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Genesis 37:34
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KJ21
And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
ASV
And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
AMP
So Jacob tore his clothes [in grief], put on sackcloth and mourned many days for his son.
AMPC
And Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourned many days for his son.
BRG
And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
CSB
Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
CSBA
Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth round his waist, and mourned for his son for many days.
CEB
Then Jacob tore his clothes, put a simple mourning cloth around his waist, and mourned for his son for many days.
CJB
Ya‘akov tore his clothes and, putting sackcloth around his waist, mourned his son for many days.
CEV
Jacob mourned for Joseph a long time, and to show his sorrow he tore his clothes and wore sackcloth.
DARBY
And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
DRA
And tearing his garments, he put on sackcloth, mourning for his son a long time.
ERV
Jacob was so sorry about his son that he tore his clothes. Then Jacob put on special clothes to show that he was sad. He continued to be sad about his son for a long time.
EASY
Jacob was so upset that he tore his own clothes. He put on clothes made from sackcloth to show how sad he was. He wept for many days because his son had died.
EHV
Jacob tore his clothing, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son for many days.
ESV
Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.
ESVUK
Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son for many days.
EXB
Then Jacob tore his clothes and put ·on rough cloth [burlap/sackcloth on his loins; C to show he was upset], and he continued ·to be sad about [mourn for] his son for ·a long time [L many days].
GNV
And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth about his loins, and sorrowed for his son a long season.
GW
Then, to show his grief, Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son a long time.
GNT
Jacob tore his clothes in sorrow and put on sackcloth. He mourned for his son a long time.
HCSB
Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
ICB
Then Jacob tore his clothes and put on rough cloth to show that he was sad. He continued to be sad about his son for a long time.
ISV
So Jacob tore his clothes, dressed himself in sackcloth, and then mourned many days for his son.
JUB
Then Jacob rent his clothes and put sackcloth upon his loins and mourned for his son many days.
KJV
And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
AKJV
And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
LSB
So Jacob tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.
LEB
And Jacob tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.
TLB
Then Israel tore his garments and put on sackcloth and mourned for his son in deepest mourning for many weeks.
MSG
Jacob tore his clothes in grief, dressed in rough burlap, and mourned his son a long, long time. His sons and daughters tried to comfort him but he refused their comfort. “I’ll go to the grave mourning my son.” Oh, how his father wept for him.
MEV
Jacob tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his waist and mourned for his son many days.
NOG
Then, to show his grief, Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son a long time.
NABRE
Then Jacob tore his garments, put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned his son many days.
NASB
So Jacob tore his clothes, and put on a sackcloth undergarment over his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
NASB1995
So Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.
NCB
Then Jacob ripped his clothes, put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned his son for many days.
NCV
Then Jacob tore his clothes and put on rough cloth to show that he was upset, and he continued to be sad about his son for a long time.
NET
Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourned for his son many days.
NIRV
Jacob tore his clothes. He put on the rough clothing people wear when they’re sad. Then he mourned for his son many days.
NIV
Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and mourned for his son many days.
NIVUK
Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and mourned for his son many days.
NKJV
Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
NLV
So Jacob tore his clothes and dressed in clothes made from hair. He had sorrow for his son many days.
NLT
Then Jacob tore his clothes and dressed himself in burlap. He mourned deeply for his son for a long time.
NRSVA
Then Jacob tore his garments, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son for many days.
NRSVACE
Then Jacob tore his garments, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son for many days.
NRSVCE
Then Jacob tore his garments, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
NRSVUE
Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.
OJB
And Ya’akov made the keriah of his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for beno yamim rabbim.
RGT
And Jacob tore his clothes and put sackcloth around his waist and mourned for his son a long time.
RSV
Then Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
RSVCE
Then Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
TLV
Jacob tore his clothing and put on sackcloth and mourned for his son many days.
VOICE
Then Jacob wailed in agony and tore his clothes with the depth of emotional pain only a father could feel upon losing a child. He dressed in sackcloth and mourned his son for a long time.
WEB
Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
WYC
And he rent his clothes, and he was clothed with an hair shirt, and bewailed his son in much time (and for a long time he bewailed his son).
YLT
And Jacob rendeth his raiment, and putteth sackcloth on his loins, and becometh a mourner for his son many days,
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