This twenty years have I been with you; your ewes and your female goats have not cast their young, and the rams of your flock have I not eaten.
Genesis 31:39 - King James 2000 That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto you; I bore the loss of it; of my hand did you require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen 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. |
This twenty years have I been with you; your ewes and your female goats have not cast their young, and the rams of your flock have I not eaten.
Thus I was; in the day the heat consumed me, and the cold by night; and my sleep departed from my eyes.
And you shall be holy men unto me: neither shall you eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; you shall cast it to the dogs.
For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challenges to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbor.
That which dies of itself, or is torn by animals, he shall not eat to defile himself by it: I am the LORD.
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.