50And Laban answereth — Bethuel also — and they say, 'The thing hath gone out from Jehovah; we are not able to speak unto thee bad or good;


In Context

47 And I ask her, and say, Whose daughter art thou? and she saith, Daughter of Bethuel, son of Nahor, whom Milcah hath borne to him, and I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her hands,

48 and I bow, and do obeisance before Jehovah, and I bless Jehovah, God of my lord Abraham, who hath led me in the true way to receive the daughter of my lord's brother for his son.

49 'And now, if ye are dealing kindly and truly with my lord, declare to me; and if not, declare to me; and I turn unto the right or unto the left.'

50 And Laban answereth — Bethuel also — and they say, 'The thing hath gone out from Jehovah; we are not able to speak unto thee bad or good;

51 lo, Rebekah is before thee, take and go, and she is a wife to thy lord's son, as Jehovah hath spoken.'

52 And it cometh to pass, when the servant of Abraham hath heard their words, that he boweth himself towards the earth before Jehovah;

Genesis 24:50 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:50Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:50Laban and Bethuel answered, "This is from the Lord ; we can say nothing to you one way or the other.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:50And Laban and Bathuel answered: The word hath proceeded from the Lord, we cannot speak any other thing to thee but his pleasure.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:50Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from Jehovah. We cannot speak unto thee bad or good.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:50And Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceeds from Jehovah: we cannot speak to thee bad or good.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:50Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:50Then Laban and Bethuel answered, and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak to thee bad or good.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:50Then Laban and Bethuel answered, |The thing proceeds from Yahweh. We can't speak to you bad or good.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:50Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceeds from the LORD: we cannot speak to you bad or good.