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Genesis 31:40

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31:40I was consumed by scorching heat85 during the day and by piercing cold86 at night, and I went without sleep.87

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  1. 85 Or “by drought.”
  2. 86 Heb “frost, ice,” though when contrasted with the חֹרֶב (khorev, “drought, parching heat”) of the day, “piercing cold” is more appropriate as a contrast.
  3. 87 Heb “and my sleep fled from my eyes.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

There I was: by day the heat consumed me, and the cold by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

This was my situation: The heat consumed me in the daytime and the cold at night, and sleep fled from my eyes.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

There I was—the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.

NLTNew Living Translation

“I worked for you through the scorching heat of the day and through cold and sleepless nights.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

There I was, during the day the heat consumed me, and the cold by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.

KJV 1900King James Version

Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.