Other translations
American Standard Version
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel. And they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
Darby Bible Translation
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they were in his eyes as single days, because he loved her.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel: and they seemed but a few days, because of the greatness of his love.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.
God's Word
Jacob worked seven years in return for Rachel, but the years seemed like only a few days to him because he loved her.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
So Jacob worked seven years for Rachel, and they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.
International Standard Version
Jacob served seven years for Rachel, but it seemed like only a few days because of his love for her.
NET Bible
So Jacob worked for seven years to acquire Rachel. But they seemed like only a few days to him because his love for her was so great.
New American Standard Bible
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel and they seemed to him but a few days because of his love for her.
New International Version
So Jacob served seven years to get Rachel, but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.
New Living Translation
So Jacob worked seven years to pay for Rachel. But his love for her was so strong that it seemed to him but a few days.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
The World English Bible
Jacob served seven years for Rachel. They seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her.
EasyEnglish Bible
Jacob worked for seven years to have Rachel as his wife. But the years passed very quickly because Jacob loved Rachel very much. Seven years seemed like only a few days to Jacob.
Young‘s Literal Translation
and Jacob serveth for Rachel seven years; and they are in his eyes as some days, because of his loving her.
New Life Version
So Jacob worked seven years for Rachel. It was only like a few days to him, because of his love for her.
The Voice Bible
So Jacob served Laban for seven years in exchange for Rachel. The years went by quickly and seemed to him to be only a few days because of the immense love he had for her.
Living Bible
So Jacob spent the next seven years working to pay for Rachel. But they seemed to him but a few days, he was so much in love.
New Catholic Bible
So Jacob served him for seven years for Rachel. He was so in love with her that it seemed only a few days.
Legacy Standard Bible
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they were in his sight but a few days because of his love for her.
Jubilee Bible 2000
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
Christian Standard Bible
So Jacob worked seven years for Rachel, and they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.
Amplified Bible © 1954
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.
New Century Version
So Jacob worked for Laban seven years so he could marry Rachel. But they seemed like just a few days to him because he loved Rachel very much.
The Message
So Jacob worked seven years for Rachel. But it only seemed like a few days, he loved her so much.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
Jacob served seven years for Rachel. They seemed to him like a few days, because of the love he had for her.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.
Good News Translation®
Jacob worked seven years so that he could have Rachel, and the time seemed like only a few days to him, because he loved her.
Wycliffe Bible
Therefore Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and the days seemed few to him for the greatness of (his) love.
Contemporary English Version
Jacob worked seven years for Laban, but the time seemed like only a few days, because he loved Rachel so much.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of his love for her.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.
Common English Bible © 2011
Jacob worked for Rachel for seven years, but it seemed like a few days because he loved her.
Amplified Bible © 2015
So Jacob served [Laban] for seven years for [the right to marry] Rachel, but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.
English Standard Version Anglicised
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet they seemed to him like a few days because of his love for her.
New American Standard Bible
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him like only a few days because of his love for her.
The Expanded Bible
So Jacob worked for Laban seven years so he could marry Rachel. But they seemed like just a few days to him because he loved Rachel very much.
Tree of Life Version
So Jacob worked for Rachel seven years, yet in his eyes it was like a few days, because of his love for her.
Revised Standard Version
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.
New International Reader's Version
So Jacob worked for seven years so he could marry Rachel. But they seemed like only a few days to him because he loved her so much.
BRG Bible
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
Complete Jewish Bible
So Ya‘akov worked seven years for Rachel, and it seemed only a few days to him, because he was so much in love with her.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
And Ya’akov served sheva shanim for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few yamim, because of the ahavah he had for her.
Names of God Bible
Jacob worked seven years in return for Rachel, but the years seemed like only a few days to him because he loved her.
Modern English Version
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.
Easy-to-Read Version
So Jacob stayed and worked for Laban for seven years. But it seemed like a very short time because he loved Rachel very much.
International Children’s Bible
So Jacob worked for Laban seven years so he could marry Rachel. But they seemed to him like just a few days. This was because he loved Rachel very much.
Lexham English Bible
And Jacob worked for Rachel seven years, but they were as a few days in his eyes because he loved her.
New International Version - UK
So Jacob served seven years to get Rachel, but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.