Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
When Joseph reached Shechem, a man found him wandering around in a field. So the man asked him, "What are you looking for?"
New American Standard Bible
A man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field; and the man asked him, “
King James Version
And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
Holman Bible
A man found him there, wandering in the field, and asked him, “What are you looking for?”
A Conservative Version
And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field. And the man asked him, saying, What do thou seek?
American Standard Version
And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
Amplified
Now a certain man found Joseph, and saw that he was wandering around and had lost his way in the field; so the man asked him, “What are you looking for?”
Bible in Basic English
And a man saw him wandering in the country, and said to him, What are you looking for?
Darby Translation
And a man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the country; and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
Julia Smith Translation
And a man will find him, and behold, he wandered in the field. And the man will ask him, saying, What wilt thou seek?
King James 2000
And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seek you?
Lexham Expanded Bible
And a man found him, and behold, he was wandering about in a field. And the man asked him, "What do you seek?"
Modern King James verseion
And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field. And the man asked him, saying, What are you looking for?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And a certain man found him wandering out of his way in the field, and asked him what he sought.
NET Bible
When Joseph reached Shechem, a man found him wandering in the field, so the man asked him, "What are you looking for?"
New Heart English Bible
A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field. The man asked him, "What are you looking for?"
The Emphasized Bible
And a man found him, and to! he was wandering about in the field, so the man asked him saying - What seekest thou?
Webster
And a certain man found him, and behold he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
World English Bible
A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field. The man asked him, "What are you looking for?"
Youngs Literal Translation
And a man findeth him, and lo, he is wandering in the field, and the man asketh him, saying, 'What seekest thou?'
Interlinear
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Sha'al
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 37:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Joseph Sold Into Slavery By His Brothers
14 "Go and see how things are with your brothers," Israel ordered him. "And see how things are with the flock. Bring back a report for me." Then he sent Joseph from the valley of Hebron. 15 When Joseph reached Shechem, a man found him wandering around in a field. So the man asked him, "What are you looking for?" 16 "I'm searching for my brothers," he responded. "Tell me, where are they tending the flock?"
Cross References
Genesis 21:14
So early the next morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a leather bottle of water, gave them to Hagar, and placed them on her shoulder. He then sent her away, along with the child. She went off and roamed in the Beer-sheba wilderness.
Judges 4:22
Meanwhile, as Barak continued chasing Sisera, Jael went out to meet him. "Come with me," she told him, "and I'll show you the man you're looking for!" So he went with her, and there was Sisera, lying dead with the tent peg still embedded in his temple!
2 Kings 6:19
Then Elisha told the army, "This isn't the way, and this isn't the city! Follow me, and I'll bring you to the man you're seeking." Then he led them to Samaria.
John 1:38
But when Jesus turned around and saw them following, he asked them, "What are you looking for?" They asked him, "Rabbi," (which is translated "Teacher"), "where are you staying?"
John 4:27
At this point his disciples arrived, and they were astonished that he was talking to a woman. Yet no one said, "What do you want from her?" or, "Why are you talking to her?"
John 18:4
Then Jesus, knowing everything that was going to happen, went forward and asked them, "Who are you looking for?"
John 18:7
So he asked them again, "Who are you looking for?" They said, "Jesus from Nazareth."
John 20:15
Jesus asked her, "Dear lady, why are you crying? Who are you looking for?" Thinking he was the gardener, she told him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him away."