31We said to him, 'We are honest men. We are no spies.


In Context

28 He said to his brothers, |My money is restored! Behold, it is in my sack!| Their hearts failed them, and they turned trembling one to another, saying, |What is this that God has done to us?|

29 They came to Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and told him all that had happened to them, saying,

30 |The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.

31 We said to him, 'We are honest men. We are no spies.

32 We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.'

33 The man, the lord of the land, said to us, 'By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your houses, and go your way.

Genesis 42:31 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

42:31And we said unto him, We [are] true [men;] we are no spies:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

42:31But we said to him, 'We are honest men; we are not spies.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

42:31And we answered him: We are peaceable men, and we mean no plot.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

42:31And we said unto him, We are true men; and we are no spies:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:31And we said to him, We are honest; we are not spies:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

42:31And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:31And we said to him, We are true men; we are no spies:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

42:31and we say unto him, We are right men, we have not been spies,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

42:31And we said to him, We are true men; we are no spies: