Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

So he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why do you look so sad today?”

New American Standard Bible

He asked Pharaoh’s officials who were with him in confinement in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so sad today?”

King James Version

And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?

International Standard Version

So he asked Pharaoh's officers, who were with him in prison in his master's house, "Why are you so sad today?"

A Conservative Version

And he asked Pharaoh's officers who were with him in ward in his master's house, saying, Why do ye look so sad today?

American Standard Version

And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in ward in his master's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sad to-day?

Amplified

So he asked Pharaoh’s officials who were in confinement with him in his master’s house, “Why do you look so down-hearted today?”

Bible in Basic English

And he said to the servants of Pharaoh who were in prison with him, Why are you looking so sad?

Darby Translation

And he asked Pharaoh's chamberlains that were with him in custody in his lord's house, saying, Why are your faces so sad to-day?

Julia Smith Translation

And he will ask Pharaoh's eunuchs which were with him in guard of the house of his lord, saying, Why are your faces evil this day?

King James 2000

And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in custody in his lord's house, saying, Why do you look so sad today?

Lexham Expanded Bible

And he asked the court officials of Pharaoh that [were] with him in the custody of his master's house, "Why [are] your faces sad today?"

Modern King James verseion

And he asked Pharaoh's eunuchs who were with him under guard in his lord's house, saying, Why are your faces sad today?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And he asked them, saying, "Wherefore look ye so sadly today?"

NET Bible

So he asked Pharaoh's officials, who were with him in custody in his master's house, "Why do you look so sad today?"

New Heart English Bible

He asked Pharaoh's officers who were with him in custody in his master's house, saying, "Why do you look so sad today?"

The Emphasized Bible

So he asked Pharaoh's courtiers who were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Why are your faces troubled to-day!

Webster

And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Why look ye so sad to-day?

World English Bible

He asked Pharaoh's officers who were with him in custody in his master's house, saying, "Why do you look so sad today?"

Youngs Literal Translation

and he asketh Pharaoh's eunuchs who are with him in charge in the house of his lord, saying, 'Wherefore are your faces sad to-day?'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And he asked
שׁאל שׁאל 
Sha'al 
Usage: 172

פּרעה 
Par`oh 
Usage: 268

סרס סריס 
Cariyc 
Usage: 42

that were with him in the ward
משׁמר 
Mishmar 
Usage: 22

of his lord's
אדן אדון 
'adown 
Usage: 335

בּית 
Bayith 
Usage: 2053

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Context Readings

Joseph Interprets Dreams In Prison

6 When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they looked distraught. 7 So he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why do you look so sad today?” 8 “We had dreams,” they said to him, “but there is no one to interpret them.”

Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”


Cross References

Nehemiah 2:2

so the king said to me, “Why are you sad, when you aren’t sick? This is nothing but depression.”

I was overwhelmed with fear

Judges 18:24

He said, “You took the gods I had made and the priest, and went away. What do I have left? How can you say to me, ‘What’s the matter with you?’”

1 Samuel 1:8

“Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband Elkanah asked. “Why won’t you eat? Why are you troubled? Am I not better to you than 10 sons?”

2 Samuel 13:4

and he asked Amnon, “Why are you, the king’s son, so miserable every morning? Won’t you tell me?”

Amnon replied, “I’m in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”

Luke 24:17

Then He asked them, “What is this dispute that you’re having with each other as you are walking?” And they stopped walking and looked discouraged.

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