Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Hear us, lord; thou a prince of God in the midst of us: in the choice of our graves, bury thy dead; a man of us shall not withhold from thee his grave from burying thy dead.
New American Standard Bible
“Hear us, my lord, you are a
King James Version
Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
Holman Bible
“Listen to us, lord.
International Standard Version
"Listen to us, sir. You are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our burial tombs. None of us would refuse you his tomb for burying your dead."
A Conservative Version
Hear us, my lord. Thou are a prince of God among us. Bury thy dead in our choice sepulchers. None of us shall withhold from thee his sepulcher, but that thou may bury thy dead.
American Standard Version
Hear us, my lord. Thou art a prince of God among us. In the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead. None of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
Amplified
“Listen to us, my lord; you are a prince of God [a mighty prince] among us; bury your dead in the choicest of our graves; none of us will refuse you his grave or hinder you from burying your dead [wife].”
Bible in Basic English
My lord, truly you are a great chief among us; take the best of our resting-places for your dead; not one of us will keep back from you a place where you may put your dead to rest.
Darby Translation
Hear us, my lord: thou art a prince of God among us: in the choicest of our sepulchres bury thy dead: none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre for burying thy dead.
King James 2000
Hear us, my lord: you are a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchers bury your dead; none of us shall withhold from you his sepulcher, but that you may bury your dead.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Hear us, my lord, you [are] a mighty prince in our midst. Bury your dead in the choicest of our burial sites. None of us {will withhold his burial site} from you [for] burying your dead."
Modern King James verseion
Hear us, my lord. You are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in the choice of our burying places. None of us shall withhold from you his burying-place from burying your dead.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Hear us, lord, thou art a prince of God among us. In the chiefest of our sepulchers bury thy dead: None of us shall forbid thee his sepulchre, that thou shouldest not bury thy dead therein."
NET Bible
"Listen, sir, you are a mighty prince among us! You may bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb to prevent you from burying your dead."
New Heart English Bible
"Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the best of our tombs. None of us will withhold from you his tomb to prevent you from burying your dead."
The Emphasized Bible
Hear us, my lord! A prince of God, art thou in our midst, In the choice of our buryingplaces, bury thy dead, - Not, a man from among us his, burying-place, will withhold from thee, from burying thy dead.
Webster
Hear us, my lord; thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchers bury thy dead: none of us will withhold from thee his sepulcher, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
World English Bible
"Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the best of our tombs. None of us will withhold from you his tomb. Bury your dead."
Youngs Literal Translation
Hear us, my lord; a prince of God art thou in our midst; in the choice of our burying-places bury thy dead: none of us his burying-place doth withhold from thee, from burying thy dead.'
Themes
Abraham » Independence of, in character
Abraham » He purchases a place for her burial, and buries her in a cave
the Canaanites » Kind to the patriarchs
The Dead » Places of burial of » Sepulchres
Land » Conveyance of, by written deeds and other forms
Patriarchal government » Exercised in » The authority of heads of families for, acknowledged
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 23:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Sarah's Death And Burial
5 And the sons of Heth will answer Abraham, saying to him, 6 Hear us, lord; thou a prince of God in the midst of us: in the choice of our graves, bury thy dead; a man of us shall not withhold from thee his grave from burying thy dead. 7 And Abraham will rise up and will bow himself to the earth before the sons of Heth.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 24:35
And Jehovah blessed my lord greatly, and he will be great; and he will give to him sheep and oxen, and silver and gold, and servants and maids and camels and asses.
Genesis 14:14
And Abram shall hear that his brother was carried away captive, and he will draw forth his trained, born in his house, eighteen and three hundred, and will pursue, even to Dan.
Genesis 13:2
And Abram was very abundant in cattle, in silver and in gold.
Genesis 18:12
And Sarah will laugh within her, saying, After it has not been to me till now, and my lord, being old.
Genesis 21:22
And it shall be in that tune, and Abimelech will speak, and Phicol, leader of his army, to Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest
Genesis 24:18
And she will say, Drink, lord: and she will hasten, and she will bring down her bucket upon her hand, and will give him to drink
Genesis 31:35
And she will say to her father, My lord will not be angry in his eyes, that I shall not be able to rise from thy face, for the way of women is to me. And he will search and he found not the family gods,
Genesis 32:4-5
And he will command them, saying, Thus shall ye say to my lord to Esau, Thus thy servant Jacob said, With Laban I sojourned and lingered till now.
Genesis 32:18
And thou saying, To thy servant, to Jacob: this a gift sent to my lord to Esau, and behold also he is behind us.
Genesis 42:10
And they will say to him, Nay my lord, and thy servants came to buy food.
Genesis 44:5
Is it not this which my lord will drink in it, and divining he will divine in it? ye were evil in which ye did.
Genesis 44:8
Behold, the silver which we found in the mouth of our sacks, we turned back to thee from the land of Canaan: and how shall we steal from thy lord's house, silver or gold?
Exodus 32:22
And Aaron will say, The wrath of my lord shall not kindle: thou knowest the people that it is in sin.
Ruth 2:13
And she will say, Shall I find favor in thine eyes, my lord? For thou didst comfort me, and that thou spakest to the heart of thy servant, and shall I not be as one of thy servants?
Isaiah 45:14
This said Jehovah, The labor of Egypt and the gain of Cush, and of the Sabeans, men of measure, shall pass over upon thee, and to thee shall they be: after thee shall they come in fetters: they shall pass over and to thee shall they worship and supplicate to thee, Surely God is in thee, and none yet: no God.
1 John 3:1-2
See ye, what kind of love the Father has given us, that we should be called the children of God: for this the world knows us not, for it knew him not.