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Bible in Basic English

And they took him and put him in the hole: now the hole had 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.

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.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

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Context Readings

Joseph Sold Into Slavery

23 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they took off his long coat which he had on; 24 And they took him and put him in the hole: now the hole had no water in it. 25 Then seating themselves, they took their meal: and looking up, they saw a travelling band of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead on their way to Egypt, with spices and perfumes on their camels.



Cross References

Jeremiah 38:6

So they took Jeremiah and put him into the water-hole of Malchiah, the king's son, in the place of the armed watchmen: and they let Jeremiah down with cords. And in the hole there was no water, but wet earth: and Jeremiah went down into the wet earth.

Psalm 35:7

For without cause they have put a net ready for me secretly, in which to take my soul.

Psalm 40:2

He took me up out of a deep waste place, out of the soft and sticky earth; he put my feet on a rock, and made my steps certain.

Psalm 88:6

You have put me in the lowest deep, even in dark places.

Psalm 88:8

You have sent my friends far away from me; you have made me a disgusting thing in their eyes: I am shut up, and not able to come out.

Psalm 130:1-2

Out of the deep have I sent up my cry to you, O Lord.

Lamentations 3:52-55

They who are against me without cause have gone hard after me as if I was a bird;

Lamentations 4:20

Our breath of life, he on whom the holy oil was put, was taken in their holes; of whom we said, Under his shade we will be living among the nations.

Zechariah 9:11

And as for you, because of the blood of your agreement, I have sent out your prisoners from the deep hole in which there is no water.

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