Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

And it came to pass as she spoke to Joseph day by day and he hearkened not to her, to lie with her and to be with her,

New American Standard Bible

As she spoke to Joseph day after day, he did not listen to her to lie beside her or be with her.

King James Version

And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.

Holman Bible

Although she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her.

International Standard Version

She kept on talking to him like this day after day, but he wouldn't listen to her. Not only would he refuse to have sex with her, he refused even to stay around her.

A Conservative Version

And it came to pass, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he did not hearken to her, to lay by her, [or] to be with her.

American Standard Version

And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.

Amplified

And so it was that she spoke to Joseph [persistently] day after day, but he did not listen to her [plea] to lie beside her or be with her.

Bible in Basic English

And day after day she went on requesting Joseph to come to her and be her lover, but he would not give ear to her.

Julia Smith Translation

And it will be in her speaking to Joseph day by day, and he listened not to her to he by her, to be with her.

King James 2000

And it came to pass, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And it happened [that] as she spoke to Joseph {day after day}, he did not heed her to lie beside her or to be with her.

Modern King James verseion

And it happened as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he did not listen to her to lie with her, or to be with her.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And after this manner spake she to Joseph day by day; but he hearkened not unto her, to sleep near her or to be in her company.

NET Bible

Even though she continued to speak to Joseph day after day, he did not respond to her invitation to have sex with her.

New Heart English Bible

As she spoke to Joseph day by day, he did not listen to her, to lie by her, or to be with her.

The Emphasized Bible

And it came to pass, that although she Spake unto Joseph day after day, yet hearkened he not unto her to lie beside her to be with her.

Webster

And it came to pass, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not to her, to lie by her, or to be with her.

World English Bible

As she spoke to Joseph day by day, he didn't listen to her, to lie by her, or to be with her.

Youngs Literal Translation

And it cometh to pass at her speaking unto Joseph day by day, that he hath not hearkened unto her, to lie near her, to be with her;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And it came to pass, as she spake
דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1142

to Joseph
יוסף 
Yowceph 
Usage: 213

day
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

by day
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

not unto her, to lie
שׁכב 
Shakab 
Usage: 210

by her
אצל 
'etsel 
by, beside, by ..., near, at, with ..., from ..., against, close, to, toward, unto, with
Usage: 61

References

Smith

Context Readings

Joseph In Potiphar's House

9 There is none greater in this house than I; neither has he withheld anything from me but thee, because thou art his wife; and how should I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? 10 And it came to pass as she spoke to Joseph day by day and he hearkened not to her, to lie with her and to be with her, 11 that on a certain day he went into the house to do his business, and there was none of the men of the house there in the house.

Cross References

Genesis 39:8

But he refused, and said to his master's wife, Behold, my master takes cognizance of nothing with me: what is in the house, and all that he has, he has given into my hand.

Proverbs 1:15

my son, walk not in the way with them, keep back thy foot from their path;

Proverbs 2:16

To deliver thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words;

Proverbs 5:3

For the lips of the strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;

Proverbs 5:8

Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

Proverbs 6:25-26

Lust not after her beauty in thy heart, neither let her take thee with her eyelids;

Proverbs 7:5

that they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words.

Proverbs 7:13

And she caught him and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,

Proverbs 9:14

And she sitteth at the entry of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

Proverbs 9:16

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. And to him that is void of understanding she saith,

Proverbs 22:14

The mouth of strange women is a deep ditch: he with whom Jehovah is displeased shall fall therein.

Proverbs 23:27

For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

1 Corinthians 6:18

Flee fornication. Every sin which a man may practise is without the body, but he that commits fornication sins against his own body.

1 Corinthians 15:33

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

1 Thessalonians 5:22

hold aloof from every form of wickedness.

1 Timothy 5:14

I will therefore that the younger marry, bear children, rule the house, give no occasion to the adversary in respect of reproach.

2 Timothy 2:22

But youthful lusts flee, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those that call upon the Lord out of a pure heart.

1 Peter 2:11

Beloved, I exhort you, as strangers and sojourners, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

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