Genesis 32:30 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 32:30 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 →
וַיִּקְרָ֧א
qârâʼ
H7121
to call
יַעֲקֹ֛ב
Yaʻăqôb
H3290
Jacob
שֵׁ֥ם
shêm
H8034
name
הַמָּק֖וֹם
mâqôwm
H4725
place
פְּנִיאֵ֑ל
Pᵉnûwʼêl
H6439
Penuel
כִּֽי
kîy
H3588
that
רָאִ֤יתִי
râʼâh
H7200
to see
אֱלֹהִים֙
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
פָּנִ֣ים
pânîym
H6440
face
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
פָּנִ֔ים
pânîym
H6440
face
וַתִּנָּצֵ֖ל
nâtsal
H5337
to rescue
נַפְשִֽׁי
nephesh
H5315
soul
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
Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, he said, "I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved."
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King James Version Public Domain
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, because, “I saw God face to face, but my life was preserved!”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).