Genesis 44:22 — Compare All Translations

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

and we say unto my lord, The youth is not able to leave his father, when he hath left his father, then he hath died;

English ASV

And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

English Amplified

And we said to my lord, The lad cannot leave his father; for if he should do so, his father would die.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And we said to my lord, The lad cannot leave his father; for if he should do so, his father would die.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

So we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.’

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

But we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.’

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And we said to my lord, The youth cannot leave his father: if he should leave his father, [his father] would die.

English EASY 2024

And we said, “The boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves him, his father will die.”

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

And we said to you, 'That young boy cannot come. He cannot leave his father. If his father loses him, his father will be so sad that he will die.'

We said to my lord, 'The boy cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.'

English GNT (Good News Translation)

and we answered that the boy could not leave his father; if he did, his father would die.

English God's Word - GW 1995

But we said to you, 'My lord, the boy cannot leave his father, for his father would die.'

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

But we said to my lord, 'The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.'

English KJV 1611

And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

English LSB

And we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father; if he should leave his father, his father would die.’

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

We said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"But we said to my lord, 'The lad cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.'

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

We replied to my lord, 'The boy cannot leave his father; his father would die if he were to leave him.'

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

We said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father will die.’

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

"We said to you, 'The boy can't leave his father. If he does, his father will die.'

English NIV

And we said to my lord, 'The boy cannot leave his father; if he leaves him, his father will die.'

English NKJ 1982

And we said to my lord, ‘The lad cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’

English NLT

But we said to you, `My lord, the boy cannot leave his father, for his father would die.'

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

We said to my lord, 'The boy cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.'

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

We said to my lord, ‘But he cannot leave his father; if he were to leave him, his father would die.’

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

We said to my lord, ‘The lad cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

But we said to you, 'Sir, the lad cannot leave his father, for his father would die.'

English Tyndale 1537

And we answered my lord, that the lad could not go from his father, for if he should leave his father, he were but a dead man.

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