Verse Comparison: Genesis 30:38
American Standard Version
And he set the rods which he had peeled over against the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink; and they conceived when they came to drink.
Amplified® Bible
Then he set the rods which he had peeled in front of the flocks in the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink. And since they bred {and} conceived when they came to drink,
Contemporary English Version
Then he put the branches where the sheep and goats would see them while they were drinking from the water trough. The goats mated there
Darby English Version
And he set the rods which he had peeled before the flock, in the troughs at the watering-places where the flock came to drink, and they were ardent when they came to drink.
Good News Bible
He placed these branches in front of the flocks at their drinking troughs. He put them there, because the animals mated when they came to drink.
King James Version
And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.
New American Standard Bible
He set the rods which he had peeled in front of the flocks in the gutters, {even} in the watering troughs, where the flocks came to drink; and they mated when they came to drink.
New International Version
Then he placed the peeled branches in all the watering troughs, so that they would be directly in front of the flocks when they came to drink. When the flocks were in heat and came to drink,
New King James Version
And the rods which he had peeled, he set before the flocks in the gutters, in the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink, so that they should conceive when they came to drink.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
He set the rods which he had peeled in front of the flocks in the gutters, even in the watering troughs, where the flocks came to drink; and they mated when they came to drink.
Revised Standard Version
He set the rods which he had peeled in front of the flocks in the runnels, that is, the watering troughs, where the flocks came to drink. And since they bred when they came to drink,
Young's Literal Translation
and setteth up the rods which he hath peeled in the gutters in the watering troughs (when the flock cometh in to drink), over-against the flock, that they may conceive in their coming in to drink;
