Genesis 42:22
| NET© | Reuben said to them, “Didn’t I say to you, ‘Don’t sin against the boy,’ but you wouldn’t listen? So now we must pay for shedding his blood!” 1 |
| NIV© | Reuben replied, "Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you wouldn’t listen! Now we must give an accounting for his blood." |
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| NASB© | 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." |
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| NLT© | "Didn’t I tell you not to do it?" Reuben asked. "But you wouldn’t listen. And now we are going to die because we murdered him." |
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| MSG© | Reuben broke in. "Didn't I tell you, 'Don't hurt the boy'? But no, you wouldn't listen. And now we're paying for his murder." |
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| BBE© | And Reuben said to them, Did I not say to you, Do the child no wrong? but you gave no attention; so now, punishment has come on us for his blood. |
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| NRSV© | Then Reuben answered them, "Did I not tell you not to wrong the boy? But you would not listen. So now there comes a reckoning for his blood." |
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| NKJV© | And Reuben answered them, saying, "Did I not speak to you, saying, ‘Do not sin against the boy’; and you would not listen? Therefore behold, his blood is now required of us." |
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| KJV | And Reuben <07205> answered <06030> (8799) them, saying <0559> (8800), Spake I <0559> (8804) not unto you, saying <0559> (8800), Do not sin <02398> (8799) against the child <03206>; and ye would not hear <08085> (8804)? therefore, behold, also his blood <01818> is required <01875> (8738). |
| NASB© | Reuben <07205> answered <06030> them, saying <0559>, "Did I not tell <0559> you, 'Do not sin <02398> against the boy <03206>'; and you would not listen <08085>? Now <01571> <02009> comes <01875> the reckoning <01875> for his blood <01818>." |
| Hebrew | <01875> srdn <02009> hnh <01818> wmd <01571> Mgw <08085> Mtems <03808> alw <03206> dlyb <02398> wajxt <0408> la <0559> rmal <0413> Mkyla <0559> ytrma <03808> awlh <0559> rmal <0853> Mta <07205> Nbwar <06030> Neyw |
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| NET© | Reuben said to them, “Didn’t I say to you, ‘Don’t sin against the boy,’ but you wouldn’t listen? So now we must pay for shedding his blood!” 1 |
| NET© Notes |
1 tn Heb “and also his blood, look, it is required.” God requires compensation, as it were, from those who shed innocent blood (see Gen 9:6). In other words, God exacts punishment for the crime of murder. |
