23And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.


In Context

20 and bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.

21 And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress 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 also, behold, his blood is required.

23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

24 And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and he returned to them, and spake to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.

25 Then Joseph commanded to fill their vessels with grain, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provisions for the way: and thus was it done unto them.

Genesis 42:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

42:23And they knew not that Joseph understood [them;] for he spake unto them by an interpreter.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

42:23They did not realize that Joseph could understand them, since he was using an interpreter.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

42:23And they knew not that Joseph understood, because he spoke to them by an interpreter.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:23And they did not know that Joseph understood, for the interpreter was between them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

42:23And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:23And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spoke to them by an interpreter.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:23They didn't know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

42:23And they have not known that Joseph understandeth, for the interpreter is between them;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

42:23And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spoke to them by an interpreter.