Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

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?”

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?

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

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Context Readings

Joseph Interprets Dreams In Prison

6 When Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them: behold, they were sad. 7 And he asked them, saying, "Wherefore look ye so sadly today?" 8 They answered him, "We have dreamed a dream, and have no man to declare it." And Joseph said unto them, "Interpreting belongeth to God, but tell me yet."

Cross References

Nehemiah 2:2

Then said the king unto me, "Why lookest thou so sadly? Thou art not sick, that is not the matter, but thou art heavy hearted."

Judges 18:24

And he said, "Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and also the priest, and go your ways with them! And what have I more? How then say ye unto me, 'What aileth thee?'"

1 Samuel 1:8

Then said Elkanah her husband to her, "Hannah why weepest thou? And why eatest thou not? And why is thine heart so troubled? Am not I better to thee, than ten sons?"

2 Samuel 13:4

And he said unto him, "How cometh it that thou, being the king's son, art thus consumed every morning? Mayest thou not tell it me?" And Amnon answered him, "I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister."

Luke 24:17

And he said unto them, "What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another as ye walk, and are sad?"

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