Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
And they said - It is well with thy servant our father, he is yet alive. And they bent their heads and bowed them-selves down.
New American Standard Bible
They said, “Your servant our father is well; he is still alive.”
King James Version
And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.
Holman Bible
They answered, “Your servant our father is well. He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.
International Standard Version
"Your servant, our father, is doing well," they replied. "He is still alive." Then they bowed down in humility.
A Conservative Version
And they said, Thy servant our father is well; he is yet alive. And they bowed the head, and made obeisance.
American Standard Version
And they said, Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive. And they bowed the head, and made obeisance.
Amplified
And they answered, “Your servant our father is in good health; he is still alive.” And they bowed down [their heads before Joseph] in respect.
Bible in Basic English
And they said, Your servant, our father, is well, he is still living. And they went down on their faces before him.
Darby Translation
And they said, Thy servant our father is well; he is yet alive. And they bowed, and made obeisance.
Julia Smith Translation
And they will say, Peace to thy servant to our father, he is yet living: and they will bow down and worship.
King James 2000
And they answered, Your servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and paid him honor.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And they said, "Your servant our father [is] well; he is still alive." And they knelt and bowed down.
Modern King James verseion
And they answered, Your servant, our father, is in good health. He is still alive. And they bowed down their heads and fell before him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They answered, "Thy servant our father is in good health, and is yet alive. And they bowed themselves and fell to the ground."
NET Bible
"Your servant our father is well," they replied. "He is still alive." They bowed down in humility.
New Heart English Bible
They said, "Your servant, our father, is well. He is still alive." They bowed the head, and did homage.
Webster
And they answered, Thy servant, our father, is in good health, he is yet alive: and they bowed their heads and made obeisance.
World English Bible
They said, "Your servant, our father, is well. He is still alive." They bowed the head, and did homage.
Youngs Literal Translation
and they say, 'Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive;' and they bow, and do obeisance.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 43:28
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Feast At Joseph's Palace
27 Then asked he after their welfare, and said - Is it well with your aged father, of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive? 28 And they said - It is well with thy servant our father, he is yet alive. And they bent their heads and bowed them-selves down. 29 Then lifted he up his eyes, and saw Benjamin his brother son of his mother, and said - Is, this, your youngest brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God, grant thee favour my son!
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Cross References
Genesis 37:7
Lo! then, we, were binding sheaves in the midst of the field, when lo my sheaf rose up, yea and took its stand, - and lo! round about came your sheaves, and bowed themselves down to my sheaf.
Genesis 43:26
So when Joseph came into the house, they brought in to him the present which was in their hand into the house, - and bowed themselves down to him to the earth.
Genesis 37:9-10
Then dreamed he, yet another, dream, and related it to his brethren, and said: - Lo! I have dreamed a dream, yet again, Lo! then, the sun and the moon, and eleven stars, were bowing themselves down to me.
Exodus 18:7
So Moses went forth to meet his father-in-law, and bowed himself down to him and kissed him, and they asked each other of their welfare, - and came into the tent.
2 Samuel 1:2
yea so it was, on the third day, that lo! a man came out of the camp, from Saul, with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head, - and so it was, when he came in unto David, that he fell to the earth, and did homage.
2 Samuel 14:4
And, when the woman of Tekoa came in unto the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did homage, - and said - Save, O king!
1 Kings 1:16
And Bath-sheba bowed, and did homage unto the king, - and the king said - What aileth thee?
2 Chronicles 24:17
Now, after the death of Jehoiada, came the rulers of Judah, and bowed themselves down unto the king, - then, hearkened the king unto them.