Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

and they took him and cast him into a pit. But the pit was empty and had no water therein.

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.

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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Easton

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Context Readings

Joseph Sold Into Slavery

23 And as soon as Joseph was come unto his brethren, they stripped him out of his gay coat that was upon him, 24 and they took him and cast him into a pit. But the pit was empty and had no water therein. 25 And they sat them down to eat bread. And as they lift up their eyes and looked about, there came a company of Ishmaelites from Gilead, and their camels laden with spicery, balm, and myrrh, and were going down into Egypt.



Cross References

Jeremiah 38:6

Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that dwelt in the fore entry of the prison. And they let down Jeremiah with cords into a dungeon, where there was no water, but mire.

Psalm 35:7

For they have privily laid their net to destroy me without a cause; yea, and made a pit for my soul, which I never deserved.

Psalm 40:2

He brought me out of the horrible pit, out of the mire and clay; he set my feet upon the rock, and ordered my goings.

Psalm 88:6

Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in a place of darkness and in the deep.

Psalm 88:8

Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me, and made me to be abhorred of them. I am so fast in prison that I cannot get forth.

Psalm 130:1-2

{A song of the stairs} Out of the deep have I called unto thee, O LORD; LORD, hear my voice.

Lamentations 3:52-55

{Tsadi} Mine enemies hunted me out sharply, like a bird; yea, and that without a cause.

Lamentations 4:20

{Res} The very breath of our mouth, even the anointed LORD himself, shall be taken in our sins; of whom we say, "Under his shadow we shall be preserved among the Heathen."

Zechariah 9:11

Thou also, through the blood of thy covenant, shalt let thy prisoners out of the pit, wherein is no water.

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