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Joseph Interprets Pharaoh’s Dreams

Genesis 41:31

In 11 translations

BSB
The abundance in the land will not be remembered, since the famine that follows it will be so severe.
KJV
And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.grievous: Heb. heavy
WEB
and the plenty will not be known in the land by reason of that famine which follows; for it will be very grievous.
ASV
and the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine which followeth; for it shall be very grievous.
LSV
and the plenty is not known in the land because of that famine afterward, for it [is] very grievous.
YLT
and the plenty is not known in the land because of that famine afterwards, for it [is] very grievous.
DBY
And the plenty will not be known afterwards in the land by reason of that famine; for it will be very grievous.
DRC
And the greatness of the scarcity shall destroy the greatness of the plenty.
GNV
Neither shall the plentie bee knowen in the land, by reason of this famine that shall come after: for it shalbe exceeding great.
JPS
and the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine which followeth; for it shall be very grievous.
LXXE
And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of the famine that shall be after this, for it shall be very grievous.

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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
וְלֹֽא־יִוָּדַ֤ע הַשָּׂבָע֙ בָּאָ֔רֶץ מִפְּנֵ֛י הָרָעָ֥ב הַה֖וּא אַחֲרֵי־כֵ֑ן כִּֽי־כָבֵ֥ד ה֖וּא מְאֹֽד׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ οὐκ ἐπιγνωσθήσεται ἡ εὐθηνία ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἀπὸ τοῦ λιμοῦ τοῦ ἐσομένου μετὰ ταῦτα· ἰσχυρὸς γὰρ ἔσται σφόδρα.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 24:20The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again.
  • 1 Samuel 5:6Now the hand of the LORD was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity, ravaging them and afflicting them with tumors.

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