Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Then they took him and threw him into the cistern. (Now the cistern was empty; there was 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.
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.
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 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.
Themes
Bible stories for children » The boy captive who became prime minister
Bible stories for children » The beautiful coat
Jealousy » Instances of » Joseph's brothers, of joseph
Joseph » Son of jacob » His father's partiality for, excites the jealousy of his brethren
Reuben » Adroitly seeks to save joseph from the conspiracy of his brothers
Interlinear
Laqach
Shalak
Mayim
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 37:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
Joseph Sold Into Slavery
23 When Joseph reached his brothers, they stripped him of his tunic, the special tunic that he wore. 24 Then they took him and threw him into the cistern. (Now the cistern was empty; there was no water in it.) 25 When they sat down to eat their food, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh down to Egypt.
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 38:6
So the officials took Jeremiah and put him in the cistern of Malkijah, one of the royal princes, that was in the courtyard of the guardhouse. There was no water in the cistern, only mud. So when they lowered Jeremiah into the cistern with ropes he sank in the mud.
Psalm 35:7
I did not harm them, but they hid a net to catch me and dug a pit to trap me.
Psalm 40:2
He lifted me out of the watery pit, out of the slimy mud. He placed my feet on a rock and gave me secure footing.
Psalm 88:6
You place me in the lowest regions of the pit, in the dark places, in the watery depths.
Psalm 88:8
You cause those who know me to keep their distance; you make me an appalling sight to them. I am trapped and cannot get free.
Psalm 130:1-2
A song of ascents. From the deep water I cry out to you, O Lord.
Lamentations 3:52-55
(Tsade) For no good reason my enemies hunted me down like a bird.
Lamentations 4:20
(Resh) Our very life breath -- the Lord's anointed king -- was caught in their traps, of whom we thought, "Under his protection we will survive among the nations."
Zechariah 9:11
Moreover, as for you, because of our covenant relationship secured with blood, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.