Parallel Verses

King James 2000

And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seek you?

New American Standard Bible

A man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field; and the man asked him, “What are you looking for?”

King James Version

And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

Holman Bible

A man found him there, wandering in the field, and asked him, “What are you looking for?”

International Standard Version

When Joseph reached Shechem, a man found him wandering around in a field. So the man asked him, "What are you looking for?"

A Conservative Version

And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field. And the man asked him, saying, What do thou seek?

American Standard Version

And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

Amplified

Now a certain man found Joseph, and saw that he was wandering around and had lost his way in the field; so the man asked him, “What are you looking for?”

Bible in Basic English

And a man saw him wandering in the country, and said to him, What are you looking for?

Darby Translation

And a man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the country; and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

Julia Smith Translation

And a man will find him, and behold, he wandered in the field. And the man will ask him, saying, What wilt thou seek?

Lexham Expanded Bible

And a man found him, and behold, he was wandering about in a field. And the man asked him, "What do you seek?"

Modern King James verseion

And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field. And the man asked him, saying, What are you looking for?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And a certain man found him wandering out of his way in the field, and asked him what he sought.

NET Bible

When Joseph reached Shechem, a man found him wandering in the field, so the man asked him, "What are you looking for?"

New Heart English Bible

A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field. The man asked him, "What are you looking for?"

The Emphasized Bible

And a man found him, and to! he was wandering about in the field, so the man asked him saying - What seekest thou?

Webster

And a certain man found him, and behold he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

World English Bible

A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field. The man asked him, "What are you looking for?"

Youngs Literal Translation

And a man findeth him, and lo, he is wandering in the field, and the man asketh him, saying, 'What seekest thou?'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

מצא 
Matsa' 
Usage: 455

and, behold, he was wandering
תּעה 
Ta`ah 
Usage: 50

in the field
שׂדי שׂדה 
Sadeh 
Usage: 333

and the man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

שׁאל שׁאל 
Sha'al 
Usage: 172

References

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Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

Joseph Sold Into Slavery By His Brothers

14 And he said to him, Go, I pray you, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. 15 And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seek you? 16 And he said, I seek my brothers: tell me, I pray you, where they feed their flocks.

Cross References

Genesis 21:14

And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a skin of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

Judges 4:22

And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will show you the man whom you seek. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the peg was in his temples.

2 Kings 6:19

And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek. But he led them to Samaria.

John 1:38

Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and said unto them, What seek you? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Teacher,) where do you dwell?

John 4:27

And upon this came his disciples, and marveled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seek you? or, Why talk you with her?

John 18:4

Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek you?

John 18:7

Then asked he them again, Whom seek you? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.

John 20:15

Jesus said unto her, Woman, why do you weep? whom do you seek? She, supposing him to be the gardener, said unto him, Sir, if you have borne him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.

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