Genesis 35:5 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

and they journey, and the terror of God is on the cities which [are] round about them, and they have not pursued after the sons of Jacob.

And they journeyed: and a terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

English Amplified

And they journeyed and a terror from God fell on the towns round about them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And they journeyed and a terror from God fell on the towns round about them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

When they set out, a terror from God came over the cities around them, and they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And they journeyed; and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

English EASY 2024

Then they began their journey. All the people in the towns near there were afraid of God's power. So no one attacked Jacob and his people.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Then Jacob and his sons left that place. The people in the surrounding cities wanted to follow and kill them, but God filled them with such great fear that they did not go after them.

English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles

And as they journeyed, a terror from God fell upon the cities that were around them, so that they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

When Jacob and his sons started to leave, great fear fell on the people of the nearby towns, and they did not pursue them.

English God's Word - GW 1995

When they set out again, terror from God came over the people in all the towns of that area, and no one attacked them.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

When they set out, a terror from God came over the cities around them, and they did not pursue Jacob's sons.

English KJV 1611

And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

Then they journeyed on, and there was a terror from God upon the cities which were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

As they traveled, the terror of God was on the cities that were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

As they journeyed, there was a great terror upon the cities which were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Then, as they set out, a terror from God fell upon the towns round about, so that no one pursued the sons of Jacob.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

and they started on their journey. The surrounding cities were afraid of God, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Then Jacob and everyone who was with him started out. The terror of God fell on the towns all around them. So no one chased them.

Then they set out, and the terror of God fell upon the towns all around them so that no one pursued them.

English NKJ 1982

And they journeyed, and the terror of God was upon the cities that were all around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

When they set out again, terror from God came over the people in all the towns of that area, and no one attacked them.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

As they journeyed, a terror from God fell upon the cities all around them, so that no one pursued them.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

As they made their way to Bethel, a tremendous fear of God fell upon all the cities around them, and no one dared pursue them.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And as they journeyed, a terror from God fell upon the cities that were round about them, so that they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Then they started on again. And the terror of God was upon all the cities they journeyed through, so that they were not attacked.

English Tyndale 1537

And they departed. And the fear of God fell upon the cities that were round about them, that they durst not follow after the sons of Jacob.