Genesis 31:31 - King James Version - American Edition

³¹ And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³¹ And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³¹ Jacob answered Laban, Because I was afraid; for I thought, Suppose you would take your daughters from me by force.

American Standard Version (1901)

³¹ And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Lest thou shouldest take thy daughters from me by force.

Common English Bible

³¹ Jacob responded to Laban, “I was afraid and convinced myself that you would take your daughters away from me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³¹ Jacob answered: "I set out, unknown to you, because I feared that you might take away your daughters by violence.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³¹ Jacob answered: That I departed unknown to thee, it was for fear lest thou wouldst take away thy daughters by force.

Genesis 31:31 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 20:11

And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.

Genesis 31:30

And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

Genesis 31:32

With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.

Proverbs 29:25

The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe.