^30:31So Laban asked,⁶⁶ “What should I give you?” “You don’t need to give me a thing,”⁶⁷ Jacob replied,⁶⁸ “but if you agree to this one condition,⁶⁹ I will continue to care for⁷⁰ your flocks and protect them:

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Footnotes

66 Heb “and he said.” The referent (Laban) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
67 The negated imperfect verbal form has an obligatory nuance.
68 The order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse has been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons.
69 Heb “If you do for me this thing.”
70 Heb “I will return, I will tend,” an idiom meaning “I will continue tending.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

He said, “What shall I give you?” Jacob said, “You shall not give me anything. If you will do this for me, I will again pasture your flock and keep it:

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“What shall I give you?” he asked.

“Don’t give me anything,” Jacob replied. “But if you will do this one thing for me, I will go on tending your flocks and watching over them:

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Laban asked, “What should I give you?”

And Jacob said, “You don’t need to give me anything. If you do this one thing for me, I will continue to shepherd and keep your flock.

NLTNew Living Translation

“What wages do you want?” Laban asked again.

Jacob replied, “Don’t give me anything. Just do this one thing, and I’ll continue to tend and watch over your flocks.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he said, “What shall I give you?” And Jacob said, “Do not give me anything. If you will do this thing for me, I will again feed your flocks and keep them.

KJV 1900King James Version

And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock:

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