Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

And it cometh to pass after these things, that his lord's wife lifteth up her eyes unto Joseph, and saith, 'Lie with me;'

New American Standard Bible

It came about after these events that his master’s wife looked with desire at Joseph, and she said, “Lie with me.”

King James Version

And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.

Holman Bible

After some time his master’s wife looked longingly at Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”

International Standard Version

Now Joseph was well built and good looking. That's why, sometime later, Joseph's master's wife looked straight at Joseph and propositioned him: "Come on! Let's have a little sex!"

A Conservative Version

And it came to pass, after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph, and she said, Lay with me.

American Standard Version

And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.

Amplified

Then after a time his master’s wife looked at Joseph with desire, and she said, “Lie with me.”

Bible in Basic English

And after a time, his master's wife, looking on Joseph with desire, said to him, Be my lover.

Darby Translation

And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph, and said, Lie with me!

Julia Smith Translation

And it will be after these words, and his lord's wife will lift up her eyes to Joseph, and she will say, Lie with me.

King James 2000

And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And it happened [that] after these things his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph, and she said, "Lie with me."

Modern King James verseion

And after these things it happened that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph. And she said, Lie with me.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And it fortuned, after this, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, "Come lie with me."

NET Bible

Soon after these things, his master's wife took notice of Joseph and said, "Have sex with me."

New Heart English Bible

It happened after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph; and she said, "Lie with me."

The Emphasized Bible

And it came to pass after these things, that his lord's wife lifted up her eyes unto Joseph, - and she said - Come! lie with me.

Webster

And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph: and she said, Lie with me.

World English Bible

It happened after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph; and she said, "Lie with me."

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And it came to pass after
אחר 
'achar 
Usage: 488

דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1438

אדן אדון 
'adown 
Usage: 335

נשׁים אשּׁה 
'ishshah 
Usage: 780

נסה נשׂא 
Nasa' 
Usage: 653

יוסף 
Yowceph 
Usage: 213

and she said

Usage: 0

Lie
שׁכב 
Shakab 
Usage: 210

References

Fausets

Smith

Context Readings

Joseph In Potiphar's House

6 and he leaveth all that he hath in the hand of Joseph, and he hath not known anything that he hath, except the bread which he is eating. And Joseph is of a fair form, and of a fair appearance. 7 And it cometh to pass after these things, that his lord's wife lifteth up her eyes unto Joseph, and saith, 'Lie with me;' 8 and he refuseth, and saith unto his lord's wife, 'Lo, my lord hath not known what is with me in the house, and all that he hath he hath given into my hand;



Cross References

2 Samuel 13:11

and she bringeth nigh unto him to eat, and he layeth hold on her, and saith to her, 'Come, lie with me, my sister.'

Genesis 6:2

and sons of God see the daughters of men that they are fair, and they take to themselves women of all whom they have chosen.

Job 31:1

A covenant I made for mine eyes, And what -- do I attend to a virgin?

Psalm 119:37

Remove mine eyes from seeing vanity, In Thy way quicken Thou me.

Proverbs 2:16

To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,

Proverbs 5:9

Lest thou give to others thy honour, And thy years to the fierce,

Proverbs 7:13

And she laid hold on him, and kissed him, She hath hardened her face, and saith to him,

Proverbs 7:15-18

Therefore I have come forth to meet thee, To seek earnestly thy face, and I find thee.

Jeremiah 3:3

And withheld are showers, and gathered rain hath not been. The forehead of a whorish woman thou hast, Thou hast refused to be ashamed.

Ezekiel 16:25

At every head of the way thou hast built thy high place, And thou dost make thy beauty abominable, And dost open wide thy feet to every passer by, And dost multiply thy whoredoms,

Ezekiel 16:32

The wife who committeth adultery -- Under her husband -- doth receive strangers.

Ezekiel 16:34

And the contrary is in thee from women in thy whoredoms, That after thee none doth go a-whoring; And in thy giving a gift, And a gift hath not been given to thee; And thou art become contrary.

Ezekiel 23:5-6

And go a-whoring doth Aholah under Me, And she doteth on her lovers, On the neighbouring Assyrians,

Ezekiel 23:12-16

On sons of Asshur she hath doted, Governors and prefects, Neighbouring ones -- clothed in perfection, Horsemen, riding on horses, Desirable young men all of them.

Matthew 5:28

but I -- I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.

2 Peter 2:14

having eyes full of adultery, and unable to cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having an heart exercised in covetousnesses, children of a curse,

1 John 2:16

because all that is in the world -- the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the ostentation of the life -- is not of the Father, but of the world,

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