Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said to them, “You are spies. You have come to see the weakness of the land.”

New American Standard Bible

Joseph remembered the dreams which he had about them, and said to them, “You are spies; you have come to look at the undefended parts of our land.”

King James Version

And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

International Standard Version

Furthermore, Joseph remembered the dreams that he had about them. So he accused them, "You're spies! You've come here to spy on our undefended territories!"

A Conservative Version

And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them. And said to them, Ye are spies; ye have come to see the nakedness of the land.

American Standard Version

And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

Amplified

Joseph remembered the dreams he had dreamed about them, and said to them, “You are spies; you have come [with a malicious purpose] to observe the undefended parts of our land.”

Bible in Basic English

Then the memory of his dreams about them came back to Joseph, and he said to them, You have come secretly to see how poor the land is.

Darby Translation

And Joseph remembered the dreams that he had dreamt of them; and he said to them, Ye are spies: to see the exposed places of the land ye are come.

Julia Smith Translation

And Joseph will remember the dreams which he dreamed concerning them, and he will say to them, Ye spying; to see the naked places of the land ye came.

King James 2000

And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, You are spies; to see the nakedness of the land you are come.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And Joseph remembered the dreams which he had dreamed concerning them, and he said to them, "You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land!"

Modern King James verseion

And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said to them, You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And Joseph remembered his dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, "Ye are spies, and to see where the land is weak is your coming."

NET Bible

Then Joseph remembered the dreams he had dreamed about them, and he said to them, "You are spies; you have come to see if our land is vulnerable!"

New Heart English Bible

Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed about them, and said to them, "You are spies. You have come to see the nakedness of the land."

The Emphasized Bible

And Joseph remembered the dreams which he had dreamed regarding them, - so he said unto them - Spies, are, ye! to see the nakedness of the land, have ye come in!

Webster

And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said to them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land have ye come.

World English Bible

Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed about them, and said to them, "You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land."

Youngs Literal Translation

and Joseph remembereth the dreams which he dreamed of them, and saith unto them, 'Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye have come.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And Joseph
יוסף 
Yowceph 
Usage: 213

the dreams
חלם חלום 
Chalowm 
Usage: 65

חלם 
Chalam 
to dream
Usage: 29

of them, and said

Usage: 0

רגל 
Ragal 
Usage: 25

to see
ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

the nakedness
ערוה 
`ervah 
Usage: 54

of the land
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

References

American

Context Readings

Joseph Sends Nine Of His Brothers Back To Canaan

8 Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him. 9 Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said to them, “You are spies. You have come to see the weakness of the land.” 10 “No, my lord. Your servants have come to buy food,” they said.



Cross References

Genesis 37:5-9

Then Joseph had a dream. When he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.

Genesis 42:16

Send one from among you to get your brother. The rest of you will be imprisoned so that your words can be tested to see if they are true. If they are not, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”

Genesis 42:30-31

“The man who is the lord of the country spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.

Genesis 42:34

Bring back your youngest brother to me, and I will know that you are not spies but honest men. I will then give your brother back to you, and you can trade in the country.’”

Exodus 32:35

And the Lord inflicted a plague on the people for what they did with the calf Aaron had made.

Numbers 13:2

“Send men to scout out the land of Canaan I am giving to the Israelites. Send one man who is a leader among them from each of their ancestral tribes.”

Numbers 13:16-20

These were the names of the men Moses sent to scout out the land, and Moses renamed Hoshea son of Nun, Joshua.

Joshua 2:1

Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two men as spies from the Acacia Grove, saying, “Go and scout the land, especially Jericho.” So they left, and they came to the house of a woman, a prostitute named Rahab, and stayed there.

Joshua 6:23

So the young men who had scouted went in and brought out Rahab and her father, mother, brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and settled them outside the camp of Israel.

Judges 1:24

The spies saw a man coming out of the town and said to him, “Please show us how to get into town, and we will treat you well.”

1 Samuel 26:4

So David sent out spies and knew for certain that Saul had come.

Luke 20:20

They watched closely and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, so they could catch Him in what He said, to hand Him over to the governor’s rule and authority.

Hebrews 11:31

By faith Rahab the prostitute received the spies in peace and didn’t perish with those who disobeyed.

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