Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

and take him and cast him into the pit, and the pit is empty, there is 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.

Holman Bible

Then they took him and threw him into the pit. 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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And they took
לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

him, and cast
שׁלך 
Shalak 
Usage: 125

בּור 
Bowr 
Usage: 69

and the pit
בּור 
Bowr 
Usage: 69

רק ריק 
Reyq 
Usage: 14

References

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Morish

Smith

Context Readings

Joseph Sold Into Slavery

23 And it cometh to pass, when Joseph hath come unto his brethren, that they strip Joseph of his coat, the long coat which is upon him, 24 and take him and cast him into the pit, and the pit is empty, there is no water in it. 25 And they sit down to eat bread, and they lift up their eyes, and look, and lo, a company of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, and their camels bearing spices, and balm, and myrrh, going to take them down to Egypt.



Cross References

Jeremiah 38:6

And they take Jeremiah, and cast him into the pit of Malchiah son of the king, that is in the court of the prison, and they send down Jeremiah with cords; and in the pit there is no water, but mire, and Jeremiah sinketh in the mire.

Psalm 35:7

For without cause they hid for me their netpit, Without cause they digged for my soul.

Psalm 40:2

And He doth cause me to come up From a pit of desolation -- from mire of mud, And He raiseth up on a rock my feet, He is establishing my steps.

Psalm 88:6

Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths.

Psalm 88:8

Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me, Thou hast made me an abomination to them, Shut up -- I go not forth.

Psalm 130:1-2

A Song of the Ascents. From depths I have called Thee, Jehovah.

Lamentations 3:52-55

Hunted me sore as a bird have my enemies without cause.

Lamentations 4:20

The breath of our nostrils -- the anointed of Jehovah, Hath been captured in their pits, of whom we said: 'In his shadow we do live among nations.'

Zechariah 9:11

Also thou -- by the blood of thy covenant, I have sent thy prisoners out of the pit, There is no water in it.

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