Genesis 44:15 — Compare Translations

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Joseph said to them, What is this thing that you have done? Do you not realize that such a man as I can certainly detect and know by divination [everything you do without other knowledge of it]?

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Joseph said to them, What is this thing that you have done? Do you not realize that such a man as I can certainly detect and know by divination [everything you do without other knowledge of it]?

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

“What is this deed you have done?” Joseph declared. “Do you not know that a man like me can surely divine the truth?”

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

“What is this you have done?” Joseph said to them. “Didn’t you know that a man like me could uncover the truth by divination?”

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And Joseph said to them, What deed is this which ye have done? Did ye not know that such a man as I can certainly divine?

English EASY 2024

Joseph said, ‘Why have you done this bad thing? You should have known that a man like me can use magic to find out what people do.’

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Joseph said to them, "Why have you done this? Didn't you know that I have a special way of learning secrets? No one is better at this than I am!"

Joseph said to them, "What deed is this that you have done? Do you not know that a man like me can indeed practice divination?"

English GNT (Good News Translation)

and Joseph said, “What have you done? Didn't you know that a man in my position could find you out by practicing divination?”

English God's Word - GW 1995

"What were you trying to do?" Joseph demanded. "Didn't you know that a man such as I would know who stole it?"

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

"What is this you have done?" Joseph said to them. "Didn't you know that a man like me could uncover the truth by divination?"

English KJV 1611

And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?

English LSB

And Joseph said to them, “What is this deed that you have done? Do you not know that such a man as I can indeed interpret omens?”

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Joseph said to them, “What deed is this that you have done? Did you not know that such a man as I can certainly practice divination?”

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Joseph said to them, "What is this deed that you have done? Do you not know that such a man as I can indeed practice divination?"

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

"How could you do such a thing?" Joseph asked them. "You should have known that such a man as I could discover by divination what happened."

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Joseph said to them, “What did you think you were doing? Don’t you know that a man like me can find out things like this by divination?”

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Joseph said to them, "What have you done? Don't you know that a man like me has ways to figure things out?"

English NIV

Joseph said to them, "What is this you have done? Don't you know that a man like me can find things out by divination?"

English NKJ 1982

And Joseph said to them, “What deed is this you have done? Did you not know that such a man as I can certainly practice divination?”

English NLT

"What were you trying to do?" Joseph demanded. "Didn't you know that a man such as I would know who stole it?"

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Joseph said to them, "What deed is this that you have done? Do you not know that one such as I can practice divination?"

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Joseph said to them, “What have you done? Don’t you know that divination would have given insight to a man like me?”

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Joseph said to them, “What deed is this that you have done? Do you not know that such a man as I can indeed divine?”

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

“What were you trying to do?“ Joseph demanded. “Didn't you know such a man as I would know who stole it?“

English Tyndale 1537

And Joseph said unto them: what deed is this which ye have done? wist ye not that such a man as I can prophesy?