Genesis 42:9 — Compare Translations

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And Joseph remembered the dreams he had dreamed about them and said to them, You are spies and with unfriendly purpose you have come to observe [secretly] the nakedness of the land.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And Joseph remembered the dreams he had dreamed about them and said to them, You are spies and with unfriendly purpose you have come to observe [secretly] the nakedness of the land.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said to them, “You are spies. You have come to see the weakness of the land.”

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And Joseph remembered the dreams that he had dreamt of them; and he said to them, Ye are spies: to see the exposed places of the land ye are come.

English EASY 2024

Then Joseph remembered the dreams that he had dreamed about his brothers. He said to them, ‘You have come here secretly to see how your people can attack our land.’

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Then Joseph remembered the dreams that he had dreamed about his brothers. Joseph said to his brothers, "You have not come to buy food! You are spies. You came to learn where we are weak."

And Joseph remembered the dreams that he had dreamed of them. And he said to them, "You are spies; you have come to see the nakedness of the land."

English GNT (Good News Translation)

He remembered the dreams he had dreamed about them and said, “You are spies; you have come to find out where our country is weak.”

English God's Word - GW 1995

And he remembered the dreams he had had many years before. He said to them, "You are spies! You have come to see how vulnerable our land has become."

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said to them, "You are spies. You have come to see the weakness of the land."

English KJV 1611

And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

English LSB

And Joseph remembered the dreams which he had about them and said to them, “You are spies; you have come to look at the nakedness of the land.”

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Joseph also remembered the dreams that he had dreamed of them. He said to them, “You are spies! You came to see the nakedness of the land!”

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Joseph remembered the dreams which he had about them, and said to them, "You are spies; you have come to look at the undefended parts of our land."

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

he was reminded of the dreams he had about them. He said to them: "You are spies. You have come to see the nakedness of the land."

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Then Joseph remembered the dreams he had dreamed about them, and he said to them, “You are spies; you have come to see if our land is vulnerable!”

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Then Joseph remembered his dreams about them. So he said to them, "You are spies! You have come to see the places where our land isn't guarded very well."

English NIV

Then he remembered his dreams about them and said to them, "You are spies! You have come to see where our land is unprotected."

English NKJ 1982

Then Joseph remembered the dreams which he had dreamed about them, and said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land!”

English NLT

And he remembered the dreams he had had many years before. He said to them, "You are spies! You have come to see how vulnerable our land has become."

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Joseph also remembered the dreams that he had dreamed about them. He said to them, "You are spies; you have come to see the nakedness of the land!"

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Then at once, Joseph remembered the dreams he had about them bowing down before him! Pausing, he said to them, “You are spies! You’ve come to see where our land is weak!”

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And Joseph remembered the dreams which he had dreamed of them; and he said to them, “You are spies, you have come to see the weakness of the land.”

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

But he said to them, “You are spies. You have come to see how destitute the famine has made our land.“

English Tyndale 1537

And Joseph remembered his dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them: ye are spies, and to see where the land is weak is your coming.