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Genesis 31:7

And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

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וַאֲבִיכֶן֙vaavikhenand fatherאָבconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, plural — “and father”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationchief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.הֵ֣תֶלheteldeal deceitfullyהָתַלverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “deal deceitfully”, a completed actionH2048to deride; by implication, to cheatdeal deceitfully, deceive, mock.בִּ֔יbiinבִּ֔יpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “in”inוְהֶחֱלִ֥ףvehechelifand changeחָלַףconjunction, verb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and change”, a completed actionH2498properly, to slide by, i.e. (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or changeabolish, alter, change, cut off, go on forward, grow up, be over, pass (away, on, through), renew, sprout, strike through.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).מַשְׂכֻּרְתִּ֖יmaskurtirewardמַשְׂכֹּרֶתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “reward”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4909wages or a rewardreward, wages.עֲשֶׂ֣רֶתaserettenעֶשֶׂרadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, construct — “ten”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6235ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)ten, (fif-, seven-) teen.מֹנִ֑יםmonimtimeמֹנֶהnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “time”, the ordinary formH4489properly, something weighed out, i.e. (figuratively) a portion of time, i.e. an instancetime.וְלֹֽאveloand no , -r,לֹאconjunction, particle, negative — “and no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…נְתָנ֣וֹnetanvogiveנָתַןverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “give”, a completed actionH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…אֱלֹהִ֔יםelohimGodאֱלֹהִיםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “God”, the ordinary formH430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlativeangels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.לְהָרַ֖עleharato be worseרָעַעpreposition, verb, hiphil, infinitive construct — “to be worse”, the to-form of the verbH7489properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good fornothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)afflict, associate selves (by mistake for H7462 (רָעָה)), break (down, in pieces), [phrase] displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for H7462 (רָעָה)), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) il…עִמָּדִֽיimadiwithעִמָּדpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “with”H5978along withagainst, by, from, [phrase] me, [phrase] mine, of, [phrase] that I take, unto, upon, with(-in.)

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And your father hath mocked me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

Young’s Literal Translation

and your father hath played upon me, and hath changed my hire ten times; and God hath not suffered him to do evil with me.

World English Bible

Your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times, but God didn’t allow him to hurt me.

Darby Translation

And your father has mocked me, and has changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

Douay-Rheims

Yea, your father also hath overreached me, and hath changed my wages ten times: and yet God hath not suffered him to hurt me.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And your father hath mocked me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

But your father deceived me, and changed my wages for the ten lambs, yet God gave him not power to hurt me.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὁ δὲ πατὴρ ὑμῶν παρεκρούσατό με, καὶ ἤλλαξε τὸν μισθόν μου τῶν δέκα ἀμνῶν· καὶ οὐκ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ ὁ Θεὸς κακοποιῆσαί με.