Genesis 21:20
Modern Translations
New International Version
God was with the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became an archer.

New Living Translation
And God was with the boy as he grew up in the wilderness. He became a skillful archer,

English Standard Version
And God was with the boy, and he grew up. He lived in the wilderness and became an expert with the bow.

Berean Study Bible
And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.

New American Standard Bible
And God was with the boy, and he grew; and he lived in the wilderness and became an archer.

NASB 1995
God was with the lad, and he grew; and he lived in the wilderness and became an archer.

NASB 1977
And God was with the lad, and he grew; and he lived in the wilderness, and became an archer.

Amplified Bible
God was with Ishmael, and he grew and developed; and he lived in the wilderness and became an [expert] archer.

Christian Standard Bible
God was with the boy, and he grew; he settled in the wilderness and became an archer.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
God was with the boy, and he grew; he settled in the wilderness and became an archer.

Good News Translation
God was with the boy as he grew up; he lived in the wilderness of Paran and became a skillful hunter.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
God was with the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became a skilled archer.

International Standard Version
God was with the boy as he grew up. He settled in the wilderness and became an expert archer.

NET Bible
God was with the boy as he grew. He lived in the wilderness and became an archer.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

New King James Version
So God was with the lad; and he grew and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

King James 2000 Bible
And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

New Heart English Bible
God was with the boy, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer.

World English Bible
God was with the boy, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer.

American King James Version
And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelled in the wilderness, and became an archer.

American Standard Version
And God was with the lad, and he grew. And he dwelt in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer.

A Faithful Version
And God was with the boy, and he grew and lived in the wilderness, and became an archer.

Darby Bible Translation
And God was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

English Revised Version
And God was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

Webster's Bible Translation
And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
So God was with the childe, and he grewe and dwelt in the wildernesse, and was an archer.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And God was with the lad, and he grewe, and dwelt in the wyldernesse, and became a principall archer.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And God was with the childe, which grew vp, and dwelt in ye wildernes, and became a connynge archer,

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And God was wyth the lad and he grewe and dweld in the wildernesse and became an archer.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and God is with the youth, and he grows, and dwells in the wilderness, and is an archer;

Young's Literal Translation
and God is with the youth, and he groweth, and dwelleth in the wilderness, and is an archer;

Smith's Literal Translation
And God will be with the child; and he will be great, and dwell in the desert, and will be to increase the bow.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And God was with him: and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became a young man, an archer.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And God was with him. And he grew, and he stayed in the wilderness, and he became a young man, an archer.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And God was with the boy and he grew and he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran and he did learn the bow in the wilderness of Paran.

Lamsa Bible
And God was with the boy; and he grew up and dwelt in the wilderness of Paran and learned to become an archer in the wilderness of Paran.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And God was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And God was with the child, and he grew and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
















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