Verse List for GEN 25:22

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OET (OET-RV) but the twins kept jostling each other within her womb, so she asked, “Why’s this happening to me?” She also asked Yahweh about it

OET-LV And_they _struggled _together the_children in_her _inward _of_part[s] and_she/it _said if thus to/for_what this am_I and_she _went to_consult DOM YHWH.

ULT And the children struggled against each other inside her, so she said, “Why, is this so? Why, am I, like this?” And she went to inquire of Yahweh.

UST But the two babies wrestled with each other inside her, so she asked, “Why is this happening to me?” Then she asked Yahweh about it.

BSB & MSB But the children inside her struggled with each other, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So [Rebekah] went to inquire of the LORD,

OEB The children struggled against each other in her womb, and she said, ‘Why is this happening to me? What does it mean?’ She went to ask the Lord,

WEBBE & WMBB The children struggled together within her. She said, “If it is like this, why do I live?” She went to enquire of the LORD.

NET But the children struggled inside her, and she said, “If it is going to be like this, I’m not so sure I want to be pregnant!” So she asked the Lord,

LSV and the children struggle together within her, and she says, “If [it is] right—why [am] I thus?” And she goes to seek YHWH.

FBV The twin babies inside her struggled with each other. So she asked the Lord, “Why is this happening to me?”

T4T She was carrying twins in her womb, and they kept jostling each other. So she said, “Why is it that this is happening to me?” So she asked Yahweh about it.

LEB And the children in her womb jostled each other, and she said, “_⌊If it is going to be like this, why be pregnant_⌋?”[fn] And she went to inquire of Yahweh.

BBE And the children were fighting together inside her, and she said, If it is to be so, why am I like this? So she went to put her question to the Lord.

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JPS And the children struggled together within her; and she said: 'If it be so, wherefore do I live?' And she went to inquire of the LORD.

ASV And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, wherefore do I live? And she went to inquire of Jehovah.

DRA But the children struggled in her womb: and she said: If it were to be so with me, what need was there to conceive? And she went to consult the Lord.

YLT and the children struggle together within her, and she saith, 'If [it is] right — why [am] I thus?' and she goeth to seek Jehovah.

Drby And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If [it be] so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of Jehovah.

RV And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, wherefore do I live? And she went to inquire of the LORD.
(And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, wherefore do I live? And she went to enquire of the LORD.)

SLT And the sons will struggle within her: and she will say. If so, wherefore am I thus? And she will go to inquire of Jehovah.

Wbstr And the children struggled together within her: and she said, If it is so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of the LORD.

KJB-1769 And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD.

KJB-1611 And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? and shee went to enquire of the LORD.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)

Bshps And the childre stroue together within her wombe: therfore she said, if it be so, why am I thus? wherefore she went to aske the Lorde.
(And the children strove together within her womb: therefore she said, if it be so, why am I thus? wherefore she went to ask the Lord.)

Gnva But the children stroue together within her: therefore shee sayde, Seeing it is so, why am I thus? wherefore she went to aske the Lord.
(But the children strove together within her: therefore she said, Seeing it is so, why am I thus? wherefore she went to ask the Lord.)

Cvdl And the children stroue totogether in her wombe. Then sayde she: Yf it shulde go so with me, why am I then wt childe? And she wente for to axe the LORDE.
(And the children strove totogether in her womb. Then said she: If it should go so with me, why am I then with child? And she went for to ask the LORD.)

Wycl But the litle children weren hurtlid togidre in hir wombe; and sche seide, If it was so to comynge to me, what nede was it to conseyue? And sche yede and axide counsel of the Lord,
(But the little children were hurtlid together in her womb; and she said, If it was so to coming to me, what need was it to conceive? And she went and asked council/counsel of the Lord,)

Luth Und die Kinder stießen sich miteinander in ihrem Leibe. Da sprach sie: Da mir‘s also sollte gehen, warum bin ich schwanger worden? Und sie ging hin, den HErr’s zu fragen.
(And the children encountered itself/yourself/themselves together in their/her body. So spoke they/she/them: So me also should go, why am I pregnant been? And they/she/them went there/therefore, the LORD’s to/for asks.)

ClVg Sed collidebantur in utero ejus parvuli; quæ ait: Si sic mihi futurum erat, quid necesse fuit concipere? perrexitque ut consuleret Dominum.
(But neckdebantur in/into/on the_womb his/her little_ones; which he_said: When/But_if so to_me future was, what necessary it_was concipere? wentque as consuleret the_Master.)

UHB וַ⁠יִּתְרֹֽצֲצ֤וּ הַ⁠בָּנִים֙ בְּ⁠קִרְבָּ֔⁠הּ וַ⁠תֹּ֣אמֶר אִם־כֵּ֔ן לָ֥⁠מָּה זֶּ֖ה אָנֹ֑כִי וַ⁠תֵּ֖לֶךְ לִ⁠דְרֹ֥שׁ אֶת־יְהוָֽה׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἐσκίρτων δὲ τὰ παιδία ἐν αὐτῇ· εἶπε δὲ, εἰ οὕτω μοι μέλλει γίνεσθαι, ἵνα τί μοι τοῦτο; ἐπορεύθη δὲ πυθέσθαι παρὰ Κυρίου.

BrTr And the babes leaped within her; and she said, If it will be so with me, why is this to me? And she went to enquire of the Lord.