31And we said to him, We are true men; we are no spies:


In Context

28 And he said to his brothers, My money is restored; and, see, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God has done to us?

29 And they came to Jacob their father to the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell to them; saying,

30 The man, who is the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.

31 And we said to him, We are true men; we are no spies:

32 We be twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

33 And the man, the lord of the country, said to us, Hereby shall I know that you are true men; leave one of your brothers here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:

Genesis 42:31 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

42:31And we said unto him, We [are] true [men;] we are no spies:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

42:31But we said to him, 'We are honest men; we are not spies.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

42:31And we answered him: We are peaceable men, and we mean no plot.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

42:31And we said unto him, We are true men; and we are no spies:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:31And we said to him, We are honest; we are not spies:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

42:31And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:31And we said to him, We are true men; we are no spies:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:31We said to him, 'We are honest men. We are no spies.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

42:31and we say unto him, We are right men, we have not been spies,