Genesis 41:16 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Joseph answered Pharaoh, "I can't, but God can give Pharaoh the answer that he needs."(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

ASV:

And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

BBE:

Then Joseph said, Without God there will be no answer of peace for Pharaoh.

DBY:

And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

ERV:

And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

JPS:

And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying: 'It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.'

WBS:

And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

WEB:

Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, "It isn't in me. God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace."

YLT:

and Joseph answereth Pharaoh, saying, 'Without me -- God doth answer Pharaoh with peace.'

Genesis 41:16 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 40:8 Then they said to him, "We have had a dream and there is no one to interpret it." Then Joseph said to them, "Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell it to me, please."

Genesis 41:25 Now Joseph said to Pharaoh, "Pharaoh's dreams are one and the same; God has told to Pharaoh what He is about to do.

Genesis 41:28 "It is as I have spoken to Pharaoh: God has shown to Pharaoh what He is about to do.

Deuteronomy 29:29 "The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, that we may observe all the words of this law.

Daniel 2:22 "It is He who reveals the profound and hidden things; He knows what is in the darkness, And the light dwells with Him.

Daniel 2:28 "However, there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will take place in the latter days. This was your dream and the visions in your mind while on your bed.

Daniel 2:30 "But as for me, this mystery has not been revealed to me for any wisdom residing in me more than in any other living man, but for the purpose of making the interpretation known to the king, and that you may understand the thoughts of your mind.

Zechariah 4:6 Then he said to me, "This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel saying, 'Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' says the LORD of hosts.

Acts 3:12 But when Peter saw this, he replied to the people, "Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this, or why do you gaze at us, as if by our own power or piety we had made him walk?

2 Corinthians 3:5 Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God, (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

41:16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, {g} [It is] not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
(g) As though he would say if I interpret your dream it comes from God, and not from me.

WES:

41:16
(1.) He gives honour to God; It is not in me; God must give it. Great gifts then appear most graceful and illustrious, when those that have them use them humbly, and take not the praise of them to themselves, but give it to God,
(2.) He shews respect to Pharaoh, and hearty good - will to him, supposing that the interpretation would be an answer of peace. Those that consult God's oracles may expect an answer of peace.

MHC:

41:9-32 God's time for the enlargement of his people is the fittest time. If the chief butler had got Joseph to be released from prison, it is probable he would have gone back to the land of the Hebrews. Then he had neither been so blessed himself, nor such a blessing to his family, as afterwards he proved. Joseph, when introduced to Pharaoh, gives honour to God. Pharaoh had dreamed that he stood upon the bank of the river Nile, and saw the kine, both the fat ones, and the lean ones, come out of the river. Egypt has no rain, but the plenty of the year depends upon the overflowing of the river Nile. See how many ways Providence has of dispensing its gifts; yet our dependence is still the same upon the First Cause, who makes every creature what it is to us, be it rain or river. See to what changes the comforts of this life are subject. We cannot be sure that to-morrow shall be as this day, or next year as this. We must learn how to want, as well as how to abound. Mark the goodness of God in sending the seven years of plenty before those of famine, that provision might be made. The produce of the earth is sometimes more, and sometimes less; yet, take one with another, he that gathers much, has nothing over; and he that gathers little, has no lack, Ex 16:18. And see the perishing nature of our worldly enjoyments. The great harvests of the years of plenty were quite lost, and swallowed up in the years of famine; and that which seemed very much, yet did but just serve to keep the people alive. There is bread which lasts to eternal life, which it is worth while to labour for. They that make the things of this world their good things, will find little pleasure in remembering that they have received them.

CONC:

Answereth Desires Favorable Isn't Joseph Peace Pharaoh Replied Saying

Desires Favorable Joseph Peace Pharaoh

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