Genesis 37:15
Modern Translations
New International Version
a man found him wandering around in the fields and asked him, "What are you looking for?"

New Living Translation
When he arrived there, a man from the area noticed him wandering around the countryside. “What are you looking for?” he asked.

English Standard Version
And a man found him wandering in the fields. And the man asked him, “What are you seeking?”

Berean Study Bible
a man found him wandering in the field and asked, “What are you looking for?”

New American Standard Bible
A man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field; and the man asked him, “What are you looking for?”

NASB 1995
A man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field; and the man asked him, "What are you looking for?"

NASB 1977
And a man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field; and the man asked him, “What are you looking for?”

Amplified Bible
Now a certain man found Joseph, and saw that he was wandering around and had lost his way in the field; so the man asked him, “What are you looking for?”

Christian Standard Bible
A man found him there, wandering in the field, and asked him, “What are you looking for? ”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A man found him there, wandering in the field, and asked him, "What are you looking for?""

Contemporary English Version
and wandering through the fields, when a man asked, "What are you looking for?"

Good News Translation
and was wandering around in the country when a man saw him and asked him, "What are you looking for?"

GOD'S WORD® Translation
a man found him wandering around in the open country. "What are you looking for?" the man asked.

International Standard Version
a man found him wandering around in a field. So the man asked him, "What are you looking for?"

NET Bible
When Joseph reached Shechem, a man found him wandering in the field, so the man asked him, "What are you looking for?"
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

New King James Version
Now a certain man found him, and there he was, wandering in the field. And the man asked him, saying, “What are you seeking?”

King James 2000 Bible
And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seek you?

New Heart English Bible
And a man found him, and look, he was wandering in the field. And the man asked him, "What are you looking for?"

World English Bible
A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field. The man asked him, "What are you looking for?"

American King James Version
And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seek you?

American Standard Version
And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

A Faithful Version
And a certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field. And the man asked him, saying, "What are you looking for?"

Darby Bible Translation
And a man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the country; and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

English Revised Version
And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

Webster's Bible Translation
And a certain man found him, and behold he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Then a man found him: for lo, hee was wandring in the fielde, and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And a certayne man founde hym, and beholde he was wandryng out of his waye in the fielde, and the man asked hym: what sekest thou?

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Then a certayne man founde him, wandringe out of his waye in the felde, which axed him, and sayde: Whom sekest thou?

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And a certayne man founde him wandrynge out of his waye in the felde ad axed him what he soughte.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And a man finds him, and behold, he is wandering in the field, and the man asks him, saying, “What do you seek?”

Young's Literal Translation
And a man findeth him, and lo, he is wandering in the field, and the man asketh him, saying, 'What seekest thou?'

Smith's Literal Translation
And a man will find him, and behold, he wandered in the field. And the man will ask him, saying, What wilt thou seek?

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And a man found him there wandering in the field, and asked what he sought.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And a man found him wandering in a field, and he asked him what he was seeking.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And a man found him as he wandered in a field, and that man asked him and said to him, “What are you looking for?”

Lamsa Bible
And a certain man found him while he was wandering in the field; and the man asked him, and said to him, What are you seeking?

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field. And the man asked him, saying: 'What seekest thou?'

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And a man found him wandering in the field; and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
















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