Genesis 27:40 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 27:40 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 →
וְעַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
חַרְבְּךָ֣
chereb
H2719
sword
תִֽחְיֶ֔ה
châyâh
H2421
to live
וְאֶת
ʼêth
H853
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אָחִ֖יךָ
ʼâch
H251
brother
תַּעֲבֹ֑ד
ʻâbad
H5647
to serve
וְהָיָה֙
hâyâh
H1961
to be
כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
תָּרִ֔יד
rûwd
H7300
to roam
וּפָרַקְתָּ֥
pâraq
H6561
to tear away
עֻלּ֖וֹ
ʻôl
H5923
yoke
מֵעַ֥ל
ʻal
H5921
upon
צַוָּארֶֽךָ
tsavvâʼr
H6677
neck
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
By your sword will you live, and you will serve your brother. It will happen, when you will break loose, That you shall shake his yoke from off your neck."
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King James Version Public Domain
And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And you will live by your sword, and you will serve your brother. But it will happen when you become restless, then you will break his yoke off of your neck.” Jacob Flees from Esau 27:41-28:5
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).