Genesis 31:8 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 31:8 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 →
אִם
ʼim
H518
if
כֹּ֣ה
kôh
H3541
thus
יֹאמַ֗ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
נְקֻדִּים֙
nâqôd
H5348
speckled
יִהְיֶ֣ה
hâyâh
H1961
to be
שְׂכָרֶ֔ךָ
sâkâr
H7939
wages
וְיָלְד֥וּ
yâlad
H3205
to bear
כָל
kôl
H3605
all
הַצֹּ֖אן
tsôʼn
H6629
flock
נְקֻדִּ֑ים
nâqôd
H5348
speckled
וְאִם
ʼim
H518
if
כֹּ֣ה
kôh
H3541
thus
יֹאמַ֗ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
עֲקֻדִּים֙
ʻâqôd
H6124
striped
יִהְיֶ֣ה
hâyâh
H1961
to be
שְׂכָרֶ֔ךָ
sâkâr
H7939
wages
וְיָלְד֥וּ
yâlad
H3205
to bear
כָל
kôl
H3605
all
הַצֹּ֖אן
tsôʼn
H6629
flock
עֲקֻדִּֽים
ʻâqôd
H6124
striped
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
If he said this, 'The speckled will be your wages,' then all the flock bore speckled. If he said this, 'The streaked will be your wages,' then all the flock bore streaked.
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King James Version Public Domain
If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ring-streaked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ring-streaked.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
If he said like this: ‘The speckled will be your wages,’ then all the flock bore speckled. But if he said like this: ‘The streaked will be your wages,’ then all the flock bore streaked.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).