Genesis 37:15

In 11 translations

BSB

a man found him wandering in the field and asked, “What are you looking for?”

KJV

¶ And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

WEB

A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field. The man asked him, “What are you looking for?”

ASV

And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

LSV

And a man finds him, and behold, he is wandering in the field, and the man asks him, saying, “What do you seek?”

YLT

And a man findeth him, and lo, he is wandering in the field, and the man asketh him, saying, 'What seekest thou?'

DBY

And a man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the country; and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

DRC

And a man found him there wandering in the field, and asked what he sought.

GNV

Then a man found him: for lo, hee was wandring in the fielde, and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

JPS

And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field. And the man asked him, saying: 'What seekest thou?'

LXXE

And a man found him wandering in the field; and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַיִּמְצָאֵ֣הוּ אִ֔ישׁ וְהִנֵּ֥ה תֹעֶ֖ה בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה וַיִּשְׁאָלֵ֧הוּ הָאִ֛ישׁ לֵאמֹ֖ר מַה־תְּבַקֵּֽשׁ׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ εὗρεν αὐτὸν ἄνθρωπος πλανώμενον ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ· ἠρώτησε δὲ αὐτὸν ὁ ἄνθρωπος, λέγων, τί ζητεῖς;

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• John 4:27Just then His disciples returned and were surprised that He was speaking with a woman. But no one asked Him, “What do You want from her?” or “Why are You talking with her?”
• Judges 4:22When Barak arrived in pursuit of Sisera, Jael went out to greet him and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man you are seeking.” So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera dead, with a tent peg through his…
• John 18:7So He asked them again, “Whom are you seeking?” “Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered.
• Genesis 21:14Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.
• John 18:4Jesus, knowing all that was coming upon Him, stepped forward and asked them, “Whom are you seeking?”
• John 20:15“Woman, why are you weeping?” Jesus asked. “Whom are you seeking?” Thinking He was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried Him off, tell me where you have put Him, and I will get Him.”
• 2 Kings 6:19And Elisha told them, “This is not the way, and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will take you to the man you are seeking.” And he led them to Samaria.
• John 1:38Jesus turned and saw them following. “What do you want?” He asked. They said to Him, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are You staying?”

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