Genesis 27:20 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 27:20 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
יִצְחָק֙
Yitschâq
H3327
Isaac
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
בְּנ֔וֹ
bên
H1121
son
מַה
mâh
H4100
what
זֶּ֛ה
zeh
H2088
this
מִהַ֥רְתָּ
mâhar
H4116
to hasten
לִמְצֹ֖א
mâtsâʼ
H4672
to find
בְּנִ֑י
bên
H1121
son
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
כִּ֥י
kîy
H3588
that
הִקְרָ֛ה
qârâh
H7136
to meet
יְהוָ֥ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
לְפָנָֽי
pânîym
H6440
face
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Isaac said to his son, "How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?" He said, "Because Yahweh your God gave me success."
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King James Version Public Domain
And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to me.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then Isaac said to his son, “How this you were quick to find, my son?” And he said, “Because Yahweh your God caused to happen before me.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).