Genesis 42:23 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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

English ASV

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

English Amplified

But they did not know that Joseph understood them, for he spoke to them through an interpreter.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

But they did not know that Joseph understood them, for he spoke to them through an interpreter.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

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

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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

English EASY 2024

While they said all this, they did not know that Joseph could understand them. Joseph had been speaking in the Egyptian language and someone else told the brothers his message in Hebrew.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Joseph was using an interpreter to talk to his brothers, so the brothers did not know that he understood their language. He heard and understood everything they said, and that made him want to cry. So he turned away and left the room. When he came back, he took one of the brothers, Simeon, and tied him up while the others watched.

They did not know that Joseph understood them, for there was an interpreter between them.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Joseph understood what they said, but they did not know it, because they had been speaking to him through an interpreter.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Of course, they didn't know that Joseph understood them as he was standing there, for he had been speaking to them through an interpreter.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

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

English KJV 1611

And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.

English LSB

Now they did not know that Joseph was listening, for there was an interpreter between them.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

They did not know that Joseph understood them, for he spoke to them through an interpreter.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

They did not know, however, that Joseph understood, for there was an interpreter between them.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

They did not know, of course, that Joseph understood what they said, since he spoke with them through an interpreter.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

(Now they did not know that Joseph could understand them, for he was speaking through an interpreter.)

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

They didn't realize that Joseph could understand what they were saying. He was using someone else to explain their words to him in the Egyptian language.

English NIV

They did not realize that Joseph could understand them, since he was using an interpreter.

English NKJ 1982

But they did not know that Joseph understood them, for he spoke to them through an interpreter.

English NLT

Of course, they didn't know that Joseph understood them as he was standing there, for he had been speaking to them through an interpreter.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

They did not know that Joseph understood them, since he spoke with them through an interpreter.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

They had no clue that Joseph understood every word, for he had been speaking to them through an interpreter.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

They did not know that Joseph understood them, for there was an interpreter between them.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Of course they didn't know that Joseph understood them as he was standing there, for he had been speaking to them through an interpreter.

English Tyndale 1537

They were not aware that Joseph understood them, for he spake unto them by an interpreter.

Genesis 42:23 — Compare Translations