Genesis 42:19 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 42:19 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
אִם
ʼim
H518
if
כֵּנִ֣ים
kên
H3651
thus
אַתֶּ֔ם
ʼattâh
H859
you
אֲחִיכֶ֣ם
ʼâch
H251
brother
אֶחָ֔ד
ʼechâd
H259
one
יֵאָסֵ֖ר
ʼâçar
H631
to bind
בְּבֵ֣ית
bayith
H1004
house
מִשְׁמַרְכֶ֑ם
mishmâr
H4929
guard
וְאַתֶּם֙
ʼattâh
H859
you
לְכ֣וּ
yâlak
H3212
to walk
הָבִ֔יאוּ
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
שֶׁ֖בֶר
sheber
H7668
grain
רַעֲב֥וֹן
rᵉʻâbôwn
H7459
hunger
בָּתֵּיכֶֽם
bayith
H1004
house
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
If you are honest men, then let one of your brothers be bound in your prison-house; but you go, carry grain for the famine of your houses.
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King James Version Public Domain
If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
If you honest, let one of your brothers be bound in your prison house, and you go take grain back the famine of your households.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).