Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And we said to him, We are true men, we have no evil designs;
New American Standard Bible
But we said to him, ‘We are
King James Version
And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
Holman Bible
But we told him: We are honest and not spies.
International Standard Version
But we told him, "No! We're honest men! We're not spies!
A Conservative Version
And we said to him, We are TRUE men, and we are no spies.
American Standard Version
And we said unto him, We are true men; and we are no spies:
Amplified
But we told him, ‘We are honest men; we are not spies.
Darby Translation
And we said to him, We are honest; we are not spies:
Julia Smith Translation
And we shall say to him, We are true; we were not spying;
King James 2000
And we said unto him, We are honest men; we are no spies:
Lexham Expanded Bible
But we said to him, 'We [are] honest; we are not spies.
Modern King James verseion
And we said to him, We are honest, we are not spies.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And we said unto him, 'We mean truly and are no spies.
NET Bible
But we said to him, 'We are honest men; we are not spies!
New Heart English Bible
We said to him, 'We are honest men. We are no spies.
The Emphasized Bible
And we said unto him Honest men, are, we, - we are not spies!
Webster
And we said to him, We are true men; we are no spies:
World English Bible
We said to him, 'We are honest men. We are no spies.
Youngs Literal Translation
and we say unto him, We are right men, we have not been spies,
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Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 42:31
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jacob's [Israel's] Sons Report To Him
30 The man who is the ruler of the country was rough with us and put us in prison, saying that we had come with a secret evil purpose. 31 And we said to him, We are true men, we have no evil designs; 32 We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is dead, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.
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Cross References
Genesis 42:11
We are all one man's sons, we are true men; we have not come with any secret purpose.