Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a servant.
New American Standard Bible
Joseph, who was
King James Version
He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
Holman Bible
Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
International Standard Version
He sent a man before them Joseph, who had been sold as a slave.
American Standard Version
He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a servant:
Amplified
He sent a man before them,
Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
Bible in Basic English
He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was given as a servant for a price:
Darby Translation
He sent a man before them: Joseph was sold for a bondman.
Julia Smith Translation
He sent a man before them, Joseph, for a servant was he sold:
King James 2000
He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
Lexham Expanded Bible
He sent a man on ahead of them; Joseph was sold as a slave.
Modern King James verseion
He sent a man before them, Joseph, being sold for a servant;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But he had sent a man before them, even Joseph which was sold to be a bond servant,
NET Bible
He sent a man ahead of them -- Joseph was sold as a servant.
New Heart English Bible
He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave.
The Emphasized Bible
He sent before them a man, For a slave, was he sold - even Joseph;
Webster
He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
World English Bible
He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave.
Youngs Literal Translation
He hath sent before them a man, For a servant hath Joseph been sold.
Themes
Afflicted saints » Examples of afflicted saints
Joseph » Son of jacob » His father's partiality for, excites the jealousy of his brethren
Interlinear
Shalach
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 105:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Praise To Yahweh For His Work On Behalf Of Israel
16 And he called for a famine upon the land. He broke the whole staff of bread. 17 He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a servant. 18 They hurt his feet with fetters. He was placed in iron.
Names
Cross References
Acts 7:9
And the patriarchs, being envious, sold Joseph into Egypt. And God was with him,
Genesis 37:36
And the Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard.
Genesis 50:20
And as for you, ye meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
Genesis 37:27-28
Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brothers hearkened to him.
Genesis 39:1
And Joseph was brought down to Egypt. And Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the hand of the Ishmaelites, who had brought him down there.
Genesis 45:4-5
And Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near, and he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.
Genesis 45:7-8
And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.