Genesis 44:16

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And Judah saith, `What do we say to my lord? what do we speak? and what -- do we justify ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants; lo, we `are' servants to my lord, both we, and he in whose hand the cup hath been found;'

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  • Gen 44:9 : 9 with whomsoever of thy servants it is found, he hath died, and we also are to my lord for servants.'
  • Dan 9:7 : 7 `To Thee, O Lord, `is' the righteousness, and to us the shame of face, as `at' this day, to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, who are near, and who are far off, in all the lands whither Thou hast driven them, in their trespass that they have trespassed against Thee.
  • Num 32:23 : 23 `And if ye do not so, lo, ye have sinned against Jehovah, and know ye your sin, that it doth find you;
  • Deut 25:1 : 1 `When there is a strife between men, and they have come nigh unto the judgment, and they have judged, and declared righteous the righteous, and declared wrong the wrong-doer,
  • Josh 7:1 : 1 And the sons of Israel commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and Achan, son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, taketh of the devoted thing, and the anger of Jehovah burneth against the sons of Israel.
  • Josh 7:18 : 18 and he bringeth near his household by men, and Achan -- son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah -- is captured.
  • Judg 1:7 : 7 and Adoni-Bezek saith, `Seventy kings -- their thumbs and their great toes cut off -- have been gathering under my table; as I have done so hath God repaid to me;' and they bring him in to Jerusalem, and he dieth there.
  • Ezra 9:10 : 10 `And now, what do we say, O our God, after this? for we have forsaken Thy commands,
  • Ezra 9:15 : 15 `O Jehovah, God of Israel, righteous `art' Thou, for we have been left an escape, as `it is' this day; lo, we `are' before Thee in our guilt, for there is none to stand before Thee concerning this.'
  • Job 40:4 : 4 Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth.
  • Prov 17:15 : 15 Whoso is justifying the wicked, And condemning the righteous, Even both of these `are' an abomination to Jehovah.
  • Prov 28:17 : 17 A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, Unto the pit fleeth, none taketh hold on him.
  • Isa 5:3 : 3 And now, O inhabitant of Jerusalem, and man of Judah, Judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard.
  • Isa 27:9 : 9 Therefore by this is the iniquity of Jacob covered, And this `is' all the fruit -- To take away his sin, in His setting all the stones of an altar, As chalkstones beaten in pieces, They rise not -- shrines and images.
  • Matt 7:2 : 2 for in what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged, and in what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you.
  • Luke 12:2 : 2 and there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known;
  • Acts 2:37 : 37 And having heard, they were pricked to the heart; they say also to Peter, and to the rest of the apostles, `What shall we do, men, brethren?'
  • Gen 37:7 : 7 that, lo, we are binding bundles in the midst of the field, and lo, my bundle hath arisen, and hath also stood up, and lo, your bundles are round about, and bow themselves to my bundle.'
  • Gen 37:9 : 9 And he dreameth yet another dream, and recounteth it to his brethren, and saith, `Lo, I have dreamed a dream again, and lo, the sun and the moon, and eleven stars, are bowing themselves to me.'
  • Gen 37:18-28 : 18 And they see him from afar, even before he draweth near unto them, and they conspire against him to put him to death. 19 And they say one unto another, `Lo, this man of the dreams cometh; 20 and now, come, and we slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and have said, An evil beast hath devoured him; and we see what his dreams are.' 21 And Reuben heareth, and delivereth him out of their hand, and saith, `Let us not smite the life;' 22 and Reuben saith unto them, `Shed no blood; cast him into this pit which `is' in the wilderness, and put not forth a hand upon him,' -- in order to deliver him out of their hand, to bring him back unto his father. 23 And it cometh to pass, when Joseph hath come unto his brethren, that they strip Joseph of his coat, the long coat which `is' upon him, 24 and take him and cast him into the pit, and the pit `is' empty, there is no water in it. 25 And they sit down to eat bread, and they lift up their eyes, and look, and lo, a company of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, and their camels bearing spices, and balm, and myrrh, going to take `them' down to Egypt. 26 And Judah saith unto his brethren, `What gain when we slay our brother, and have concealed his blood? 27 Come, and we sell him to the Ishmaelites, and our hands are not on him, for he `is' our brother -- our flesh;' and his brethren hearken. 28 And Midianite merchantmen pass by and they draw out and bring up Joseph out of the pit, and sell Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silverlings, and they bring Joseph into Egypt.
  • Gen 42:21-22 : 21 And they say one unto another, `Verily we `are' guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul, in his making supplication unto us, and we did not hearken: therefore hath this distress come upon us.' 22 And Reuben answereth them, saying, `Spake I not unto you, saying, Sin not against the lad? and ye hearkened not; and his blood also, lo, it is required.'
  • Gen 43:8-9 : 8 And Judah saith unto Israel his father, `Send the youth with me, and we arise, and go, and live, and do not die, both we, and thou, and our infants. 9 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;
  • Gen 44:32 : 32 for thy servant obtained the youth by surety from my father, saying, If I bring him not in unto thee -- then I have sinned against my father all the days.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 44:17-19
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    17and he saith, `Far be it from me to do this; the man in whose hand the cup hath been found, he becometh my servant; and ye, go ye up in peace unto your father.'

