Parallel Verses

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.

New American Standard Bible

by this you will be tested: by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go from this place unless your youngest brother comes here!

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.

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.

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;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
זאת 
Zo'th 
Usage: 602

ye shall be proved
בּחן 
Bachan 
Usage: 29

By the life
חי 
Chay 
Usage: 502

of Pharaoh
פּרעה 
Par`oh 
Usage: 268

ye shall not go forth
יצא 
Yatsa' 
....out, ....forth, bring, come, proceed, go, depart,
Usage: 1068


come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

References

Smith

Context Readings

Joseph Sends Nine Of His Brothers Back To Canaan

14 Joseph said to them, "It is like I told you, saying, 'You are spies.' 15 By this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go forth from here, unless your youngest brother comes here. 16 Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you shall be bound, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you, or else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies."



Cross References

1 Samuel 17:55

When Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, "Abner, whose son is this youth?" Abner said, "As your soul lives, O king, I can't tell."

Genesis 42:7

Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, "Where did you come from?" They said, "From the land of Canaan to buy food."

Genesis 42:12

He said to them, "No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land."

Genesis 42:16

Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you shall be bound, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you, or else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies."

Genesis 42:20

Bring your youngest brother to me; so will your words be verified, and you won't die." They did so.

Genesis 42:30

"The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.

Genesis 42:34

Bring your youngest brother to me. Then I will know that you are not spies, but that you are honest men. So I will deliver your brother to you, and you shall trade in the land.'"

Genesis 43:3

Judah spoke to him, saying, "The man solemnly warned us, saying, 'You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.'

Genesis 44:20-34

We said to my lord, 'We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loves him.'

Deuteronomy 6:13

You shall fear the LORD your God; and you shall serve him only, and shall swear by his name.

1 Samuel 1:26

She said, "Oh, my lord, as your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood by you here, praying to the LORD.

1 Samuel 20:3

David swore moreover, and said, "Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes; and he says, 'Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved:' but truly as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death."

Jeremiah 5:2

Though they say, 'As the LORD lives;' surely they swear falsely."

Jeremiah 5:7

"How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken me, and sworn by what are no gods. When I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the prostitutes' houses.

Matthew 5:33-37

"Again you have heard that it was said to them of old time, 'You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,'

Matthew 23:16-22

"Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.'

James 5:12

But above all things, my brothers, do not swear, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your "yes" be "yes," and your "no," "no;" so that you do not fall under judgment.

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