Genesis 33:8 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 33:8 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 →
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
מִ֥י
mîy
H4310
who
לְךָ֛
כָּל
kôl
H3605
all
הַמַּחֲנֶ֥ה
machăneh
H4264
camp
הַזֶּ֖ה
zeh
H2088
this
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
פָּגָ֑שְׁתִּי
pâgash
H6298
to encounter
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
לִמְצֹא
mâtsâʼ
H4672
to find
חֵ֖ן
chên
H2580
grace
בְּעֵינֵ֥י
ʻayin
H5869
eye
אֲדֹנִֽי
ʼâdôwn
H113
lord
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
Esau said, "What do you mean by all this company which I met?" Jacob said, "To find favor in the sight of my lord."
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King James Version Public Domain
And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then he said, “What to you all these groups that I met?” And he said, “To find favor in the eyes of my lord.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).