33He recognized it and said, "It is my son's robe! Some ferocious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces."


In Context

30 He went back to his brothers and said, "The boy isn't there! Where can I turn now?"

31 Then they got Joseph's robe, slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood.

32 They took the ornamented robe back to their father and said, "We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son's robe."

33 He recognized it and said, "It is my son's robe! Some ferocious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces."

34 Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and mourned for his son many days.

35 All his sons and daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. "No," he said, "in mourning will I go down to the grave to my son." So his father wept for him.

Genesis 37:33 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

37:33And he knew it, and said, [It is] my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

37:33And the father acknowledging it, said: It is my son's coat, an evil wild beast hath eaten him, a beast hath devoured Joseph.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

37:33And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat: an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

37:33And he discerned it, and said, It is my son's vest! an evil beast has devoured him: Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

37:33And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

37:33And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him: Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

37:33He recognized it, and said, |It is my son's coat. An evil animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

37:33And he discerneth it, and saith, 'My son's coat! an evil beast hath devoured him; torn — torn is Joseph!'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

37:33And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast has devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.