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;


In Context

17 Thus ye do say to Joseph, I pray thee, bear, I pray thee, with the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for they have done thee evil; and now, bear, we pray thee, with the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father;' and Joseph weepeth in their speaking unto him.

18 And his brethren also go and fall before him, and say, 'Lo, we are to thee for servants.'

19 And Joseph saith unto them, 'Fear not, for am I in the place of God?

20 As 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;

21 and now, fear not: I do nourish you and your infants;' and he comforteth them, and speaketh unto their heart.

22 And Joseph dwelleth in Egypt, he and the house of his father, and Joseph liveth 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

50:20Ye 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.

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 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.