20Ye 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.


In Context

17 Thus shall ye speak to Joseph: Oh forgive, I pray thee, the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin! for they did evil to thee. And now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face, and said, Behold, we are thy bondmen.

19 And Joseph said to them, Fear not: am I then in the place of God?

20 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.

21 And now, fear not: I will maintain you and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spoke consolingly to them.

22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his father's house; and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.

Genesis 50:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

50:20But 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

50:20You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

50:20And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

50:20You thought evil against me: but God turned it into good, that he might exalt me, as at present you see, and might save many people.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

50:20And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

50:20But 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

50:20As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

50:20As 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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

50:20But as for you, you thought evil against me; but God meant it to good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.