Parallel Verses
World English Bible
We said to him, 'We are honest men. We are no spies.
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.
Bible in Basic English
And we said to him, We are true men, we have no evil designs;
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:
Youngs Literal Translation
and we say unto him, We are right men, we have not been spies,
Topics
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, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country. 31 We said to him, 'We are honest men. We are no spies. 32 We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.'
Names
Cross References
Genesis 42:11
We are all one man's sons; we are honest men. Your servants are not spies."