Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
Then they took him and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty; there was no water in it.
New American Standard Bible
and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, without any water in it.
King James Version
And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
International Standard Version
They grabbed him and tossed him into the cistern, but the cistern was empty. (There was no water in it.)
A Conservative Version
and they took him, and cast him into the pit. And the pit was empty; there was no water in it.
American Standard Version
and they took him, and cast him into the pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
Amplified
then they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty; there was no water in it.
Bible in Basic English
And they took him and put him in the hole: now the hole had no water in it.
Darby Translation
and they took him and cast him into the pit; now the pit was empty there was no water in it.
Julia Smith Translation
And they will take him and will throw him into the pit; and the pit empty; water not in it
King James 2000
And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And they took him and threw him into the pit (the pit [was] empty; there was no water in it).
Modern King James verseion
And they took him and threw him into a pit. And the pit was empty, with no water in it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and they took him and cast him into a pit. But the pit was empty and had no water therein.
NET Bible
Then they took him and threw him into the cistern. (Now the cistern was empty; there was no water in it.)
New Heart English Bible
and they took him, and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty. There was no water in it.
The Emphasized Bible
and took him, and cast him into the pit, but the pit, was empty, there was in it no water.
Webster
And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty; there was no water in it.
World English Bible
and they took him, and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty. There was no water in it.
Youngs Literal Translation
and take him and cast him into the pit, and the pit is empty, there is no water in it.
Themes
Bible stories for children » The boy captive who became prime minister
Bible stories for children » The beautiful coat
Jealousy » Instances of » Joseph's brothers, of joseph
Joseph » Son of jacob » His father's partiality for, excites the jealousy of his brethren
Reuben » Adroitly seeks to save joseph from the conspiracy of his brothers
Interlinear
Laqach
Shalak
Mayim
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 37:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
Joseph Sold Into Slavery
23
When Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped off his robe, the robe of many colors that he had on.
24 Then they took him and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty; there was no water in it.
25
Then they sat down to eat a meal.
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 38:6
So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah the king’s son, which was in the guard’s courtyard, lowering Jeremiah with ropes. There was no water in the cistern, only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.
Psalm 35:7
they dug a pit for me without cause.
Psalm 40:2
out of the muddy clay,
and set my feet on a rock,
making my steps secure.
Psalm 88:6
in the darkest places, in the depths.
Psalm 88:8
You have made me repulsive to them.
I am shut in and cannot go out.
Psalm 130:1-2
A song of ascents.
Lamentations 3:52-55
צ Tsade
hunted me like a bird.
Lamentations 4:20
ר Resh
was captured in their traps.
We had said about him,
“We will live under his protection among the nations.”
Zechariah 9:11
because of the blood of your covenant,
I will release your prisoners
from the waterless cistern.