Genesis 44:29

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

'If you take this one also from me and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray hair down to the grave in sorrow.'

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And if you take this also from me, and harm befalls him, you shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    and if ye take{H3947} this one also from{H5973} me,{H6440} and harm{H611} befall him,{H7136} ye will bring down{H3381} my gray hairs{H7872} with sorrow{H7451} to Sheol.{H7585}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And if ye take{H3947}{(H8804)} this also from{H5973} me{H6440}, and mischief{H611} befall him{H7136}{(H8804)}, ye shall bring down{H3381}{(H8689)} my gray hairs{H7872} with sorrow{H7451} to the grave{H7585}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Yf ye shall take this also awaye fro me and some mysfortune happen apon him then shall ye brynge my gray heed with sorow vnto the grave.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Yf ye take this fro me also, and eny mysfortune happe him, then shal ye brynge my gray heer with sorowe downe vnto the graue.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Nowe yee take this also away from me: if death take him, then yee shall bring my graye head in sorowe to the graue.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And if ye take this also away from me, and destruction come vnto him, ye shall bryng my gray head with sorowe vnto the graue.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    If you take this one also from me, and harm happens to him, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.'

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    when ye have taken also this from my presence, and mischief hath met him, then ye have brought down my grey hairs with evil to sheol.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and if ye take this one also from me, and harm befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and if ye take this one also from me, and harm befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    If now you take this one from me, and some evil comes to him, you will make my grey head go down in sorrow to the underworld.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    If you take this one also from me, and harm happens to him, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.'

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    If you take this one from me too and an accident happens to him, then you will bring down my gray hair in tragedy to the grave.’

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 42:38 : 38 But Jacob said, 'My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If harm comes to him on the journey you are taking, you will bring my gray head down to the grave in sorrow.'
  • Gen 44:31 : 31 it will happen that when he sees the boy is not with us, he will die. Then your servants will have brought down the gray hair of your servant, our father, in sorrow to the grave.
  • Gen 42:36 : 36 Their father Jacob said to them, 'You have deprived me of my children! Joseph is gone; Simeon is gone; and now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is against me!'
  • Deut 31:17 : 17 On that day, my anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide my face from them, and they will be consumed. Many disasters and calamities will come upon them, and on that day they will say, 'Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is not with us?'
  • Ps 88:3-4 : 3 Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry. 4 For my soul is filled with troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
  • Gen 43:14 : 14 May God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, so that he will release your other brother and Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Gen 44:30-34
    5 verses
    87%

    30 So now, if I come to your servant, my father, and the boy is not with us—since his life is so closely bound up with the boy's life—

    31 it will happen that when he sees the boy is not with us, he will die. Then your servants will have brought down the gray hair of your servant, our father, in sorrow to the grave.

    32 For your servant took responsibility for the boy before my father, saying, 'If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame before my father all my life.'

    33 Now, therefore, please let your servant remain here as a slave to my lord in place of the boy, and let the boy return with his brothers.

    34 For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I could not bear to see the misery that would come upon my father.

  • Gen 42:36-38
    3 verses
    84%

    36 Their father Jacob said to them, 'You have deprived me of my children! Joseph is gone; Simeon is gone; and now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is against me!'

    37 Then Reuben said to his father, 'You may put both of my sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will bring him back.'

    38 But Jacob said, 'My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If harm comes to him on the journey you are taking, you will bring my gray head down to the grave in sorrow.'

  • Gen 44:27-28
    2 verses
    80%

    27 Then your servant, my father, said to us, 'You know that my wife bore me two sons.'

    28 'One of them went away from me, and I said, "Surely he has been torn to pieces," and I have not seen him since.'

  • Gen 43:14
    76%

    14 May God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, so that he will release your other brother and Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.

  • Gen 44:20-23
    4 verses
    76%

    20 And we answered my lord, 'We have an aged father, and there is a young son born to him in his old age. His brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother's children, and his father loves him.'"

    21 Then you said to your servants, 'Bring him down to me so that I may set my eyes on him.'"

    22 But we said to my lord, 'The boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves, his father will die.'"

    23 But you said to your servants, 'If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you will not see my face again.'

  • Gen 43:8-9
    2 verses
    75%

    8 Then Judah said to Israel his father, “Send the boy with me, and we will get up and go, so that we and you and our children may live and not die.

    9 I will be a guarantee for him; you can hold me personally responsible. If I do not bring him back to you and set him here before you, I will bear the blame before you all my life.

  • Gen 37:35
    73%

    35 All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, "I will go down to Sheol mourning my son." And his father wept for him.

  • Job 31:22
    73%

    22 then let my shoulder fall from its socket, and let my arm be broken off at the joint.

  • Gen 31:28-29
    2 verses
    73%

    28 You didn’t even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. You have done a foolish thing.

    29 I have the power to harm you, but last night the God of your father said to me, ‘Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’

  • Gen 27:45
    73%

    45 When your brother's anger against you subsides and he forgets what you did to him, I will send for you to come back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?'

  • Gen 27:12
    73%

    12 'What if my father touches me? Then I will appear to him as a deceiver and bring upon myself a curse rather than a blessing.'

  • 2 Sam 14:7
    73%

    7 Now the whole family has risen against your servant. They say, 'Hand over the one who killed his brother so that we may put him to death for taking his brother’s life. We want to destroy the heir as well.' They will extinguish my remaining ember, leaving neither name nor remnant for my husband on the earth.

  • Josh 2:13
    73%

    13 that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and that you will save us from death."

  • 1 Kgs 2:6
    73%

    6 Act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to the grave in peace.

  • Gen 47:29
    72%

    29 When the time of Israel’s death drew near, he called for his son Joseph and said to him, 'If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise to show me steadfast love and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt.'

  • Gen 50:5
    72%

    5 'My father made me swear, saying, “I am about to die. Bury me in the tomb I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.” Now, please let me go and bury my father, and I will return.'

  • 1 Sam 24:11
    72%

    11 'This day you have seen with your own eyes how the LORD delivered you into my hands in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you and said, "I will not lay my hand on my lord because he is the LORD’s anointed."'

  • 2 Kgs 4:19
    72%

    19 He said to his father, "My head! My head!" His father told a servant, "Carry him to his mother."

  • 2 Sam 14:11
    72%

    11 She said, "Let the king swear by the LORD your God that the avenger of blood will not continue to destroy and that they will not eliminate my son." The king said, "As surely as the LORD lives, not one hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground."

  • Gen 44:17
    71%

    17 But Joseph said, "Far be it from me to do this! The man in whose possession the cup was found will be my slave. As for the rest of you, go back to your father in peace."