Genesis 39:17 Parallel Translations

Then she told him the same story: "The Hebrew slave you brought here came in and tried to fool around with me.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:

ASV:

And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, whom thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:

BBE:

Then she gave him the same story, saying, The Hebrew servant whom you have taken into our house came in to make sport of me;

DBY:

And she spoke to him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew bondman that thou hast brought to us came in to me to mock me;

ERV:

And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:

JPS:

And she spoke unto him according to these words, saying: 'The Hebrew servant, whom thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me.

WBS:

And she spoke to him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought to us, came in to me to mock me.

WEB:

She spoke to him according to these words, saying, "The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought to us, came in to me to mock me,

YLT:

And she speaketh unto him according to these words, saying, 'The Hebrew servant whom thou hast brought unto us, hath come in unto me to play with me;

Genesis 39:17 Cross References

XREF:

Exodus 23:1 "You shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.

Proverbs 26:28 A lying tongue hates those it crushes, And a flattering mouth works ruin. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

MHC:

39:13-18 Joseph's mistress, having tried in vain to make him a guilty man, endeavoured to be avenged on him. Those that have broken the bonds of modesty, will never be held by the bonds of truth. It is no new thing for the best of men to be falsely accused of the worst of crimes, by those who themselves are the worst of criminals. It is well there is a day of discovery coming, in which all shall appear in their true characters.

CONC:

Bondman Hast Hebrew Insult Mock Play Saying Servant Slave Spake Speaketh Spoke Sport Story

Bondman Hebrew Insult Mock Play Servant Slave Speaketh Sport Story Words

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