GEN 42:31 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

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 Εἴπαμεν δὲ αὐτῷ, εἰρήνικοί ἐσμεν, οὐκ ἐσμὲν κατάσκοποι.
(Eipamen de autōi, eiraʸnikoi esmen, ouk esmen kataskopoi. )

OEB We said to him, “We are honest men; we are not spies;

WEBBE We said to him, ‘We are honest men. We are no spies.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we are not spies!

LSV and we say to him, We [are] right men, we have not been spies,

FBV “We told him, ‘We are honest men. We're not spies!

T4T But we told him, ‘We are honest men! We are not spies.

LEB But we said to him, ‘We are honest; we are not spies.

BBE And we said to him, We are true men, we have no evil designs;

Moff No Moff GEN book available

JPS And we said unto him: We are upright men; we are no spies.

ASV And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:

DRA And we answered him: We are peaceable men, and we mean no plot.

YLT and we say unto him, We [are] right men, we have not been spies,

Drby And we said to him, We are honest; we are not spies:

RV And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:

Wbstr And we said to him, We are true men; we are no spies:

KJB-1769 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:

KJB-1611 And we said vnto him, We are true men; we are no spies.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And we sayd vnto him: we meane truely, we neuer were spyes.
(And we said unto him: we mean truly, we never were spyes.)

Gnva And we sayd vnto him, We are true men, and are no spies.
(And we said unto him, We are true men, and are no spies. )

Cvdl And whan we answered: we are vnfayned, & were neuer spyes,
(And when we answered: we are unfayned, and were never spyes,)

Wycl to whom we answeriden, We ben pesible, nether we purposen ony tresouns;
(to whom we answered, We been peaceable, neither we purposen any tresouns;)

Luth Und da wir ihm antworteten: Wir sind redlich und nie Kundschafter gewesen,
(And there we/us him replied: We are redlich and nie Kundschafter gewesen,)

ClVg Cui respondimus: Pacifici sumus, nec ullas molimur insidias.
(Cui respondimus: Pacifici sumus, but_not ullas molimur insidias. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

וַ⁠נֹּ֥אמֶר אֵלָ֖י⁠ו כֵּנִ֣ים אֲנָ֑חְנוּ לֹ֥א הָיִ֖ינוּ מְרַגְּלִֽים

and,said to=him/it honest we not are spies

Consider whether it is more natural in your language to translate this embedded quote as a direct or indirect quote. Also, see how you translated “… honest … not spies” in verse 11. Alternate translation: “We told him that we are not spies, but rather trustworthy men.”

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