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.
Genesis 31:40 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised There I was #– #the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 This was [my lot]; by day the heat consumed me and by night the cold, and I could not sleep. American Standard Version (1901) 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 The dry heat consumed me during the day, and the frost at night; I couldn’t sleep. Catholic Public Domain Version Day and night, I was burned by heat and by frost, and sleep fled from my eyes. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Day and night was I parched with heat, and with frost; and sleep departed from my eyes. |
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.
For twenty years in your household I served you #– #fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks #– #and you have changed my wages ten times!
Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
She sees that her profits are good, and her lamp never goes out at night.
Jacob fled to the territory of Aram. Israel worked to earn a wife; he tended flocks for a wife.
I have summoned a drought on the fields and the hills, on the grain, new wine, fresh oil, and whatever the ground yields, on people and animals, and on all that your hands produce.’
In the same region, shepherds were staying out in the fields and keeping watch at night over their flock.
He led you through the great and terrible wilderness with its poisonous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty land where there was no water. He brought water out of the flint rock for you.
Remember your leaders who have spoken God’s word to you. As you carefully observe the outcome of their lives, imitate their faith.