Genesis 31:40
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.In other versions
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.
ASV
This was my condition, wasted by heat in the day and by the bitter cold at night; and sleep went from my eyes.
BBE
Thus it was with me: in the day the heat consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.
DBY
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from my eyes.
WEB
I have been `thus': in the day consumed me hath drought, and frost by night, and wander doth my sleep from mine eyes.
YLT
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
ENG
Thus I was; in the day the drouth consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from my eyes.
WBT
As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.
BSB
In context
38This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.
39That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.
40Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
41Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
42Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
