Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

We are all one man's sons. We are TRUE men. Thy servants are no spies.

New American Standard Bible

We are all sons of one man; we are honest men, your servants are not spies.”

King James Version

We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.

Holman Bible

“We are all sons of one man. We are honest; your servants are not spies.”

International Standard Version

We're all sons of a common father. We're honest men, your majesty. We're not spies!"

American Standard Version

We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.

Amplified

We are all the sons of one man; we are honest men, your servants are not spies.”

Bible in Basic English

We are all one man's sons, we are true men; we have not come with any secret purpose.

Darby Translation

We are all one man's sons; we are honest: thy servants are not spies.

Julia Smith Translation

We all one man's sons; we true; we thy servants were not spying.

King James 2000

We are all one man's sons; we are honest men, your servants are no spies.

Lexham Expanded Bible

We all are sons of one man. We [are] honest [men]. We, your servants, are not spies."

Modern King James verseion

We are all one man's sons. We are honest; your servants are not spies.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

We are all one man's sons, and mean truly, and thy servants are no spies."

NET Bible

We are all the sons of one man; we are honest men! Your servants are not spies."

New Heart English Bible

We are all one man's sons; we are honest men. Your servants are not spies."

The Emphasized Bible

All of us, are, sons of one man, - honest men, are we: thy servants are not, spies.

Webster

We are all one man's sons; we are true men; thy servants are no spies.

World English Bible

We are all one man's sons; we are honest men. Your servants are not spies."

Youngs Literal Translation

we are all of us sons of one man, we are right men; thy servants have not been spies;'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
We
נחנוּ 
Nachnuw 
we
Usage: 5

אחד 
'echad 
Usage: 432

אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

עבד 
`ebed 
Usage: 800

Context Readings

Joseph Sends Nine Of His Brothers Back To Canaan

10 And they said to him, No, my lord, but thy servants have come to buy food. 11 We are all one man's sons. We are TRUE men. Thy servants are no spies. 12 And he said to them, No, but ye have come to see the nakedness of the land.

Cross References

Genesis 42:19

If ye be TRUE men, let one of your brothers be bound in your prison house, but go ye, carry grain for the famine of your houses,

Genesis 42:33-34

And the man, the lord of the land, said to us, By this I shall know that ye are TRUE men. Leave one of your brothers with me, and take [grain for] the famine of your houses, and go your way,

John 7:18

He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him, this man is true, and unrighteousness is not in him.

2 Corinthians 6:4

but in everything commending ourselves as helpers of God, in much perseverance, in afflictions, in necessities, in restrictions,

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