Genesis 31:30

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

And now, though you would needs be gone, because you sore longed after your father's house, yet why have you stolen my gods?

American King James Version (AKJV)

And now, though you would needs be gone, because you sore longed after your father's house, yet why have you stolen my gods?

American Standard Version (ASV)

And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

Basic English Translation (BBE)

And now, it seems, you are going because your heart's desire is for your father's house; but why have you taken my gods?

Webster's Revision

And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou didst earnestly long after thy father's house; yet why hast thou stolen my gods?

World English Bible

Now, you want to be gone, because you greatly longed for your father's house, but why have you stolen my gods?"

English Revised Version (ERV)

And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

Definitions for Genesis 31:30

Wherefore - Why?; for what reason?; for what cause?

Wesley's Genesis 31:30 Bible Commentary

31:30 Wherefore hast thou stolen my gods? - Foolish man! to call those his gods that could be stolen! Could he expect protection from them that could neither resist nor discover their invaders? Happy are they who have the Lord for their God. Enemies may steal our goods, but not our God.

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