Genesis 50:20 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 50:20 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 →
וְאַתֶּ֕ם
ʼattâh
H859
you
חֲשַׁבְתֶּ֥ם
châshab
H2803
to think
עָלַ֖י
ʻal
H5921
upon
רָעָ֑ה
raʻ
H7451
evil
אֱלֹהִים֙
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
חֲשָׁבָ֣הּ
châshab
H2803
to think
לְטֹבָ֔ה
ṭôwb
H2896
good
לְמַ֗עַן
maʻan
H4616
for the sake of
עֲשֹׂ֛ה
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
כַּיּ֥וֹם
yôwm
H3117
day
הַזֶּ֖ה
zeh
H2088
this
לְהַחֲיֹ֥ת
châyâh
H2421
to live
עַם
ʻam
H5971
people
רָֽב
rab
H7227
many
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
As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.
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King James Version Public Domain
But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And you, you intended evil against me, God intended it for good in order to do as this day, to save many people.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).