Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

And Abimelech said to Abraham, What did thou see, that thou have done this thing?

New American Standard Bible

And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What have you encountered, that you have done this thing?”

King James Version

And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?

Holman Bible

Abimelech also said to Abraham, “What did you intend when you did this thing?”

International Standard Version

Abimelech also asked Abraham, "What could you have been thinking when you did this?"

American Standard Version

And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?

Amplified

And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What have you encountered or seen [in us or our customs], that you have done this [unjust] thing?”

Bible in Basic English

And Abimelech said to Abraham, Why did you do this thing?

Darby Translation

And Abimelech said to Abraham, What hast thou seen that thou hast done this?

Julia Smith Translation

And Abimelech will say to Abraham, What sawest thou that thou didst this thing?

King James 2000

And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What was your thinking, that you have done this thing?

Lexham Expanded Bible

And Abimelech said to Abraham, "{What were you thinking} that you did this thing?"

Modern King James verseion

And Abimelech said to Abraham, What did you see that you have done this thing?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And Abimelech said moreover unto Abraham, "What sawest thou that moved thee to do this thing?"

NET Bible

Then Abimelech asked Abraham, "What prompted you to do this thing?"

New Heart English Bible

Abimelech said to Abraham, "What did you see, that you have done this thing?"

The Emphasized Bible

And Abimelech said unto Abraham, - What hadst thou seen, that thou shouldst have done this thing?

Webster

And Abimelech said to Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?

World English Bible

Abimelech said to Abraham, "What did you see, that you have done this thing?"

Youngs Literal Translation

Abimelech also saith unto Abraham, 'What hast thou seen that thou hast done this thing?'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And Abimelech
H40
אבימלך 
'Abiymelek 
Usage: 67

H85
אברהם 
'Abraham 
Usage: 175

מה מ־ מ־ מה מה 
Mah 
Usage: 751

sawest thou
ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

References

Hastings

Verse Info

Context Readings

Abraham And Abimelech

9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, What have thou done to us? And in what have I sinned against thee, that thou have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? Thou have done deeds to me that ought not to be done. 10 And Abimelech said to Abraham, What did thou see, that thou have done this thing? 11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.


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