GEN 42:23 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) (But they didn’t know that Yosef understood them, because he and them had been speaking through an interpreter.)

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Αὐτοὶ δὲ οὐκ ᾔδεισαν, ὅτι ἀκούει Ἰωσήφ· ὁ γὰρ ἑρμηνευτὴς ἀνὰ μέσον αὐτῶν ἦν·
(Autoi de ouk aʸdeisan, hoti akouei Yōsaʸf; ho gar hermaʸneutaʸs ana meson autōn aʸn; )

BrTr But they knew not that Joseph [fn]understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

ULT And they did not know that Joseph understood them, because the interpreter was between them.

UST Joseph’s brothers did not realize that he could understand what they were saying to each other, because he had been speaking to them using a translator as if he did not know their language.

BSB § They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.

OEB They did not know, however, that Joseph understood them, for he had spoken to them through an interpreter.

WEBBE They didn’t know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET (Now they did not know that Joseph could understand them, for he was speaking through an interpreter.)

LSV And they have not known that Joseph understands, for the interpreter [is] between them;

FBV They didn't realize that Joseph understood what they were saying because they were talking to him through an interpreter.

T4T While they were talking with Joseph, they were speaking through ◄an interpreter/someone who knew their language and the Egyptian language►, but when they said these things among themselves, they were speaking in their own language, and they did not know that Joseph could understand their language, and that he could understand what they were saying.

LEB Now they did not know that Joseph understood, for the interpreter was between them.

BBE They were not conscious that the sense of their words was clear to Joseph, for he had been talking to them through one who had knowledge of their language.

Moff No Moff GEN book available

JPS And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for the interpreter was between them.

ASV And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

DRA And they knew not that Joseph understood, because he spoke to them by an interpreter.

YLT And they have not known that Joseph understandeth, for the interpreter [is] between them;

Drby And they did not know that Joseph understood, for the interpreter was between them.

RV And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

Wbstr And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spoke to them by an interpreter.

KJB-1769 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.[fn]

42.23 he spake…: Heb. an interpreter was between them

KJB-1611 [fn]And they knew not that Ioseph vnderstood them: for hee spake vnto them by an interpreter.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

42:23 Hebr. an interpreter was betweene them.

Bshps They were not aware that Ioseph vnderstoode them: for he spake vnto them by an interpreter.
(They were not aware that Yoseph understood them: for he spake unto them by an interpreter.)

Gnva (And they were not aware that Ioseph vnderstoode them: for he spake vnto them by an interpreter.)
((And they were not aware that Yoseph understood them: for he spake unto them by an interpreter.) )

Cvdl But they knew not that Ioseph vnderstode it, for he spake vnto the by an interpreter.
(But they knew not that Yoseph understood it, for he spake unto the by an interpreter.)

Wycl Sotheli thei wisten not that Joseph vndirstood, for he spak to hem by interpretour.
(Truly they wisten not that Yoseph understood, for he spake to them by interpretour.)

Luth Sie wußten aber nicht, daß es Joseph verstund; denn er redete mit ihnen durch einen Dolmetscher.
(They/She knew but not, that it Yoseph verstund; because he talked with to_them through a Dolmetscher.)

ClVg Nesciebant autem quod intelligeret Joseph, eo quod per interpretem loqueretur ad eos.
(Nesciebant however that intelligeret Yoseph, eo that through interpretem loqueretur to them. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

כִּ֥י שֹׁמֵ֖עַ יוֹסֵ֑ף

that/for/because/then/when understood Yōşēf/(Joseph)

Alternate translation: “that Joseph could understand what they were saying to each other,” or “that he was listening to what they were saying,”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

כִּ֥י הַ⁠מֵּלִ֖יץ בֵּינֹתָֽ⁠ם

that/for/because/then/when that/for/because/then/when the,interpreter between,them

For some languages it is more natural to put this clause first in this verse and say, “Now Joseph had been using an interpreter to speak to his brothers, so they did not realize that Joseph could understand them.” Do what is best in your language.

Parallel GEN 42:23