Verse List for GEN 28:17

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) So he was afraid and said to himself, “This place is spine-chilling—it’s nothing other than God’s house, and it’s heaven’s gateway.”

OET-LV And_he _was _afraid and_he _said how awesome is_the_place the_this is_not this if/because (if) the _house _of god and_this is_the _gate _of the_heavens.

ULT So he was afraid and said, “How awesome this place is! This is nothing other than the house of God, and this, is the gateway of heaven!”

UST He was afraid, so he also exclaimed, “This is a terrifying place! This can only be God’s house! It must be the entrance to heaven!”

BSB & MSB And he was afraid and said, “How awesome [is] this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven!”

OEB And he was filled with awe and said, ‘This place is the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.’

WEBBE & WMBB He was afraid, and said, “How awesome this place is! This is none other than God’s house, and this is the gate of heaven.”

NET He was afraid and said, “What an awesome place this is! This is nothing else than the house of God! This is the gate of heaven!”

LSV and he fears and says, “How fearful [is] this place; this is nothing but a house of God, and this a gate of the heavens.”

FBV He became frightened and said, “This is a scary place! It must be the house of God and the entrance to heaven.”

T4T He was afraid, and he said, “This place is very awesome! This is surely the place where God lives, and this is the entrance to heaven!”

LEB Then he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! _⌊This is nothing else than the house of God_⌋,[fn] and this is the gate of heaven!”

BBE And fear came on him, and he said, This is a holy place; this is nothing less than the house of God and the doorway of heaven.

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JPS And he was afraid, and said: 'How full of awe is this place! this is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.'

ASV And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

DRA And trembling he said: How terrible is this place! this is no other but the house of God, and the gate of heaven.

YLT and he feareth, and saith, 'How fearful [is] this place; this is nothing but a house of God, and this a gate of the heavens.'

Drby And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of [fn]God, and this is the gate of heaven.

RV And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

SLT And he will be afraid, and will Say, How terrible this place is not this but the house of God, and this the gate of the heavens?

Wbstr And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is no other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

KJB-1769 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

KJB-1611 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place? this is none other, but the house of God, and this is the gate of heauen.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And he was a frayde, and saide: howe dreadefull is this place? it is none other but euen the house of God, & it is the gate of heauen.
(And he was a frayde, and said: how dreadefull is this place? it is none other but even the house of God, and it is the gate of heaven.)

Gnva And he was afraid, and said, How fearefull is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heauen.
(And he was afraid, and said, How fearful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.)

Cvdl And he was afraied, and sayde: How fearfull is this place? here is nothinge els but an house of God, & a gate vnto heaue.
(And he was afraid, and said: How fearful is this place? here is nothing else but an house of God, and a gate unto heaven.)

Wycl And he seide dredynge, Hou worschipful is this place! Here is noon other thing no but the hows of God, and the yate of heuene.
(And he said dreading, How worshipful is this place! Here is noon other thing no but the house of God, and the gate of heaven.)

Luth Und fürchtete sich und sprach: Wie heilig ist diese Stätte! Hie ist nichts anderes denn Gottes Haus, und hie ist die Pforte des Himmels.
(And feared itself/yourself/themselves and spoke: How holy is this/these site/place! Here is nothing other because/than God’s house, and here is the gate the heavens.)

ClVg Pavensque, Quam terribilis est, inquit, locus iste ! non est hic aliud nisi domus Dei, et porta cæli.
(Pavensque, How terrible it_is, he_said, place this ! not/no it_is this/here something_else except home of_God, and gate/door heavens.)

UHB וַ⁠יִּירָא֙ וַ⁠יֹּאמַ֔ר מַה־נּוֹרָ֖א הַ⁠מָּק֣וֹם הַ⁠זֶּ֑ה אֵ֣ין זֶ֗ה כִּ֚י אִם־בֵּ֣ית אֱלֹהִ֔ים וְ⁠זֶ֖ה שַׁ֥עַר הַ⁠שָּׁמָֽיִם׃ ‡

BrLXX Καὶ ἐφοβήθη, καὶ εἶπεν, ὡς φοβερὸς ὁ τόπος οὗτος· οὐκ ἔστι τοῦτο ἀλλʼ ἢ οἶκος Θεοῦ, καὶ αὕτη ἡ πύλη τοῦ οὐρανοῦ.

BrTr And he was afraid, and said, How fearful is this place! this is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.