it; you required of me [to make good] all that was stolen, whether it occurred by day or by night. American Standard Version (1901) That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night. Common English Bible When animals were killed, I didn’t bring them to you but took the loss myself. You demanded compensation from me for any animals poached during the day or night. Catholic Public Domain Version Neither did I reveal to you what was seized by the wild beast. I replaced all that was damaged. Whatever was lost by theft, you collected it from me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Neither did I shew thee that which the beast had torn. I made good all the damage: whatsoever was lost by theft, thou didst exact it of me. |
I’ve been with you these twenty years. Your ewes and female goats have not miscarried, and I have not eaten the rams from your flock.
There I was #– #the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.
‘Be my holy people. You must not eat the meat of a mauled animal found in the field; throw it to the dogs.
In any case of wrongdoing involving an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or anything else lost, and someone claims, “That’s mine,” the case between the two parties is to come before the judges. The one the judges condemn must repay double to his neighbour.
He must not eat an animal that died naturally or was mauled by wild beasts, , making himself unclean by it; I am the Lord.
In the same region, shepherds were staying out in the fields and keeping watch at night over their flock.