24The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads. I told this to the magicians, but none could explain it to me."


In Context

21 But even after they ate them, no one could tell that they had done so; they looked just as ugly as before. Then I woke up.

22 "In my dreams I also saw seven heads of grain, full and good, growing on a single stalk.

23 After them, seven other heads sprouted-withered and thin and scorched by the east wind.

24 The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads. I told this to the magicians, but none could explain it to me."

25 Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, "The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do.

26 The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads of grain are seven years; it is one and the same dream.

Genesis 41:24 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

41:24And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told [this] unto the magicians; but [there was] none that could declare [it] to me.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

41:24And they devoured the beauty of the former: I told this dream to the conjecturers, and there is no man that can expound it.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

41:24and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears: and I told it unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

41:24and the thin ears devoured the seven good ears. And I told it to the scribes; but there was none to make it known to me.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

41:24and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears: and I told it unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

41:24And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this to the magicians; but there was none that could explain it to me.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

41:24The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain. I told it to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

41:24and the thin ears swallow the seven good ears; and I tell unto the scribes, and there is none declaring to me.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

41:24And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this to the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.