Genesis 41:24

In 11 translations

BSB

And the thin heads of grain swallowed the seven plump ones. I told this dream to the magicians, but no one could explain it to me.”

KJV

And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.

WEB

The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain. I told it to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me.”

ASV

and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears: and I told it unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.

LSV

and the thin ears swallow the seven good ears; and I tell [it] to the enchanters, and there is none declaring [it] to me.”

YLT

and the thin ears swallow the seven good ears; and I tell unto the scribes, and there is none declaring to me.'

DBY

and the thin ears devoured the seven good ears. And I told it to the scribes; but there was none to make it known to me.

DRC

And they devoured the beauty of the former: I told this dream to the conjecturers, and there is no man that can expound it.

GNV

And the thinne eares deuoured the seuen good eares. Nowe I haue tolde the soothsayers, and none can declare it vnto me.

JPS

And the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears. And I told it unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.'

LXXE

And the seven thin and blasted ears devoured the seven fine and full ears: so I spoke to the interpreters, and there was no one to explain it to me.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

וַתִּבְלַ֨עְןָ֙ הָשִׁבֳּלִ֣ים הַדַּקֹּ֔ת אֵ֛ת שֶׁ֥בַע הַֽשִׁבֳּלִ֖ים הַטֹּב֑וֹת וָֽאֹמַר֙ אֶל־הַֽחַרְטֻמִּ֔ים וְאֵ֥ין מַגִּ֖יד לִֽי׃BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.

LXX-Br

Καὶ κατέπιον οἱ ἑπτὰ στάχυες οἱ λεπτοὶ καὶ ἀνεμόφθοροι τοὺς ἑπτὰ στάχυας τοὺς καλοὺς καὶ τοὺς πλήρεις· εἶπα οὖν τοῖς ἐξῆγηταῖς, καὶ οὐκ ἦν ὁ ἀπαγγέλλων μοι αὐτό.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Daniel 4:7When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners came in, I told them the dream, and they could not interpret it for me.
• Genesis 41:8In the morning his spirit was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.
• Exodus 8:19“This is the finger of God,” the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.

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