Verse Comparison: Genesis 31:40
American Standard Version
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.
Amplified® Bible
This was [my lot]; by day the heat consumed me and by night the cold, and I could not sleep.
Contemporary English Version
I sweated every day, and I couldn't sleep at night because of the cold.
Darby English Version
Thus it was with me: in the day the heat consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.
Good News Bible
Many times I suffered from the heat during the day and from the cold at night. I was not able to sleep.
King James Version
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
New American Standard Bible
"{Thus} I was: by day the heat consumed me and the frost by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.
New International Version
This was my situation: The heat consumed me in the daytime and the cold at night, and sleep fled from my eyes.
New King James Version
There I was! In the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night, and my sleep departed from my eyes.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Thus I found: by day the heat consumed me and the frost by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.
Revised Standard Version
Thus I was; by day the heat consumed me, and the cold by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.
Young's Literal Translation
I have been `thus': in the day consumed me hath drought, and frost by night, and wander doth my sleep from mine eyes.
