Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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,

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 So that no one has more authority in this house than I have; he has kept nothing back from me but you, because you are his wife; how then may I do this great wrong, sinning against God? 10 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. 11 Now one day he went into the house to do his work; and not one of the men of the house was inside.



Cross References

Genesis 39:8

But he would not, and said to her, You see that my master keeps no account of what I do in his house, and has put all his property in my control;

Proverbs 1:15

My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:

Proverbs 2:16

To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;

Proverbs 5:3

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

Proverbs 5:8

Go far away from her, do not come near the door of her house;

Proverbs 6:25-26

Let not your heart's desire go after her fair body; let not her eyes take you prisoner.

Proverbs 7:5

So that they may keep you from the strange woman, even from her whose words are smooth.

Proverbs 7:13

So she took him by his hand, kissing him, and without a sign of shame she said to him:

Proverbs 9:14

Seated at the door of her house, in the high places of the town,

Proverbs 9:16

Whoever is simple, let him come in here: and to him who is without sense, she says:

Proverbs 22:14

The mouth of strange women is a deep hole: he with whom the Lord is angry will go down into it.

Proverbs 23:27

For a loose woman is a deep hollow, and a strange woman is a narrow water-hole.

1 Corinthians 6:18

Keep away from the desires of the flesh. Every sin which a man does is outside of the body; but he who goes after the desires of the flesh does evil to his body.

1 Corinthians 15:33

Do not be tricked by false words: evil company does damage to good behaviour.

1 Thessalonians 5:22

Keep from every form of evil.

1 Timothy 5:14

So it is my desire that the younger widows may be married and have children, controlling their families, and giving the Evil One no chance to say anything against them,

2 Timothy 2:22

But keep yourself from those desires of the flesh which are strong when the body is young, and go after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those whose prayers go up to the Lord from a clean heart.

1 Peter 2:11

My loved ones, I make this request with all my heart, that, as those for whom this world is a strange country, you will keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh which make war against the soul;

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