Genesis 47:21 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
as to the people he hath removed them to cities from the [one] end of the border of Egypt even unto its [other] end.
English ASV
And as for the people, he removed them to the cities from one end of the border of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
English Amplified
And as for the people, he removed them to cities and practically made slaves of them [at their own request], from one end of the borders of Egypt to the other.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
And as for the people, he removed them to cities and practically made slaves of them [at their own request], from one end of the borders of Egypt to the other.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
and Joseph reduced the people to servitude from one end of Egypt to the other.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
and Joseph moved the people to the cities from one end of Egypt to the other.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
And as for the people, he removed them into the cities, from [one] end of the borders of Egypt even to the [other] end of it.
English EASY 2024
Joseph made all the people become slaves, wherever they lived in Egypt.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
And everywhere in Egypt all the people became Pharaoh's slaves.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
As for the people, he made servants of them from one end of Egypt to the other.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
Joseph made slaves of the people from one end of Egypt to the other.
English God's Word - GW 1995
Thus, all the people of Egypt became servants to Pharaoh.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
and Joseph moved the people to the cities from one end of Egypt to the other.
English KJV 1611
And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
English LSB
As for the people, he moved them to the cities from one end of Egypt’s border to the other end.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
As for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt to the other end.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
As for the people, he removed them to the cities from one end of Egypt's border to the other.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
and the people were reduced to slavery, from one end of Egypt's territory to the other.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
Joseph made all the people slaves from one end of Egypt’s border to the other end of it.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
Joseph made the people slaves from one end of Egypt to the other.
English NIV
and Joseph reduced the people to servitude, from one end of Egypt to the other.
English NKJ 1982
And as for the people, he moved them into the cities, from one end of the borders of Egypt to the other end.
English NLT
Thus, all the people of Egypt became servants to Pharaoh.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
As for the people, he made slaves of them from one end of Egypt to the other.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
Everyone became a slave to Pharaoh, from one end of Egypt to the other.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
and as for the people, he made slaves of them from one end of Egypt to the other.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
Thus all the people of Egypt became Pharaoh's serfs.
English Tyndale 1537
And he appointed the people unto the cities, from one side of Egypt unto the other: