Genesis 44:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then Judah came near to him, and said, Oh my lord, let your servant, I pray you, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not your anger burn against your servant: for you are even as Pharaoh.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּגַּ֨שׁ אֵלָ֜יו יְהוּדָ֗ה וַיֹּאמֶר֮ בִּ֣י אֲדֹנִי֒ יְדַבֶּר־נָ֨א עַבְדְּךָ֤ דָבָר֙ בְּאָזְנֵ֣י אֲדֹנִ֔י וְאַל־יִ֥חַר אַפְּךָ֖ בְּעַבְדֶּ֑ךָ כִּ֥י כָמ֖וֹךָ כְּפַרְעֹֽה׃

Transliteration

And wayyiggaš to him ʾēlāyw yəhûdâ and wayyōʾmer Oh bî my lord ʾădōnî let speak yədabber-please nāʾ your servant ʿabdəkā a word dābār in bəʾoznê my lord ʾădōnî and do not wəʾal-let be kindled yiḥar your anger ʾappəkā against bəʿabdekā for kî like you kāmôkā like kəparʿōh

Grammar Details

• *wayyiggaš*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he approached
• *ʾēlāyw*: preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to him
• *yəhûdâ*: proper noun - Judah
• *wayyōʾmer*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he said
• *bî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - please/in me
• *ʾădōnî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my lord
• *yədabber*: Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular jussive - let speak
• *nāʾ*: particle of entreaty - please
• *ʿabdəkā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your servant
• *dābār*: masculine singular noun - a word
• *bəʾoznê*: preposition + feminine dual construct - in ears of
• *wəʾal*: waw-conjunction + negative particle - and not
• *yiḥar*: Qal imperfect jussive, 3rd person masculine singular - let be kindled
• *ʾappəkā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your anger
• *bəʿabdekā*: preposition + masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - against your servant
• *kî*: conjunction - for
• *kāmôkā*: preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - like you
• *kəparʿōh*: preposition + proper noun - like Pharaoh

Word Meanings

• *wayyiggaš*: approached/came near/drew near
• *bî*: Oh/Please/I pray
• *yədabber*: let speak/may speak/speak
• *nāʾ*: please/I pray
• *ʿabdəkā*: your servant/your slave
• *dābār*: a word/something
• *bəʾoznê*: in the ears of/in the hearing of
• *yiḥar*: be kindled/burn/be angry
• *ʾappəkā*: your anger/your wrath/your nose
• *kāmôkā*: like you/as you are
• *kəparʿōh*: like Pharaoh/as Pharaoh/equal to Pharaoh

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Then Judah stepped forward and said, "Please, my lord, let your servant speak a word in my lord's hearing, and do not be angry with your servant, for you are like Pharaoh."

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anr burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then Judah{H3063} came near{H5066} unto him, and said,{H559} Oh,{H994} my lord,{H113} let thy servant,{H5650} I pray thee, speak{H1696} a word{H1697} in my lord's{H113} ears,{H241} and let not thine anger{H639} burn{H2734} against thy servant;{H5650} for thou art even as Pharaoh.{H6547}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then Judah{H3063} came near{H5066}{(H8799)} unto him, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Oh{H994} my lord{H113}, let thy servant{H5650}, I pray thee, speak{H1696}{(H8762)} a word{H1697} in my lord's{H113} ears{H241}, and let not thine anger{H639} burn{H2734}{(H8799)} against thy servant{H5650}: for thou art even as Pharaoh{H6547}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Then Iuda went vnto him and sayde: oh my LORde let thy servaunte speake a worde in my LORdes audyence and be not wrooth with thi servaunte: for thou art euen as Pharao.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The stepte Iuda vnto him, and sayde: My lorde, let thy seruaunt speake one worde in thine eares my lorde, be not displesed at yi seruaunt also, for thou art eue as Pharao.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then Iudah drewe neere vnto him, and sayde, O my Lord, let thy seruant nowe speake a worde in my lordes eares, and let not thy wrath be kindled against thy seruant: for thou art euen as Pharaoh.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then Iuda went vnto him, and said: Oh my lorde, let thy seruaunt I pray thee speake a worde in my lordes eares, and be not inflamed with wrath agaynst thy seruaunt, for thou art euen as Pharao.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou [art] even as Pharaoh.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Then Judah came near to him, and said, "Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord's ears, and don't let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even as Pharaoh.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Judah cometh nigh unto him, and saith, `O, my lord, let thy servant speak, I pray thee, a word in the ears of my lord, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant -- for thou art as Pharaoh.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh, my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant; for thou art even as Pharaoh.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh, my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant; for thou art even as Pharaoh.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then Judah came near him, and said, Let your servant say a word in my lord's ears, and let not your wrath be burning against your servant: for you are in the place of Pharaoh to us.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Then Judah came near to him, and said, "Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord's ears, and don't let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even as Pharaoh.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then Judah approached him and said,“My lord, please allow your servant to speak a word with you. Please do not get angry with your servant, for you are just like Pharaoh.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 32:22 : 22 Aaron said, "Do not let the anger of my lord burn hot; you know the people, that they are bent on mischief.
• Gen 18:30 : 30 And he said to him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak; suppose thirty should be found there. And he said, I will not do it if I find thirty there.
• Gen 41:40 : 40 You shall be over my house, and all my people shall be ruled according to your word; only in regard to the throne will I be greater than you.
• Gen 41:44 : 44 Pharaoh also said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without your consent no man may lift his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.
• Gen 18:32 : 32 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak but this once; suppose ten should be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the sake of ten.
• 2 Sam 14:12 : 12 Then the woman said, Let your maidservant, I pray you, speak one word to my lord the king. And he said, Speak on.
• Esth 1:12 : 12 But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his eunuchs; therefore, the king was very angry, and his fury burned within him.
• Job 33:31 : 31 Mark well, O Job, listen to me: hold your peace, and I will speak.
• Ps 79:5 : 5 How long, LORD? Will You be angry forever? Shall Your jealousy burn like fire?
• Prov 19:12 : 12 The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew upon the grass.
• Dan 3:15 : 15 Now if you are ready when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, lyre, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, to fall down and worship the image which I have made, well; but if you do not worship, you shall be cast immediately into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God who shall deliver you out of my hands?
• Dan 3:19-23 : 19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of fury, and the expression on his face changed towards Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; he spoke and commanded that they heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated. 20 And he commanded the most mighty men in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. 21 Then these men were bound in their coats, their trousers, their turbans, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. 22 Therefore, because the king's command was urgent and the furnace exceedingly hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. 23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
• Dan 5:19 : 19 And because of the majesty that he gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him; whomever he wished, he executed; whomever he wished, he kept alive; whomever he wished, he set up; and whomever he wished, he put down.
• Acts 2:29 : 29 Men and brethren, let me speak freely to you about the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.