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Genesis 31:1

And he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father’s; and of that which was our father’s hath he gotten all this glory.

KJV

Postquam autem audivit verba filiorum Laban dicentium : Tulit Jacob omnia quæ fuerunt patris nostri, et de illius facultate ditatus, factus est inclytus :

Vulgate

Ἤκουσεν δὲ Ἰακὼβ τὰ ῥήματα τῶν υἱῶν Λαβὰν λεγόντων Εἴληφεν Ἰακὼβ πάντα τὰ τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν, καὶ ἐκ τῶν τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν πεποίηκεν πᾶσαν τὴν δόξαν ταύτην.

LXX

And he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father’s; and of that which was our father’s hath he gotten all this glory.

ASV

וַ/יִּשְׁמַ֗ע אֶת דִּבְרֵ֤י בְנֵֽי לָבָן֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר לָקַ֣ח יַעֲקֹ֔ב אֵ֖ת כָּל אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְ/אָבִ֑י/נוּ וּ/מֵ/אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְ/אָבִ֔י/נוּ עָשָׂ֕ה אֵ֥ת כָּל הַ/כָּבֹ֖ד הַ/זֶּֽה

Hebrew

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In this verse

People LabanJacobJacob

In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
וֹ
v
noun · 198×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
יַעֲקֹ֖ב
y'qb
proper_noun · 346×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
לָבָ֖ן
lbn
proper_noun · 55×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 1:24 — For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
  • 1Tim 6:4 — He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
  • Eccl 4:4 — Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
  • Esth 5:11 — And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of t
  • Esth 5:11 — And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of t
  • Ezek 16:44 — Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
  • Gen 31:8 — If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.
  • Gen 31:9 — Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
  • Gen 45:13 — And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
  • Isa 5:14 — Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
  • Jer 9:23 — Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
  • Job 31:24 — If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
  • Job 31:31 — If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
  • Matt 4:8 — Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
  • Prov 14:30 — A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
  • Prov 27:4 — Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
  • Ps 17:14 — From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of
  • Ps 49:16 — Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
  • Ps 57:4 — My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
  • Ps 64:3 — Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
  • Ps 120:3 — What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?
  • Titus 3:3 — For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.