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The Dreams of Pharaoh

Genesis 41:6

In 11 translations

BSB
After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the east wind.
KJV
And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
WEB
Behold, seven heads of grain, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.
ASV
And, behold, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.
LSV
and behold, seven ears, thin, and blasted with an east wind, are springing up after them;
YLT
and lo, seven ears, thin, and blasted with an east wind, are springing up after them;
DBY
And behold, seven ears, thin and parched with the east wind, sprung up after them.
DRC
Then seven other ears sprung up thin and blasted,
GNV
And loe, seuen thinne eares, and blasted with the east winde, sprang vp after them:
JPS
And, behold, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.
LXXE
And, behold, seven ears thin and blasted with the wind, grew up after them.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְהִנֵּה֙ שֶׁ֣בַע שִׁבֳּלִ֔ים דַּקּ֖וֹת וּשְׁדוּפֹ֣ת קָדִ֑ים צֹמְח֖וֹת אַחֲרֵיהֶֽן׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἰδοὺ ἑπτὰ στάχυες λεπτοὶ καὶ ἀνεμόφθοροι ἀνεφύοντο μετʼ αὐτούς.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Ezekiel 17:10Even if it is transplanted, will it flourish? Will it not completely wither when the east wind strikes? It will wither on the bed where it sprouted.’”
  • Hosea 13:15Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come— a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every…
  • Ezekiel 19:12But it was uprooted in fury, cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped off and they withered; the fire consumed them.

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