Genesis 42:31
Modern Translations
New International Version
But we said to him, 'We are honest men; we are not spies.

New Living Translation
But we said, ‘We are honest men, not spies.

English Standard Version
But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we have never been spies.

Berean Study Bible
But we told him, ‘We are honest men, not spies.

New American Standard Bible
But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we are not spies.

NASB 1995
"But we said to him, 'We are honest men; we are not spies.

NASB 1977
“But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we are not spies.

Amplified Bible
But we told him, ‘We are honest men; we are not spies.

Christian Standard Bible
But we told him, ‘We are honest and not spies.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But we told him: We are honest and not spies.

Contemporary English Version
But we told him, "We're honest men, not spies.

Good News Translation
'We are not spies,' we answered, 'we are honest men.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But we said to him, 'We're honest men, not spies.

International Standard Version
But we told him, 'No! We're honest men! We're not spies!

NET Bible
But we said to him, 'We are honest men; we are not spies!
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:

New King James Version
But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we are not spies.

King James 2000 Bible
And we said unto him, We are honest men; we are no spies:

New Heart English Bible
But we said to him, 'We are honest men. We are not spies.

World English Bible
We said to him, 'We are honest men. We are no spies.

American King James Version
And we said to him, We are true men; we are no spies:

American Standard Version
And we said unto him, We are true men; and we are no spies:

A Faithful Version
And we said to him, 'We are honest, we are not spies.

Darby Bible Translation
And we said to him, We are honest; we are not spies:

English Revised Version
And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:

Webster's Bible Translation
And we said to him, We are true men; we are no spies:

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And we sayd vnto him, We are true men, and are no spies.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And we sayd vnto him: we meane truely, we neuer were spyes.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And whan we answered: we are vnfayned, & were neuer spyes,

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And we sayde vnto him: we meane truely and are no spies.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and we say to him, We [are] right men, we have not been spies,

Young's Literal Translation
and we say unto him, We are right men, we have not been spies,

Smith's Literal Translation
And we shall say to him, We are true; we were not spying;

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And we answered him: We are peaceable men, and we mean no plot.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And we answered him: ‘We are peaceful, and we do not intend any treachery.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And we were saying to him, “We are just and we are not spies:

Lamsa Bible
But we said to him, We are pious men; we are not spies;

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And we said unto him: We are upright men; we are no spies.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And we said to him, We are men of peace, we are not spies.
















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