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


In Context

20 and bring your youngest brother to me, in order that your words be verified, and that ye may not die. And they did so.

21 Then they said one to another, We are indeed guilty concerning our brother, whose anguish of soul we saw when he besought us, and we did not hearken; therefore this distress is come upon us.

22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Did I not speak to you, saying, Do not sin against the lad? But ye did not hearken; and now behold, his blood also is required.

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

24 And he turned away from them, and wept. And he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.

25 And Joseph gave orders to fill their vessels with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way. And thus did they to 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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