Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we are not spies. New Living Translation But we said, ‘We are honest men, not spies. English Standard Version But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we have never been spies. Berean Study Bible But we told him, ‘We are honest men, not spies. King James Bible And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies: New King James Version But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we are not spies. New American Standard Bible But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we are not spies. NASB 1995 “But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we are not spies. NASB 1977 “But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we are not spies. Amplified Bible But we told him, ‘We are honest men; we are not spies. Christian Standard Bible But we told him, ‘We are honest and not spies. Holman Christian Standard Bible But we told him: We are honest and not spies. American Standard Version And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies: Aramaic Bible in Plain English And we were saying to him, “We are just and we are not spies: Brenton Septuagint Translation And we said to him, We are men of peace, we are not spies. Contemporary English Version But we told him, "We're honest men, not spies. Douay-Rheims Bible And we answered him: We are peaceable men, and we mean no plot. Good News Translation 'We are not spies,' we answered, 'we are honest men. International Standard Version But we told him, 'No! We're honest men! We're not spies! JPS Tanakh 1917 And we said unto him: We are upright men; we are no spies. Literal Standard Version and we say to him, We [are] right men, we have not been spies, New American Bible But we said to him: ‘We are honest men; we have never been spies. NET Bible But we said to him, 'We are honest men; we are not spies! New Revised Standard Version But we said to him, ‘We are honest men, we are not spies. New Heart English Bible But we said to him, 'We are honest men. We are not spies. World English Bible We said to him, 'We are honest men. We are no spies. Young's Literal Translation and we say unto him, We are right men, we have not been spies, Additional Translations ... Context Joseph's Brothers Return to Canaan…30“The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country. 31But we told him, ‘We are honest men, not spies. 32We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.’… Cross References Genesis 42:11 We are all sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies." Genesis 42:32 We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.' Treasury of Scripture And we said to him, We are true men; we are no spies: true. Genesis 42:11 We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.
Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew But we toldוַנֹּ֥אמֶר (wan·nō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common plural Strong's 559: To utter, say him, אֵלָ֖יו (’ê·lāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to ‘We אֲנָ֑חְנוּ (’ă·nā·ḥə·nū) Pronoun - first person common plural Strong's 587: We are הָיִ֖ינוּ (hā·yî·nū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be honest men, כֵּנִ֣ים (kê·nîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 3651: So -- thus not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no spies. מְרַגְּלִֽים׃ (mə·rag·gə·lîm) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 7270: To walk along, to reconnoiter, to be a, tale-bearer, to lead about Jump to Previous Designs Evil Honest Right Spies True. UprightJump to Next Designs Evil Honest Right Spies True. UprightLinks Genesis 42:31 NIVGenesis 42:31 NLT Genesis 42:31 ESV Genesis 42:31 NASB Genesis 42:31 KJV Genesis 42:31 BibleApps.com Genesis 42:31 Biblia Paralela Genesis 42:31 Chinese Bible Genesis 42:31 French Bible Genesis 42:31 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 42:31 We said to him 'We are honest (Gen. Ge Gn) |