Genesis 41:57 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
and all the earth hath come to Egypt, to buy, unto Joseph, for the famine was severe in all the earth.
English ASV
And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was sore in all the earth.
English Amplified
And all countries came to Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all [the known] earth.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
And all countries came to Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all [the known] earth.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
And every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
Every land came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, for the famine was severe in every land.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph, to buy [grain], because the famine was grievous on the whole earth.
English EASY 2024
People from all the other countries came to Egypt to buy food from Joseph. They came because the famine was very bad everywhere in the world.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
but the famine was bad everywhere. So people from the countries around Egypt had to come to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
Moreover, all the earth came to Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
People came to Egypt from all over the world to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe everywhere.
English God's Word - GW 1995
And people from surrounding lands also came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph because the famine was severe throughout the world.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
The whole world came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, for the famine was severe all over the earth.
English KJV 1611
And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.
English LSB
Now all the earth also came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph because the famine was severe in all the earth.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
Moreover, all countries came to Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was so severe in all the lands.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
The people of all the earth came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe in all the earth.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
In fact, all the world came to Joseph to obtain rations of grain, for famine had gripped the whole world.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
People from every country came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain because the famine was severe throughout the earth.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
People from all of the other countries came to Egypt. They came to buy grain from Joseph. That's because people were very hungry all over the world.
English NIV
And all the countries came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe in all the world.
English NKJ 1982
So all countries came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe in all lands.
English NLT
And people from surrounding lands also came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph because the famine was severe throughout the world.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
Moreover, all the world came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine became severe throughout the world.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
So because of the severity of the worldwide famine, people from all over the world had to come and buy grain from Joseph.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
Moreover, all the earth came to Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
and to those from other lands who came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph.
English Tyndale 1537
And all countries came to Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn: because that the hunger was so sore in all lands.