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Amplified
In this way you shall be tested: by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here!
New American Standard Bible
by this you will be tested:
King James Version
Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
Holman Bible
This is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.
International Standard Version
So here's how we'll test you. You can bet the life of Pharaoh that you're not leaving here until your youngest brother comes here!
A Conservative Version
By this ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth from here unless your youngest brother comes here.
American Standard Version
hereby ye shall be proved: by the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
Bible in Basic English
But in this way will you be put to the test: by the life of Pharaoh, you will not go away from this place till your youngest brother comes here.
Darby Translation
By this ye shall be put to the proof: as Pharaoh lives, ye shall not go forth hence, unless your youngest brother come hither!
Julia Smith Translation
In this ye shall be proved; Pharaoh living, if ye shall go forth from here except in the coming of your brother, the little one hither.
King James 2000
Hereby you shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh you shall not go forth from here, except your youngest brother come here.
Lexham Expanded Bible
By this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh you will not go out from here unless your youngest brother comes here.
Modern King James verseion
By this you shall be proved; as Pharaoh lives you shall not go forth from here unless your youngest brother comes here.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Hereby ye shall be proved. For by the life of Pharaoh, ye shall not go hence, until your youngest brother be come hither.
NET Bible
You will be tested in this way: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not depart from this place unless your youngest brother comes here.
New Heart English Bible
By this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go forth from here, unless your youngest brother comes here.
The Emphasized Bible
Hereby, shall ye be proved, - By the life of Pharaoh, ye shall not go forth from hence, save only by the coming in of your youngest brother hither.
Webster
By this ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother shall come hither.
World English Bible
By this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go forth from here, unless your youngest brother comes here.
Youngs Literal Translation
by this ye are proved: Pharaoh liveth! if ye go out from this -- except by your young brother coming hither;
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 42:15
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Context Readings
Joseph Sends Nine Of His Brothers Back To Canaan
14 Joseph said to them, “It is as I said to you, you are spies. 15 In this way you shall be tested: by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here! 16 Send one of you [back home], and let him bring your brother [here], while [the rest of] you remain confined, so that your words may be tested, [to see] whether there is any truth in you [and your story]; or else, by the life of Pharaoh, certainly you are spies.”
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1 Samuel 17:55
When Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner the captain of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” And Abner answered, “By your life, O king, I do not know.”
Genesis 42:7
When Joseph saw his brothers he recognized them, but [hiding his identity] he treated them as strangers and
Genesis 42:12
Yet he said to them, “No, you have come to see the undefended parts of our land.”
Genesis 42:16
Send one of you [back home], and let him bring your brother [here], while [the rest of] you remain confined, so that your words may be tested, [to see] whether there is any truth in you [and your story]; or else, by the life of Pharaoh, certainly you are spies.”
Genesis 42:20
but bring your youngest brother to me, so your words will be verified and you will not die.” And they did so.
Genesis 42:30
“The man who is the lord of the land spoke harshly to us, and took us for spies of the land.
Genesis 42:34
Bring your youngest brother to me; then I will know that you are not spies, but that you are honest men. Then I will return your [imprisoned] brother [back] to you, and you may trade and do business in the land.’”
Genesis 43:3
But Judah said to him, “The man [representing Pharaoh] solemnly and sternly warned us, saying, ‘You will not see my face [again] unless your brother is with you.’
Genesis 44:20-34
We said to my lord, ‘We have an old father and a young [brother, Benjamin, the] child of his old age. Now his brother [Joseph] is dead, and he alone is left of [the two sons born of] his mother, and his father loves him.’
Deuteronomy 6:13
You shall fear [only] the Lord your God; and you shall serve Him [with awe-filled reverence and profound respect] and swear [oaths] by His name [alone].
1 Samuel 1:26
Hannah said, “Oh, my lord! As [surely as] your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood beside you here, praying to the Lord.
1 Samuel 20:3
But David vowed again, saying “Your father certainly knows that I have found favor in your sight, and he has said, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, or he will be worried.’ But truly as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, there is hardly a step between me and death.”
Jeremiah 5:2
“And though they say, ‘As the Lord lives,’
Surely they swear [their oaths] falsely.”
Jeremiah 5:7
“Why should I [overlook these offenses and] forgive you?
Your children have abandoned (rejected) Me
And sworn [their oaths] by those who are not gods.
When I had fed them until they were full [and bound them to Me by a promise],
They committed [spiritual] adultery,
Assembling in troops at the houses of prostitutes (idols).
Matthew 5:33-37
Matthew 23:16-22
James 5:12
But above all, my fellow believers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath; but let your yes be [a truthful] yes, and your no be [a truthful] no, so that you may not fall under judgment.