Genesis 43:20 — Compare All Translations

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

and say, `O, my lord, we really come down at the commencement to buy food;

English ASV

and said, Oh, my lord, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:

English Amplified

And said, O sir, we came down truly the first time to buy food;

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And said, O sir, we came down truly the first time to buy food;

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

“Please, sir,” they said, “we really did come down here the first time to buy food.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

They said, “My lord, we really did come down here the first time only to buy food.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

and said, Ah! my lord, we came indeed down at the first to buy food.

English EASY 2024

They said, ‘Please sir. The first time we came here, we came to buy food.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

They said, "Sir, I promise this is the truth. The last time we came, we came to buy food.

and said, "Oh, my lord, we came down the first time to buy food.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

“If you please, sir, we came here once before to buy food.

English God's Word - GW 1995

They said to him, "Sir, after our first trip to Egypt to buy food,

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

They said, "Sir, we really did come down here the first time only to buy food.

English KJV 1611

And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:

English LSB

and they said, “Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food,

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

They said, “My lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

and said, "Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food,

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

"If you please, sir," they said, "we came down here once before to procure food.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

They said, “My lord, we did indeed come down the first time to buy food.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

"Please, sir," they said. "We came down here the first time to buy food.

English NIV

"Please, sir," they said, "we came down here the first time to buy food.

English NKJ 1982

and said, “O sir, we indeed came down the first time to buy food;

English NLT

They said to him, "Sir, after our first trip to Egypt to buy food,

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

They said, "Oh, my lord, we came down the first time to buy food;

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

“If you please, my lord,” they said, “we came here once before to buy food,

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

and said, “Oh, my lord, we came down the first time to buy food;

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

and said to him, “O sir, after our first trip to Egypt to buy food,

English Tyndale 1537

and said: Sir, we came hither at the first time to buy food,

Genesis 43:20 — Compare Translations