Genesis 31:27
Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
KJV
cur ignorante me fugere voluisti, nec indicare mihi, ut prosequerer te cum gaudio, et canticis, et tympanis, et citharis ?
Vulgate
καὶ εἰ ἀνήγγειλάς μοι, ἐξαπέστειλα ἄν σε μετ’ εὐφροσύνης καὶ μετὰ μουσικῶν, τυμπάνων καὶ κιθάρας.
LXX
Wherefore didst thou flee secretly, and steal away from me, and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth and with songs, with tabret and with harp;
ASV
לָ֤/מָּה נַחְבֵּ֨אתָ֙ לִ/בְרֹ֔חַ וַ/תִּגְנֹ֖ב אֹתִ֑/י וְ/לֹא הִגַּ֣דְתָּ לִּ֔/י וָֽ/אֲשַׁלֵּחֲ/ךָ֛ בְּ/שִׂמְחָ֥ה וּ/בְ/שִׁרִ֖ים בְּ/תֹ֥ף וּ/בְ/כִנּֽוֹר
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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Cross-references
- Exod 15:20 — And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
- Gen 4:21 — And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
- Gen 24:59 — And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men.
- Gen 31:3 — And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
- Gen 31:20 — And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
- Gen 31:31 — And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.
- Job 21:11 — They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
- Judg 6:27 — Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father’s household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that
- Prov 26:23 — Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.