Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version I myself will guarantee his safety; you can hold me personally responsible for him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him here before you, I will bear the blame before you all my life. New Living Translation I personally guarantee his safety. You may hold me responsible if I don’t bring him back to you. Then let me bear the blame forever. English Standard Version I will be a pledge of his safety. From my hand you shall require him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever. Berean Standard Bible I will guarantee his safety. You may hold me personally responsible. If I do not bring him back and set him before you, then may I bear the guilt before you all my life. King James Bible I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever: New King James Version I myself will be surety for him; from my hand you shall require him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever. New American Standard Bible I myself will take responsibility for him! You may demand him back from me. If I do not bring him back to you and present him to you, then you can let me take the blame forever. NASB 1995 “I myself will be surety for him; you may hold me responsible for him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame before you forever. NASB 1977 “I myself will be surety for him; you may hold me responsible for him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame before you forever. Legacy Standard Bible I myself will be the guarantee for him; from my hand you may require him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then I shall bear the sin before you all my days. Amplified Bible I will be security (a guarantee) for him; you may hold me [personally] responsible for him. If I do not bring him [back] to you and place him [safely] before you, then let me bear the blame before you forever. Christian Standard Bible I will be responsible for him. You can hold me personally accountable! If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, I will be guilty before you forever. Holman Christian Standard Bible I will be responsible for him. You can hold me personally accountable! If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, I will be guilty before you forever. American Standard Version I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever: Aramaic Bible in Plain English I pledge security for him from my hands; you may require it; if I do not bring him to you and set him before you, I shall be sinning against my father all my days Brenton Septuagint Translation And I engage for him; at my hand do thou require him; if I bring him not to thee, and place him before thee, I shall be guilty toward thee for ever. Contemporary English Version I promise to bring him back safely, and if I don't, you can blame me as long as I live. Douay-Rheims Bible I take the boy upon me, require him at my hand: unless I bring him again, and restore him to thee, I will be guilty of sin against thee for ever. English Revised Version I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever: GOD'S WORD® Translation I guarantee that he will come back. You can hold me responsible for him. If I don't bring him back to you and place him here in front of you, you can blame me the rest of my life. Good News Translation I will pledge my own life, and you can hold me responsible for him. If I do not bring him back to you safe and sound, I will always bear the blame. International Standard Version I'll even offer myself to guarantee that I'll be responsible for him. If I don't bring him back and present him to you, I'll personally bear the consequences forever. JPS Tanakh 1917 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him; if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever. Literal Standard Version I am guarantor [for] him, from my hand you require him; if I have not brought him to you, and set him before you—then I have sinned against you all the days; Majority Standard Bible I will guarantee his safety. You may hold me personally responsible. If I do not bring him back and set him before you, then may I bear the guilt before you all my life. New American Bible I myself will serve as a guarantee for him. You can hold me responsible for him. If I fail to bring him back and set him before you, I will bear the blame before you forever. NET Bible I myself pledge security for him; you may hold me liable. If I do not bring him back to you and place him here before you, I will bear the blame before you all my life. New Revised Standard Version I myself will be surety for him; you can hold me accountable for him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever. New Heart English Bible I will be collateral for him. You can hold me responsible for him. If I fail to bring him to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever, Webster's Bible Translation I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not to thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever: World English Bible I’ll be collateral for him. From my hand will you require him. If I don’t bring him to you, and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever; Young's Literal Translation I -- I am surety for him, from my hand thou dost require him; if I have not brought him in unto thee, and set him before thee -- then I have sinned against thee all the days; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Return to Egypt with Benjamin…8And Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me, and we will go at once, so that we may live and not die—neither we, nor you, nor our children. 9I will guarantee his safety. You may hold me personally responsible. If I do not bring him back and set him before you, then may I bear the guilt before you all my life. 10If we had not delayed, we could have come and gone twice by now.”… Cross References Philemon 1:18 But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge it to my account. Philemon 1:19 I, Paul, write this with my own hand. I will repay it--not to mention that you owe me your very self. Genesis 42:37 Then Reuben said to his father, "You may kill my two sons if I fail to bring him back to you. Put him in my care, and I will return him." Genesis 43:10 If we had not delayed, we could have come and gone twice by now." Genesis 44:32 Indeed, your servant guaranteed the boy's safety to my father, saying, 'If I do not return him to you, I will bear the guilt before you, my father, all my life.' 2 Samuel 14:9 But the woman of Tekoa said to the king, "My lord the king, may any blame be on me and on my father's house, and may the king and his throne be guiltless." Treasury of Scripture I will be surety for him; of my hand shall you require him: if I bring him not to you, and set him before you, then let me bear the blame for ever: will be. Genesis 42:37 And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again. Genesis 44:32,33 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever… 1 Kings 1:21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders. of my hand. Genesis 9:5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. Genesis 31:39 That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night. Ezekiel 3:18,20 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand… Jump to Previous Bear Blame Care Collateral Face Forever Guarantee Guilty Hand Hold I'll Life Personally Require Responsible Safety Sinned SuretyJump to Next Bear Blame Care Collateral Face Forever Guarantee Guilty Hand Hold I'll Life Personally Require Responsible Safety Sinned SuretyGenesis 43 1. Jacob is persuaded to send Benjamin.15. Joseph entertains his brothers. 19. They discover their fears to the steward. 26. Joseph makes them a feast. (9) Then let me bear the blame for ever.--This is much more manly and therefore more persuasive than Reuben's talk about pledging the lives of his children. For it was real, nor would it be a slight matter to stand in his father's presence all the rest of his life as one guilty of a grievous crime. Hebrew Iאָֽנֹכִי֙ (’ā·nō·ḵî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 595: I will guarantee his safety. אֶֽעֶרְבֶ֔נּוּ (’e·‘er·ḇen·nū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 6148: To braid, intermix, technically, to traffic, give to be security You may hold me תְּבַקְשֶׁ֑נּוּ (tə·ḇaq·šen·nū) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 1245: To search out, to strive after personally responsible! מִיָּדִ֖י (mî·yā·ḏî) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 3027: A hand If אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not I do not לֹ֨א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no bring him back הֲבִיאֹתִ֤יו (hă·ḇî·’ō·ṯîw) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go and set וְהִצַּגְתִּ֣יו (wə·hiṣ·ṣaḡ·tîw) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 3322: To place permanently him before you, לְפָנֶ֔יךָ (lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 6440: The face then let me לְךָ֖ (lə·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew bear the guilt before you וְחָטָ֥אתִֽי (wə·ḥā·ṭā·ṯî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's 2398: To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn all my life. כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every Links Genesis 43:9 NIVGenesis 43:9 NLT Genesis 43:9 ESV Genesis 43:9 NASB Genesis 43:9 KJV Genesis 43:9 BibleApps.com Genesis 43:9 Biblia Paralela Genesis 43:9 Chinese Bible Genesis 43:9 French Bible Genesis 43:9 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 43:9 I'll be collateral for him (Gen. 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