Genesis 30:38 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 30:38 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 →
וַיַּצֵּ֗ג
yâtsag
H3322
to set
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הַמַּקְלוֹת֙
maqqêl
H4731
staff
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
פִּצֵּ֔ל
pâtsal
H6478
to peel
בָּרֳהָטִ֖ים
rahaṭ
H7298
trough
בְּשִֽׁקֲת֣וֹת
shôqeth
H8268
watering trough
הַמָּ֑יִם
mayim
H4325
water
אֲשֶׁר֩
ʼăsher
H834
which
תָּבֹ֨אןָ
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
הַצֹּ֤אן
tsôʼn
H6629
flock
לִשְׁתּוֹת֙
shâthâh
H8354
to drink
לְנֹ֣כַח
nôkach
H5227
opposite
הַצֹּ֔אן
tsôʼn
H6629
flock
וַיֵּחַ֖מְנָה
yâcham
H3179
to conceive
בְּבֹאָ֥ן
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
לִשְׁתּֽוֹת
shâthâh
H8354
to drink
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World English Bible Public Domain
He set the rods which he had peeled opposite the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink. They conceived when they came to drink.
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King James Version Public Domain
And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then he put the branches that he had peeled in the troughs, in the water troughs where the flock came to drink, in front of the flock. And they were in heat when they came to drink,
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).