Genesis 42:18

In 11 translations

BSB

and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:

KJV

And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:

WEB

Joseph said to them the third day, “Do this, and live, for I fear God.

ASV

And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:

LSV

And Joseph says to them on the third day, “Do this and live; I fear God!

YLT

And Joseph saith unto them on the third day, 'This do and live; God I fear!

DBY

And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, that ye may live: I fear God.Elohim

DRC

And the third day he brought them out of prison, and said: Do as I have said, and you shall live: for I fear God.

GNV

Then Ioseph said vnto them the third day, This do, and liue: for I feare God.

JPS

And Joseph said unto them the third day. 'This do, and live; for I fear God:

LXXE

And he said to them on the third day, This do, and ye shall live, for I fear God.

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WLC

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֤ם יוֹסֵף֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֔י זֹ֥את עֲשׂ֖וּ וִֽחְי֑וּ אֶת־הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים אֲנִ֥י יָרֵֽא׃

LXX-Br

Εἶπε δὲ αὐτοῖς τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ, τοῦτο ποιήσατε, καὶ ζήσεσθε· τὸν Θεὸν γὰρ ἐγὼ φοβοῦμαι.

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• Leviticus 25:43You are not to rule over them harshly, but you shall fear your God.
• Nehemiah 5:15The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people, but I did not do this because of my fear of God.
• Genesis 20:11Abraham replied, “I thought to myself, ‘Surely there is no fear of God in this place. They will kill me on account of my wife.’
• Luke 18:2“In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men.
• Luke 18:4For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men,
• Nehemiah 5:9So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?

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