Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And they say one unto another, 'Verily we are guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul, in his making supplication unto us, and we did not hearken: therefore hath this distress come upon us.'
New American Standard Bible
Then they said to one another, “
King James Version
And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Holman Bible
Then they said to each other, “Obviously, we are being punished for what we did to our brother. We saw his deep distress when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this trouble has come to us.”
International Standard Version
"We're all guilty because of what we did to our brother!" they told each other. "We kept on watching his suffering while he pleaded with us! We're in this mess because we wouldn't listen!"
A Conservative Version
And they said one to another, We are truly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul when he besought us, and we would not hear. Therefore this distress has come upon us.
American Standard Version
And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Amplified
And they said to one another, “Truly we are guilty regarding our brother [Joseph], because we saw the distress and anguish of his soul when he pleaded with us [to let him go], yet we would not listen [to his cry]; so this distress and anguish has come on us.”
Bible in Basic English
And they said to one another, Truly, we did wrong to our brother, for we saw his grief of mind, and we did not give ear to his prayers; that is why this trouble has come on us.
Darby Translation
Then they said one to another, We are indeed guilty concerning our brother, whose anguish of soul we saw when he besought us, and we did not hearken; therefore this distress is come upon us.
Julia Smith Translation
And they will say, a man to his brother, Truly we guilty concerning our brother, when we saw the straits of his soul in his entreating us, and we heard him not; for this, these straits are come to us.
King James 2000
And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then each said to his brother, "Surely we [are] guilty on account of our brother when we saw the anguish of his soul when he pleaded for mercy to us and we would not listen. Therefore this trouble has come to us."
Modern King James verseion
And they said one to another, We are truly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul when he begged us, and we would not hear. Therefore this distress has come upon us.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then they said one to another, "We have verily sinned against our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul when he besought us, and would not hear him: therefore is this trouble come upon us."
NET Bible
They said to one other, "Surely we're being punished because of our brother, because we saw how distressed he was when he cried to us for mercy, but we refused to listen. That is why this distress has come on us!"
New Heart English Bible
They said one to another, "We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn't listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us."
The Emphasized Bible
And they said each man unto his brother - Verily guilty, we are, respecting our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul when he appealed unto us for favour and we hearkened not, - therefore, hath come in unto us this distress.
Webster
And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
World English Bible
They said one to another, "We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn't listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us."
Themes
Afflictions made beneficial » Exemplified » Joseph's brethren
Commerce » Carried on by » Egyptians
Conscience » Instances of » Of joseph's brethren
Conscience » Guilty » Joseph's brethren
Conviction » Instances of » Joseph's brother, on account of their cruelty to joseph
Examples of Afflictions » Exemplified » Joseph's brethren
Guilty conscience » Joseph's brethren
Malice » Instances of » Joseph's brothers toward joseph
Repentance » Instances of » Joseph's brothers, of their maltreatment of joseph
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 42:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Joseph Sends Nine Of His Brothers Back To Canaan
20 and your young brother ye bring unto me, and your words are established, and ye die not;' and they do so. 21 And they say one unto another, 'Verily we are guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul, in his making supplication unto us, and we did not hearken: therefore hath this distress come upon us.' 22 And Reuben answereth them, saying, 'Spake I not unto you, saying, Sin not against the lad? and ye hearkened not; and his blood also, lo, it is required.'
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Cross References
Hosea 5:15
I go -- I turn back unto My place, Till that they are desolate, and have sought My face. In their distress they do seek Me speedily!'
Genesis 37:23-28
And it cometh to pass, when Joseph hath come unto his brethren, that they strip Joseph of his coat, the long coat which is upon him,
Job 36:8-9
And if prisoners in fetters They are captured with cords of affliction,
Genesis 41:9
And the chief of the butlers speaketh with Pharaoh, saying, 'My sin I mention this day:
Numbers 32:23
'And if ye do not so, lo, ye have sinned against Jehovah, and know ye your sin, that it doth find you;
Judges 1:7
and Adoni-Bezek saith, 'Seventy kings -- their thumbs and their great toes cut off -- have been gathering under my table; as I have done so hath God repaid to me;' and they bring him in to Jerusalem, and he dieth there.
2 Samuel 12:13
And David saith unto Nathan, 'I have sinned against Jehovah.' And Nathan saith unto David, 'Also -- Jehovah hath caused thy sin to pass away; thou dost not die;
1 Kings 17:18
And she saith unto Elijah, 'What -- to me and to thee, O man of God? thou hast come unto me to cause mine iniquity to be remembered, and to put my son to death!'
Job 33:27-28
He looketh on men, and saith, 'I sinned, And uprightness I have perverted, And it hath not been profitable to me.
Job 34:31-32
For unto God hath any said: 'I have taken away, I do not corruptly,
Proverbs 1:27-28
When your fear cometh as destruction, And your calamity as a hurricane doth come, When on you come adversity and distress.
Proverbs 21:13
Whoso is shutting his ear from the cry of the poor, He also doth cry, and is not answered.
Proverbs 24:11-12
If from delivering those taken to death, And those slipping to the slaughter -- thou keepest back.
Proverbs 28:17
A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, Unto the pit fleeth, none taketh hold on him.
Jeremiah 2:17
Dost thou not do this to thyself? By thy forsaking Jehovah thy God, At the time He is leading thee in the way?
Jeremiah 2:19
Instruct thee doth thy wickedness, And thy backslidings reprove thee, Know and see that an evil and a bitter thing Is thy forsaking Jehovah thy God, And My fear not being on thee, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah of Hosts.
Jeremiah 4:18
Thy way and thy doings have done these to thee, This is thy vexation, for it is bitter, For it hath struck unto thy heart.
Jeremiah 34:17
Therefore, thus said Jehovah: Ye have not hearkened unto Me to proclaim freedom, each to his brother, and each to his neighbour; lo, I am proclaiming to you liberty -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- unto the sword, unto the pestilence, and unto the famine, and I have given you for a trembling to all kingdoms of the earth.
Matthew 7:2
for in what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged, and in what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you.
Matthew 27:3-4
Then Judas -- he who delivered him up -- having seen that he was condemned, having repented, brought back the thirty silverlings to the chief priests, and to the elders, saying,
Mark 9:43-45
And if thy hand may cause thee to stumble, cut it off; it is better for thee maimed to enter into the life, than having the two hands, to go away to the gehenna, to the fire -- the unquenchable --
Mark 9:48
where their worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched;
Luke 16:28
for I have five brothers, so that he may thoroughly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.
Acts 19:18
many also of those who did believe were coming, confessing and declaring their acts,
James 2:13
for the judgment without kindness is to him not having done kindness, and exult doth kindness over judgment.
1 John 1:9
if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;