Genesis 50:20
King James Version (KJV)
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.
In context
18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.
19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?
20 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.
21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father’s house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.
Genesis 50:20 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save many people alive, as is happening today.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And as for you, ye meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- As for you, ye devised against me evil — God devised it for good, in order to do as [at] this day, to keep alive a numerous people;
- DBY Darby Translation
- Ye indeed meant evil against me: God meant it for good, in order that he might do as [it is] this day, to save a great people alive.
- WBS Webster Bible
- But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.