Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version You know that I’ve worked for your father with all my strength, New Living Translation You know how hard I have worked for your father, English Standard Version You know that I have served your father with all my strength, Berean Standard Bible You know that I have served your father with all my strength. King James Bible And ye know that with all my power I have served your father. New King James Version And you know that with all my might I have served your father. New American Standard Bible You know that I have served your father with all my strength. NASB 1995 “You know that I have served your father with all my strength. NASB 1977 “And you know that I have served your father with all my strength. Legacy Standard Bible You also know that I have served your father with all my power. Amplified Bible You know that I have served your father with all my strength. Christian Standard Bible You know that with all my strength I have served your father Holman Christian Standard Bible You know that I’ve worked hard for your father American Standard Version And ye know that with all my power I have served your father. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And you know that with all my power I have served your father. Brenton Septuagint Translation And ye too know that with all my might I have served your father. Contemporary English Version You know that I have worked hard for your father Douay-Rheims Bible And you know that I have served your father to the utmost of my power. English Revised Version And ye know that with all my power I have served your father. GOD'S WORD® Translation You know that I have worked as hard as I could for your father. Good News Translation You both know that I have worked for your father with all my strength. International Standard Version You know I've been serving your father with all my heart. JPS Tanakh 1917 And ye know that with all my power I have served your father. Literal Standard Version and you have known that with all my power I have served your father, Majority Standard Bible You know that I have served your father with all my strength. New American Bible You know well that with all my strength I served your father; NET Bible You know that I've worked for your father as hard as I could, New Revised Standard Version You know that I have served your father with all my strength; New Heart English Bible You know that I have served your father with all of my strength. Webster's Bible Translation And ye know that with all my power I have served your father. World English Bible You know that I have served your father with all of my strength. Young's Literal Translation and ye -- ye have known that with all my power I have served your father, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jacob Flees from Laban…5and he told them, “I can see from your father’s countenance that his attitude toward me has changed; but the God of my father has been with me. 6You know that I have served your father with all my strength. 7And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.… Cross References Genesis 30:29 Then Jacob answered, "You know how I have served you and how your livestock have thrived under my care. Genesis 31:7 And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me. Treasury of Scripture And you know that with all my power I have served your father. Genesis 31:38-42 This 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… Genesis 30:29 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me. Ephesians 6:5-8 Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; … Jump to Previous I've Power Served Strength WorkedJump to Next I've Power Served Strength WorkedGenesis 31 1. Jacob, displeased with the envy of Laban and his sons, departs secretly.19. Rachel steals her father's household gods. 22. Laban pursues after him, and complains of the wrong. 34. Rachel's plan to hide the images. 36. Jacob's complaint of Laban. 43. The covenant of Laban and Jacob at Galeed. Verse 6. - And ye know that with all my power I have served your father. The term Jacob here uses for power is derived from an unused onomatopoetic root, signifying to pant, and hence to exert one s strength. If, therefore, the assertion now made to his wives was not an unblushing falsehood, Jacob could not have been the monster of craft and deception depicted by some (Kalisch); while, if it was, it must have required considerable effrontery to appeal to his wives' knowledge for a confirmation of what they knew to be a deliberate untruth. The hypothesis that Jacob first acquired his great wealth by "consummate cunning," and then piously "abused the authority of God in covering or justifying them" (Kalisch), presupposes on the part of Jacob a degree of wickedness inconceivable in one who had enjoyed the sublime theophany of Bethel. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Youוְאַתֵּ֖נָה (wə·’at·tê·nāh) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person feminine plural Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you know יְדַעְתֶּ֑ן (yə·ḏa‘·ten) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine plural Strong's 3045: To know that כִּ֚י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction I have served עָבַ֖דְתִּי (‘ā·ḇaḏ·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave your father אֲבִיכֶֽן׃ (’ă·ḇî·ḵen) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine plural Strong's 1: Father with all בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every my strength. כֹּחִ֔י (kō·ḥî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 3581: A small reptile (of unknown species) Links Genesis 31:6 NIVGenesis 31:6 NLT Genesis 31:6 ESV Genesis 31:6 NASB Genesis 31:6 KJV Genesis 31:6 BibleApps.com Genesis 31:6 Biblia Paralela Genesis 31:6 Chinese Bible Genesis 31:6 French Bible Genesis 31:6 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 31:6 You know that I have served your (Gen. 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