Genesis 50:25 — Compare Translations

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

And Joseph causeth the sons of Israel to swear, saying, `God doth certainly inspect you, and ye have brought up my bones from this [place].`

And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.

English Amplified

And Joseph took an oath from the sons of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and you will carry up my bones from here.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And Joseph took an oath from the sons of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and you will carry up my bones from here.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

And Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

So Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath: “When God comes to your aid, you are to carry my bones up from here.”

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will certainly visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones hence.

English EASY 2024

He also said, ‘God will help you to leave Egypt. When that happens, you must carry my bones away from here.’ Joseph made the Israelites promise that they would do this.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Then Joseph asked his people to make a promise. Joseph said, "Promise me that you will carry my bones with you when God leads you out of Egypt."

English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles

Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, "God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here."

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Then Joseph asked his people to make a vow. “Promise me,” he said, “that when God leads you to that land, you will take my body with you.”

English God's Word - GW 1995

Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath, and he said, "When God comes to lead us back to Canaan, you must take my body back with you."

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

So Joseph made the Israelites take an oath: "When God comes to your aid, you are to carry my bones up from here."

English KJV 1611

And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.

Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “God will surely take care of you, and you shall carry my bones up from here.”

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.”

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, "God will surely take care of you, and you shall carry my bones up from here."

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

Then, putting the sons of Israel under oath, he continued, "When God thus takes care of you, you must bring my bones up with you from this place."

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath. He said, “God will surely come to you. Then you must carry my bones up from this place.”

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and make a promise to him. He said, "I'm sure that God will come to help you. Then you must carry my bones up from this place."

And Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath and said, "God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up from this place."

English NKJ 1982

Then Joseph took an oath from the children of Israel, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.”

Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath, and he said, "When God comes to lead us back to Canaan, you must take my body back with you."

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

So Joseph made the Israelites swear, saying, "When God comes to you, you shall carry up my bones from here."

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

So Joseph had his brothers, the sons of Israel, make a solemn oath, saying, “When God comes to you, you will carry my bones up from Egypt.”

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Then Joseph took an oath of the sons of Israel, saying, “God will visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.”

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Then Joseph made his brothers promise with an oath that they would take his body back with them when they returned to Canaan.

English Tyndale 1537

And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel and said: God will not fail but visit you: see therefore that ye carry my bones hence.