Genesis 31:7
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm 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.

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

Hebrew
And although he
וַאֲבִיכֶן֙ (wa·’ă·ḇî·ḵen)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine plural
Strong's 1: Father

has cheated
הֵ֣תֶל (hê·ṯel)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2048: To deride, to cheat

me
בִּ֔י (bî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

and changed
וְהֶחֱלִ֥ף (wə·he·ḥĕ·lip̄)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2498: To slide by, to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce, change

my wages
מַשְׂכֻּרְתִּ֖י (maś·kur·tî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 4909: Wages, a reward

ten
עֲשֶׂ֣רֶת (‘ă·śe·reṯ)
Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6235: Ten

times,
מֹנִ֑ים (mō·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4489: Something weighed out, a portion of time, an instance

God
אֱלֹהִ֔ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

has not
וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

allowed him
נְתָנ֣וֹ (nə·ṯā·nōw)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

to harm me.
לְהָרַ֖ע (lə·hā·ra‘)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7489: To spoil, to make, good for, nothing, bad

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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