Genesis 37:26

In 11 translations

BSB

Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

KJV

And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?

WEB

Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?

ASV

And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?

LSV

And Judah says to his brothers, “What gain when we slay our brother, and have concealed his blood?

YLT

And Judah saith unto his brethren, 'What gain when we slay our brother, and have concealed his blood?

DBY

And Judah said to his brethren, What profit is it that we kill our brother and secrete his blood?

DRC

And Juda said to his brethren: What will it profit us to kill our brother, and conceal his blood?

GNV

Then Iudah said vnto his brethren, What auaileth it, if we slay our brother, though wee keepe his blood secret?

JPS

And Judah said unto his brethren: 'What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?

LXXE

And Judas said to his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?

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WLC

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר יְהוּדָ֖ה אֶל־אֶחָ֑יו מַה־בֶּ֗צַע כִּ֤י נַהֲרֹג֙ אֶת־אָחִ֔ינוּ וְכִסִּ֖ינוּ אֶת־דָּמֽוֹ׃

LXX-Br

Εἶπε δὲ Ἰούδας πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ, τί χρήσιμον, ἐὰν ἀποκτείνωμεν τὸν ἀδελφὸν ἡμῶν, καὶ κρύψωμεν τὸ αἷμα αὐτοῦ;

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Cross-references most cited first

• Genesis 37:20“Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”
• Genesis 4:10“What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.
• Job 16:18O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry for help never be laid to rest.
• Matthew 16:26What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
• 2 Samuel 1:16For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood be on your own head because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’”
• Jeremiah 41:8But ten of the men among them said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have hidden treasure in the field—wheat, barley, oil, and honey!” So he refrained from killing them with the others.
• Genesis 25:32“Look,” said Esau, “I am about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?”
• Psalms 30:9“What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?
• Romans 6:21What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.
• Ezekiel 24:7For the blood she shed is still within her; she poured it out on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.
• Deuteronomy 17:8If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether the controversy within your gates is regarding bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults, you must go up to the place the LORD your God will choose.

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