Genesis 42:23
King James Version (KJV)
And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.
In context
21 And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.
23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.
24 And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.
25 Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man’s money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them.
Genesis 42:23 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.
- WEB World English Bible
- They didn’t know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And they have not known that Joseph understandeth, for the interpreter [is] between them;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And they did not know that Joseph understood, for the interpreter was between them.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spoke to them by an interpreter.