    18And 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.

    19My lord hath asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father or brother?

  • Gen 44:7-10
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    7and they say unto him, `Why doth my lord speak according to these words? far be it from thy servants to do according to this word;

    8lo, the money which we found in the mouth of our bags we brought back unto thee from the land of Canaan, and how do we steal from the house of thy lord silver or gold?

    9with whomsoever of thy servants it is found, he hath died, and we also are to my lord for servants.'

    10And he saith, `Now, also, according to your words, so it `is'; he with whom it is found becometh my servant, and ye are acquitted;'

  • Gen 44:14-15
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    14And Judah -- his brethren also -- cometh in unto the house of Joseph, and he is yet there, and they fall before him to the earth;

    15and Joseph saith to them, `What `is' this deed that ye have done? have ye not known that a man like me doth diligently observe?'

  • Gen 50:17-18
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    17Thus ye do say to Joseph, I pray thee, bear, I pray thee, with the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for they have done thee evil; and now, bear, we pray thee, with the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father;' and Joseph weepeth in their speaking unto him.

    18And his brethren also go and fall before him, and say, `Lo, we `are' to thee for servants.'

  • Gen 44:5
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    5Is not this that with which my lord drinketh? and he observeth diligently with it; ye have done evil `in' that which ye have done.'

  • Gen 42:21
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    21And they say one unto another, `Verily we `are' guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul, in his making supplication unto us, and we did not hearken: therefore hath this distress come upon us.'

  • Gen 44:32-33
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    32for thy servant obtained the youth by surety from my father, saying, If I bring him not in unto thee -- then I have sinned against my father all the days.

    33`And now, let thy servant, I pray thee, abide instead of the youth a servant to my lord, and the youth goeth up with his brethren,

  • Gen 47:25
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    25And they say, `Thou hast revived us; we find grace in the eyes of my lord, and have been servants to Pharaoh;'

  • Gen 37:26
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    26And Judah saith unto his brethren, `What gain when we slay our brother, and have concealed his blood?

  • Gen 43:7
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    7and they say, `The man asked diligently concerning us, and concerning our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye a brother? and we declare to him according to the tenor of these things; do we certainly know that he will say, Bring down your brother?'

  • Gen 44:2
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    2and my cup, the silver cup, thou dost put in the mouth of the bag of the young one, and his corn-money;' and he doth according to the word of Joseph which he hath spoken.

  • Gen 42:10
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    10And they say unto him, `No, my lord, but thy servants have come to buy food;

  • Gen 44:24
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    24`And it cometh to pass, that we have come up unto thy servant my father, that we declare to him the words of my lord;

  • Gen 47:18
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    18And that year is finished, and they come in unto him on the second year, and say to him, `We do not hide from my lord, that since the money hath been finished, and possession of the cattle `is' unto my lord, there hath not been left before my lord save our bodies, and our ground;