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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
ויעבד יעקב ברחל שבע שנים ויהיו בעיניו כימים אחדים באהבתו אתה
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
vy`bd y`qb brKHl SHb` SHnym vyhyv b`ynyv kymym AKHdym bAhbtv Ath

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
servivit igitur Iacob pro Rahel septem annis et videbantur illi pauci dies prae amoris magnitudine

King James Variants
American King James Version   
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had for her.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
Authorized (King James) Version   
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
New King James Version   
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed only a few days to him because of the love he had for her.
21st Century King James Version   
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had for her.

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.