Genesis 31:40
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from my eyes.
American King James Version (AKJV)
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from my eyes.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
This was my condition, wasted by heat in the day and by the bitter cold at night; and sleep went from my eyes.
Webster's Revision
Thus I was; in the day the drouth consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from my eyes.
World English Bible
This was my situation: in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from my eyes.
English Revised Version (ERV)
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.
Clarke's Genesis 31:40 Bible Commentary
In the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night - The being exposed to the heat by day, and frost by night, is made part of the heaviest punishment of Promethus by Aeschylus.
Σταθευτος δ' ἡλιου φοιβῃ φλογι, Χροιας αμευψεις· ασμενῳ δε σοι
Ἡ ποικιλεμων νυξ αποκρυψει φαος·
Παχνην θ' ἑῳαν ἡλιος σκεδᾳ παλιν.
Aeschyl. Prom. Vinc., v. 22.
Opposed to the sun's most fervid beam, The hue of beauty changed; till parch'd by heat The night with spangled stole shall hide its light From thee rejoicing, but again the sun Chases the hoar frost from thy harass'd form - J. B. B. C.
