Genesis 31:27

Genesis 31:27 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

27Why did you run off secretly and deceive me? Why didn’t you tell me, so I could send you away with joy and singing to the music of timbrels and harps?

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New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)

27Why did you flee secretly and 31:27 Lit steal medeceive me, and did not tell me, so that I might have sent you away with joy and with songs, with tambourine and with lyre;

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New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

27Why did you flee secretly and deceive me, and did not tell me so that I might have sent you away with joy and with songs, with timbrel and with lyre;

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Amplified Bible (AMP)

27Why did you run away secretly and deceive me and not tell me, so that [otherwise] I might have sent you away with joy and with songs, with [music on the] tambourine and lyre?

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

27Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.

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New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)

27Why did you run away in secret and trick me? Why didn’t you tell me? Then I could have sent you away happily. We could have sung to the music of tambourines and harps.

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