Genesis 42:23

In 11 translations

BSB

They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.

KJV

And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.he spake…: Heb. an interpreter was between them

WEB

They didn’t know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

ASV

And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

LSV

And they have not known that Joseph understands, for the interpreter [is] between them;

YLT

And they have not known that Joseph understandeth, for the interpreter [is] between them;

DBY

And they did not know that Joseph understood, for the interpreter was between them.

DRC

And they knew not that Joseph understood, because he spoke to them by an interpreter.

GNV

(And they were not aware that Ioseph vnderstoode them: for he spake vnto them by an interpreter.)

JPS

And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for the interpreter was between them.

LXXE

But they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.Gr. heard them.

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WLC

וְהֵם֙ לֹ֣א יָֽדְע֔וּ כִּ֥י שֹׁמֵ֖עַ יוֹסֵ֑ף כִּ֥י הַמֵּלִ֖יץ בֵּינֹתָֽם׃

LXX-Br

Αὐτοὶ δὲ οὐκ ᾔδεισαν, ὅτι ἀκούει Ἰωσήφ· ὁ γὰρ ἑρμηνευτὴς ἀνὰ μέσον αὐτῶν ἦν·

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• 2 Corinthians 5:20Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.
• John 16:13–14However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come. He will glorify Me by taking…

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