Verse List for GEN 29:8

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OET (OET-RV) “We can’t,” they said, “until all the flocks are gathered here and they roll the stone off the top of the well. Then we will water the sheep.”

OET-LV And_they _said not we _are _able until that they _will _be _gathered all _of the_flocks and_people _will _roll DOM the_stone from_under the _mouth _of the _well and_we _will _water the_sheep.

ULT But they said, “We cannot, until all the flocks are gathered and they roll the stone from over the mouth of the well. Then we will water the sheep.”

UST But they replied, “We can not do that until all the shepherds are here with their flocks. Then together we will move the stone away from the top of the well and draw water for the sheep.”

BSB & MSB But they replied, “We cannot, until all the flocks have been gathered and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the well. Then we will water the sheep.”

OEB But they said, ‘We cannot until all the flocks are gathered together, and they roll away the stone from the well; then we will water the sheep.’

WEBBE & WMBB They said, “We can’t, until all the flocks are gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well’s mouth. Then we will water the sheep.”

NET “We can’t,” they said, “until all the flocks are gathered and the stone is rolled off the mouth of the well. Then we water the sheep.”

LSV And they say, “We are not able, until all the droves be gathered together, and they have rolled away the stone from the mouth of the well, and we have watered the flock.”

FBV “We can't do that until all the flocks have arrived,” they told him. “Then we roll away the stone from the well and let the sheep drink.”

T4T They replied, “No, we cannot do that until all the flocks are gathered here and the stone is removed from the top of the well. After that, we will give water to the sheep.”

LEB And they said, “We are not able, until all the flocks are gathered. Then the stone is rolled away from the mouth of the well, and we water the sheep.”

BBE And they said, We are not able to do so till all the flocks have come together and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the water-hole; then we will get water for the sheep.

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JPS And they said: 'We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.'

ASV And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep.

DRA They answered: We cannot, till all the cattle be gathered together, and we remove the stone from the well’s mouth, that we may water the flocks.

YLT And they say, 'We are not able, till that all the droves be gathered together, and they have rolled away the stone from the mouth of the well, and we have watered the flock.'

Drby And they said, We cannot until all the flocks are gathered together, and they roll the stone from the mouth of the well, and we water the sheep.

RV And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep.

SLT And they will say, We shall not be able, till that all the flocks shall be gathered together, and they roll the stone from the mouth of the well; and we water the sheep.

Wbstr And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks are collected, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.

KJB-1769 And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep.

KJB-1611 And they said, We cannot, vntill all the flockes bee gathered together, and till they rolle the stone from the welles mouth: then wee water the sheepe.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And they sayde: we may not vntyll all the flockes be brought together, and tyl they roule the stone from the welles mouth, and so we water our sheepe.
(And they said: we may not until all the flocks be brought together, and till they roll the stone from the wells mouth, and so we water our sheep.)

Gnva But they sayde, We may not vntill all the flocks be brought together, and till men rolle the stone from the welles mouth, that we may water the sheepe.
(But they said, We may not until all the flocks be brought together, and till men roll the stone from the wells mouth, that we may water the sheep.)

Cvdl They answered: We can not, tyll all the flockes be brought together, and tyll we roule the stone from the welles mouth, & so geue the shepe drynke.
(They answered: We can not, till all the flocks be brought together, and till we roll the stone from the wells mouth, and so give the sheep drink.)

Wycl Whiche answeriden, We moun not til alle scheep be gederid to gidere, and til we remouen the stoon fro the mouth of the pit to watir the flockis.
(Which answered, We may/can not till all sheep be gederid together, and till we removen the stone from the mouth of the pit to water the flocks.)

Luth Sie antworteten: Wir können nicht, bis daß alle Herden zusammengebracht werden, und wir den Stein von des Brunnens Loch wälzen und also die Schafe tränken.
(They/She replied: We can not, until that all herds brought_together become, and we/us the stone from the spring(n)s hole/opening wälzen and also the sheep soak.)

ClVg Qui responderunt: Non possumus, donec omnia pecora congregentur, et amoveamus lapidem de ore putei, ut adaquemus greges.
(Who they_answered: Not/No we_can, until everything cattle congregentur, and removeamus a_stone from/about vocally wells, as adaquemus flocks.)

UHB וַ⁠יֹּאמְרוּ֮ לֹ֣א נוּכַל֒ עַ֣ד אֲשֶׁ֤ר יֵאָֽסְפוּ֙ כָּל־הָ֣⁠עֲדָרִ֔ים וְ⁠גָֽלֲלוּ֙ אֶת־הָ⁠אֶ֔בֶן מֵ⁠עַ֖ל פִּ֣י הַ⁠בְּאֵ֑ר וְ⁠הִשְׁקִ֖ינוּ הַ⁠צֹּֽאן׃ ‡

BrLXX Οἱ δὲ εἶπαν, οὐ δυνησόμεθα, ἕως τοῦ συναχθῆναι πάντας τοὺς ποιμένας, καὶ ἀποκυλίσουσι τὸν λίθον ἀπὸ τοῦ στόματος τοῦ φρέατος, καὶ ποτιοῦμεν τὰ πρόβατα.

BrTr And they said, We shall not be able, until all the shepherds be gathered together, and they shall roll away the stone from the mouth of the well, then we will water the flocks.