Genesis 43:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

I will be surety for him; from my hand you shall require him: if I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever:

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    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.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    I will be surety{H6148} for him; of my hand{H3027} shalt thou require{H1245} him: if{H518} I bring{H935} him not{H518} unto thee, and set{H3322} him before thee,{H6440} then let me bear the blame{H2398} for ever:{H3117}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    I will be surety{H6148}{(H8799)} for him; of my hand{H3027} shalt thou require{H1245}{(H8762)} him: if{H518} I bring{H935}{(H8689)} him not{H518} unto thee, and set{H3322}{(H8689)} him before thee{H6440}, then let me bear the blame{H2398}{(H8804)} for ever{H3117}:

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    I wilbe suertie for him and of my handes requyre him. Yf I brynge him not to the and sett him before thine eyes than let me bere the blame for euer.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    I wyll be suertye for him, of my handes shalt thou requyre him. Yf I brynge him not vnto the agayne, & set him before thine eyes, I wil beare ye blame my life longe.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    I wil be suertie for him: of mine hand shalt thou require him. If I bring him not to thee, and set him before thee, then let me beare the blame for euer.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    I wylbe suretie for hym, of my handes shalt thou require hym: yf I bryng hym not to thee agayne, and set him before thine eyes, then let me beare the blame for euer.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    I will be collateral for him. From my hand will you require him. If I don't bring him to you, and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever,

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    I -- I am surety `for' him, from my hand thou dost require him; if I have not brought him in unto thee, and set him before thee -- then I have sinned against thee all the days;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Truly, if we had not let the time go by, we might have come back again by now.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    I'll be collateral for him. From my hand will you require him. If I don't bring him to you, and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever,

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    I myself pledge security for him; you may hold me liable. If I do not bring him back to you and place him here before you, I will bear the blame before you all my life.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 42:37 : 37 And Reuben spoke to his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I do not bring him back to you: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him back to you again.
  • Gen 44:32-33 : 32 For your servant became a guarantee for the lad to my father, saying, If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame to my father forever. 33 Now therefore, I pray you, let your servant stay instead of the lad as a slave to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brothers.
  • Phlm 1:18-19 : 18 If he has wronged you or owes you anything, put that on my account; 19 I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand, I will repay it: although I do not say to you that you owe me even your own self besides.
  • Heb 7:22 : 22 By so much was Jesus made the guarantor of a better covenant.
  • Gen 9:5 : 5 And surely for your blood, the blood of your lives, I will demand an account; at the hand of every beast I will demand it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother I will demand the life of man.
  • Gen 31:39 : 39 That which was torn by beasts I did not bring to you; I bore the loss of it; from my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or by night.
  • 1 Kgs 1:21 : 21 Otherwise, it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted as offenders.
  • Job 17:3 : 3 Put down now, give me a pledge with You; who is he that will strike hands with me?
  • Ps 119:122 : 122 Be surety for Your servant for good; do not let the proud oppress me.
  • Ezek 3:18 : 18 When I say to the wicked, You shall surely die; and you do not give him warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand.
  • Ezek 3:20 : 20 Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die: because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand.
  • Ezek 33:6 : 6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming, and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned; if the sword comes, and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand.
  • Ezek 33:8 : 8 When I say to the wicked, O wicked man, you shall surely die; if you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand.
  • Luke 11:50 : 50 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

Similar Verses (AI)

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

    30 Now therefore, when I come to your servant my father, and the lad is not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;

    31 It shall come to pass, when he sees that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and your servants shall bring down the gray hairs of your servant our father with sorrow to the grave.

    32 For your servant became a guarantee for the lad to my father, saying, If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame to my father forever.

    33 Now therefore, I pray you, let your servant stay instead of the lad as a slave to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brothers.

    34 For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad is not with me? lest perhaps I see the evil that shall come upon my father.

  • Gen 43:7-8
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    7 And they said, The man asked us specifically about our state and kindred, saying, Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother? And we answered him according to these words: could we know that he would say, Bring your brother down?

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  • Gen 42:37-38
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    37 And Reuben spoke to his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I do not bring him back to you: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him back to you again.

    38 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he alone is left: if harm befalls him on the journey in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

  • Gen 43:3-5
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    3 And Judah spoke to him, saying, The man solemnly warned us, saying, You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.

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    10 For if we had not delayed, surely by now we would have returned this second time.

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    12 And take double money in your hand; and the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; perhaps it was an oversight:

    13 Take also your brother, and arise, go again to the man:

    14 And may God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.

    15 And the men took that gift, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

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    21 And you said to your servants, Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes upon him.

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    23 And you said to your servants, Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you shall see my face no more.

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    3 Put down now, give me a pledge with You; who is he that will strike hands with me?

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    4 I will go down with you into Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up again; and Joseph shall put his hand upon your eyes.

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    9 Whichever of your servants it is found with, let him die, and we also will be my lord's slaves.

    10 And he said, Now also let it be according to your words: the one with whom it is found shall be my servant; and you shall be blameless.

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    33 And the man, the lord of the country, said to us, Hereby shall I know that you are honest men; leave one of your brothers here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:

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    70%

    45 Until your brother's anger turns away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him: then I will send and get you from there: why should I be deprived of both of you in one day?

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    20 But bring your youngest brother to me; so shall your words be proven true, and you shall not die. And they did so.

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    13 And you shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that you have seen; and you shall hurry and bring my father down here.

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    19 And it shall be, that whoever shall go out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whoever shall be with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.

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    22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Did I not speak to you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and you would not listen? therefore, behold, his blood is now required.

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    8 And if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be released from this oath; only do not take my son back there."

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    12 The LORD judge between me and you, and the LORD avenge me of you; but my hand shall not be upon you.

  • Gen 31:39
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    39 That which was torn by beasts I did not bring to you; I bore the loss of it; from my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or by night.

  • Prov 6:1
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    1 My son, if you become surety for your friend, if you have shaken hands with a stranger,

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    13 And that you will save my father, and my mother, and my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.

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    12 Perhaps my father will feel me, and I will seem to him as a deceiver; and I will bring a curse upon myself, and not a blessing.

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