31it will come to pass when he sees that the lad is not there, that he will die; and thy servants will bring down the grey hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.


In Context

28 and the one went out from me, and I said, He must certainly have been torn in pieces; and I have not seen him again hitherto.

29 And if ye take this one also from me, and mischief should befall him, ye will bring down my grey hairs with misery to Sheol.

30 And now, when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad is not with us, seeing that his life is bound up with his life,

31 it will come to pass when he sees that the lad is not there, that he will die; and thy servants will bring down the grey hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.

32 For thy servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, If I bring him not to thee, then I shall be guilty toward my father all my days.

33 And now, let thy servant stay, I pray thee, instead of the lad a bondman to my lord, and let the lad go up with his brethren;

Genesis 44:31 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

44:31It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad [is] not [with us,] that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

44:31sees that the boy isn't there, he will die. Your servants will bring the gray head of our father down to the grave in sorrow.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

44:31And he shall see that he is not with us, he will die, and thy servants shall bring down his gray hairs with sorrow unto hell.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

44:31it will come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us , that he will die: and thy servants will bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

44:31it shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

44:31It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants will bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father, with sorrow to the grave.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

44:31it will happen, when he sees that the boy is no more, that he will die. Your servants will bring down the gray hairs of your servant, our father, with sorrow to Sheol.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

44:31then it hath come to pass when he seeth that the youth is not, that he hath died, and thy servants have brought down the grey hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to sheol;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

44:31It shall come to pass, when he sees that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and your servants shall bring down the gray hairs of your servant our father with sorrow to the grave.