Genesis 42:23 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

They didn't know that Joseph could understand them, because he was speaking through an interpreter.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.

ASV:

And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

BBE:

They were not conscious that the sense of their words was clear to Joseph, for he had been talking to them through one who had knowledge of their language.

DBY:

And they did not know that Joseph understood, for the interpreter was between them.

ERV:

And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

JPS:

And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for the interpreter was between them.

WBS:

And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spoke to them by an interpreter.

WEB:

They didn't know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

YLT:

And they have not known that Joseph understandeth, for the interpreter is between them;

Genesis 42:23 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 42:22 Reuben answered them, saying, "Did I not tell you, 'Do not sin against the boy'; and you would not listen? Now comes the reckoning for his blood."

Genesis 42:24 He turned away from them and wept. But when he returned to them and spoke to them, he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

MHC:

42:21-24 The office of conscience is to bring to mind things long since said and done. When the guilt of this sin of Joseph's brethren was fresh, they made light of it, and sat down to eat bread; but now, long afterward, their consciences accused them of it. See the good of afflictions; they often prove the happy means of awakening conscience, and bringing sin to our remembrance. Also, the evil of guilt as to our brethren. Conscience now reproached them for it. Whenever we think we have wrong done us, we ought to remember the wrong we have done to others. Reuben alone remembered with comfort, that he had done what he could to prevent the mischief. When we share with others in their sufferings, it will be a comfort if we have the testimony of our consciences for us, that we did not share in their evil deeds, but in our places witnessed against them. Joseph retired to weep. Though his reason directed that he should still carry himself as a stranger, because they were not as yet humbled enough, yet natural affection could not but work.

CONC:

Clear Conscious Didn't However Interpreter Joseph Language Sense Spake Spoke Talking Understand Understandeth Understood Using

Clear Conscious However Interpreter Joseph Language Realize Sense Talking Understand Understandeth Understood Using Words

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