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The Emphasized Bible
Hereby, shall ye be proved, - By the life of Pharaoh, ye shall not go forth from hence, save only by the coming in of your youngest brother hither.
New American Standard Bible
by this you will be tested:
King James Version
Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
Holman Bible
This is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.
International Standard Version
So here's how we'll test you. You can bet the life of Pharaoh that you're not leaving here until your youngest brother comes here!
A Conservative Version
By this ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth from here unless your youngest brother comes here.
American Standard Version
hereby ye shall be proved: by the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
Amplified
In this way you shall be tested: by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here!
Bible in Basic English
But in this way will you be put to the test: by the life of Pharaoh, you will not go away from this place till your youngest brother comes here.
Darby Translation
By this ye shall be put to the proof: as Pharaoh lives, ye shall not go forth hence, unless your youngest brother come hither!
Julia Smith Translation
In this ye shall be proved; Pharaoh living, if ye shall go forth from here except in the coming of your brother, the little one hither.
King James 2000
Hereby you shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh you shall not go forth from here, except your youngest brother come here.
Lexham Expanded Bible
By this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh you will not go out from here unless your youngest brother comes here.
Modern King James verseion
By this you shall be proved; as Pharaoh lives you shall not go forth from here unless your youngest brother comes here.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Hereby ye shall be proved. For by the life of Pharaoh, ye shall not go hence, until your youngest brother be come hither.
NET Bible
You will be tested in this way: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not depart from this place unless your youngest brother comes here.
New Heart English Bible
By this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go forth from here, unless your youngest brother comes here.
Webster
By this ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother shall come hither.
World English Bible
By this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go forth from here, unless your youngest brother comes here.
Youngs Literal Translation
by this ye are proved: Pharaoh liveth! if ye go out from this -- except by your young brother coming hither;
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 42:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Joseph Sends Nine Of His Brothers Back To Canaan
14 And Joseph said unto them, - The very thing, that I spake unto you, saying - Spies, are, ye. 15 Hereby, shall ye be proved, - By the life of Pharaoh, ye shall not go forth from hence, save only by the coming in of your youngest brother hither. 16 Send - from among you - one that he may fetch your brother, but be, ye, held as prisoners, that your words may be proved whether, truth, is with you, - and, if not, by the life of Pharaoh, surely, spies, ye are.
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Cross References
1 Samuel 17:55
And, when Saul saw David going forth to meet the Philistine, he said unto Abner, prince of the host, Whose son is the young man, Abner? And Abner said, By the life of thy soul, O king! I know not.
Genesis 42:7
And Joseph beheld his brethren and recognised them, - and made himself a stranger unto them and spake with them harsh things and said unto them - Whence have ye come in? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to buy food.
Genesis 42:12
And he said unto him, - Nay! but, the nakedness of the land, are ye come in to see.
Genesis 42:16
Send - from among you - one that he may fetch your brother, but be, ye, held as prisoners, that your words may be proved whether, truth, is with you, - and, if not, by the life of Pharaoh, surely, spies, ye are.
Genesis 42:20
and your youngest brother, shall ye bring in unto me, that your words may be confirmed, and ye die not. And they did so.
Genesis 42:30
The man that is lord of the land spake unto us harsh things, - and then delivered us up. as spies of the land.
Genesis 42:34
And bring ye in your youngest brother unto me, So must I get to know that ye are, not spies, but are honest men: Your brother, will I give up to you, and with the land, shall ye traffic.
Genesis 43:3
Then spake Judah unto him saying, - The man, did protest, to us saying - Ye shall not see my face, except, your brother, is with you.
Genesis 44:20-34
So we said unto my lord, We have an aged father, and the child of his old age a youth, - his brother, being dead, he alone, is left of his mother and, his father, loveth him.
Deuteronomy 6:13
Yahweh thy God, shalt thou revere And him, shalt thou serve, - And by his name, shalt thou swear.
1 Samuel 1:26
And she said - Pardon, my lord! By the life of thy soul, my lord, - I, am the woman who was standing near thee here, praying unto Yahweh:
1 Samuel 20:3
But David sware yet further, and said - Thy father, doth know, that I have found favour in thine eyes, therefore saith he, - Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he grieve; but, indeed, by the life of Yahweh, and by the life of thine own soul, surely there is but as it were a step betwixt me and death!
Jeremiah 5:2
Even though they say By the life of Yahweh, Yet in fact falsely, do they swear.
Jeremiah 5:7
How, for this, can I pardon thee? Thine own sons, have forsaken me, And have sworn by No-gods, - When I had fed them to the full, Then committed they adultery, And the house of the unchaste woman, they used to throng:
Matthew 5:33-37
Again, ye have heard that it was said, to them of olden time, Thou shalt not swear falsely, - but shalt render unto the Lord, thine oaths.
Matthew 23:16-22
Alas for you, blind guides! that say - Whosoever shall swear by the Temple, it is, nothing, but, whosoever shall swear by the gold of the Temple, is bound:
James 5:12
But, before all things, my brethren, do not swear, - either by heaven, or by the earth, or by any other oath; but let your Yea be yea, and your Nay nay, - lest, under judgment, ye fall.