Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then Judah said to his brothers, "What profit [is there] if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
New American Standard Bible
Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it for us to kill our brother and
King James Version
And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
Holman Bible
Then Judah said to his brothers, “What do we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
International Standard Version
Then Judah suggested to his brothers, "Where's the profit in just killing our brother and shedding his blood?
A Conservative Version
And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
American Standard Version
And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?
Amplified
Judah said to his brothers, “What do we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood (murder)?
Bible in Basic English
And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is there in putting our brother to death and covering up his blood?
Darby Translation
And Judah said to his brethren, What profit is it that we kill our brother and secrete his blood?
Julia Smith Translation
And Judah will say to his brethren, What the profit that we shall kill our brother, and conceal his blood?
King James 2000
And Judah said unto his brothers, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
Modern King James verseion
And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is it if we should kill our brother and hide his blood?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then said Judah to his brethren, "What availeth it that we slay our brother, and keep his blood secret?
NET Bible
Then Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is there if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
New Heart English Bible
Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
The Emphasized Bible
So Judah said unto his brethren, - What profit that we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
Webster
And Judah said to his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood.
World English Bible
Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
Youngs Literal Translation
And Judah saith unto his brethren, 'What gain when we slay our brother, and have concealed his blood?
Themes
Bible stories for children » The boy captive who became prime minister
Bible stories for children » The beautiful coat
intercession » Instances of » Judah for joseph
Ishmaelites » Merchants of, buy joseph
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
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 37:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
Joseph Sold Into Slavery
25 Then they sat down to eat [some] food. And they lifted up their eyes and looked, and behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead. And their camels were carrying aromatic gum and balm and spices {on the way} to Egypt. 26 Then Judah said to his brothers, "What profit [is there] if we kill our brother and conceal his blood? 27 Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, but our hand shall not be against him, for he [is] our brother, our own flesh." And his brothers agreed.
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Cross References
Genesis 37:20
Now then, come, let us kill him and throw him in one of the pits. Then we will say a wild animal devoured him. Then we will see what his dreams become."
Genesis 4:10
And he said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground.
Genesis 25:32
And Esau said, "Look, I am going to die; now what [is] this birthright to me?"
Deuteronomy 17:8
"{If a matter is too difficult for you}, [for example disputes] between blood and blood, between legal claim and legal claim and between assault and assault [and between] matters of discernment in your {towns}, then you shall get up and you shall go to the place that Yahweh your God will choose;
2 Samuel 1:16
David said to him, "Your blood [is] on your head, for your mouth has testified against you by saying, 'I killed Yahweh's anointed one!'"
Job 16:18
"O earth, you should not cover my blood, and let there be no place for my cry for help.
Psalm 30:9
"What gain [is there] in my {death}, in my going down into [the] pit? Will [the] dust praise you? Will it tell of your faithfulness?
Jeremiah 41:8
But ten men were found among them, and they said to Ishmael, "You must not kill us, for {we have} hidden treasures in the field, wheat, and barley, and oil, and honey. So he refrained and he did not kill them in the midst of their fellow countrymen.
Ezekiel 24:7
For her blood was in the midst of her; {she put it on a bare rock}; she [did] not pour it on the ground to cover it [with] dust.
Matthew 16:26
For what will a person be benefited if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what will a person give in exchange for his life?
Romans 6:21
Therefore what sort of fruit did you have then, about which you are now ashamed? For the end of those [things] [is] death.