Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

And they said to him, No, my lord; but to buy food are thy servants come.

New American Standard Bible

Then they said to him, “No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.

King James Version

And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.

Holman Bible

“No, my lord. Your servants have come to buy food,” they said.

International Standard Version

"No, your majesty," they replied. "Your servants have come here to buy food.

A Conservative Version

And they said to him, No, my lord, but thy servants have come to buy food.

American Standard Version

And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.

Amplified

But they said to him, “No, my lord, for your servants have [only] come to buy food.

Bible in Basic English

And they said to him, Not so, my lord: your servants have come with money to get food.

Julia Smith Translation

And they will say to him, Nay my lord, and thy servants came to buy food.

King James 2000

And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are your servants come.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And they said to him, "No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.

Modern King James verseion

And they said to him, No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And they said unto him, "Nay, my lord: but to buy victuals thy servants are come.

NET Bible

But they exclaimed, "No, my lord! Your servants have come to buy grain for food!

New Heart English Bible

They said to him, "No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.

The Emphasized Bible

And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, - but, thy servants, are come to buy food.

Webster

And they said to him, No, my lord, but to buy food have thy servants come.

World English Bible

They said to him, "No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.

Youngs Literal Translation

And they say unto him, 'No, my lord, but thy servants have come to buy food;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
unto him, Nay, my lord
אדן אדון 
'adown 
Usage: 335

but to buy
שׁבר 
Shabar 
Usage: 21

אכל 
'okel 
Usage: 44

עבד 
`ebed 
Usage: 800

Context Readings

Joseph Sends Nine Of His Brothers Back To Canaan

9 And Joseph remembered the dreams that he had dreamt of them; and he said to them, Ye are spies: to see the exposed places of the land ye are come. 10 And they said to him, No, my lord; but to buy food are thy servants come. 11 We are all one man's sons; we are honest: thy servants are not spies.

Cross References

Genesis 37:8

And his brethren said to him, Wilt thou indeed be a king over us? wilt thou indeed rule over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams and for his words.

Genesis 27:29

Let peoples serve thee, And races bow down to thee. Be lord over thy brethren, And let thy mother's sons bow down to thee. Cursed be they that curse thee, And blessed be they that bless thee.

Genesis 27:37

And Isaac answered and said to Esau, Behold, I have made him lord over thee, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants, and with corn and new wine have I supplied him and what can I do now for thee, my son?

Genesis 44:9

With whomsoever of thy servants it is found, let him die; and we also will be my lord's bondmen.

1 Samuel 26:17

And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king.

1 Kings 18:7

And as Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him; and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Is it indeed thou, my lord Elijah?

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