Genesis 42:23
Modern Translations
New International Version
They did not realize that Joseph could understand them, since he was using an interpreter.

New Living Translation
Of course, they didn’t know that Joseph understood them, for he had been speaking to them through an interpreter.

English Standard Version
They did not know that Joseph understood them, for there was an interpreter between them.

Berean Study Bible
They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.

New American Standard Bible
They did not know, however, that Joseph understood, for there was an interpreter between them.

NASB 1995
They did not know, however, that Joseph understood, for there was an interpreter between them.

NASB 1977
They did not know, however, that Joseph understood, for there was an interpreter between them.

Amplified Bible
They did not know that Joseph understood [their conversation], because he spoke to them through an interpreter.

Christian Standard Bible
They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.

Contemporary English Version
They did not know that Joseph could understand them, since he was speaking through an interpreter.

Good News Translation
Joseph understood what they said, but they did not know it, because they had been speaking to him through an interpreter.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They didn't know that Joseph could understand them, because he was speaking through an interpreter.

International Standard Version
Meanwhile, they had no idea that Joseph could understand them, since he was talking to them through an interpreter.

NET Bible
(Now they did not know that Joseph could understand them, for he was speaking through an interpreter.)
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.

New King James Version
But they did not know that Joseph understood them, for he spoke to them through an interpreter.

King James 2000 Bible
And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spoke unto them by an interpreter.

New Heart English Bible
Now they did not know that Joseph could understand them, since he was speaking through an interpreter.

World English Bible
They didn't know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

American King James Version
And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spoke to them by an interpreter.

American Standard Version
And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

A Faithful Version
And they did not know that Joseph could understand them, for the interpreter was used between them.

Darby Bible Translation
And they did not know that Joseph understood, for the interpreter was between them.

English Revised Version
And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spoke to them by an interpreter.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
(And they were not aware that Ioseph vnderstoode them: for he spake vnto them by an interpreter.)

Bishops' Bible of 1568
They were not aware that Ioseph vnderstoode them: for he spake vnto them by an interpreter.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
But they knew not that Ioseph vnderstode it, for he spake vnto the by an interpreter.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
They were not aware that Ioseph vnderstode them for he spake vnto them by an interpreter.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And they have not known that Joseph understands, for the interpreter [is] between them;

Young's Literal Translation
And they have not known that Joseph understandeth, for the interpreter is between them;

Smith's Literal Translation
And they will not know that Joseph heard them, for an interpreter between them.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they knew not that Joseph understood, because he spoke to them by an interpreter.

Catholic Public Domain Version
But they did not know that Joseph understood, because he was speaking to them through an interpreter.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And they were not aware that Yoseph heard, because an interpreter was standing among them.

Lamsa Bible
And they did not know that Joseph understood them; for he spoke to them by an interpreter.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for the interpreter was between them.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
But they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.
















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