Genesis 42:21 — all translations

American Standard Version (1901)

And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

ASV Byzantine Text

And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

Asang Khongca Bible

To naah nihcae mah, aimacae ih amnawk nuiah zaehaih a tawnh o boeh; anih mah tahmenhaih ang hnik naah, anih loe kawkruk maw poek angpho, tito a panoek o, toe aicae mah a thuih ih lok tahngai pae o ai; to pongah vaihi aicae nuiah tasoehhaih phak boeh, tiah maeto hoi maeto a thuih o.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Te vaengah amah boeinaphung te khat khat ah, “Manuca a hinglu kah citcai te hmuh uh tih mamih taengah calcal a pang lalah n'yaak pah uh pawt dongah tekah citcai loh m'mah taengla ha thoeng tih mamih he rheprhep n'rhaem coeng,” a ti uh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Te vaengah amah boeinaphung te khat khat ah, “Manuca a hinglu kah citcai te hmuh uh tih mamih taengah calcal a pang lalah n'yaak pah uh pawt dongah tekah citcai loh m'mah taengla ha thoeng tih mamih he rheprhep n'rhaem coeng,” a ti uh.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Olelo ae la lakou kekahi i kekahi, Ua hewa io kakou i ko kakou kaikaina, no ka mea, ua ike kakou i ka ehaeha o kona naau, i ka manawa ana i noi mai ai ia kakou, aole kakou i hoolohe aku; no ia mea, ua hiki mai keia popilikia io kakou nei.

English Berean Standard Bible

Then they said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Yonn t'ap di lòt: -Nou wè. Nou peye sa nou te fè frè nou an pase. Se vre wi. Nou te fè mal lè nou te fè frè nou an pase tout sa nou te fè l' la. Nou te wè ki jan sa te fè l' lapenn anpil, lè li t'ap mande nou fè l' gras. Men, nou pa t' vle koute l'. Se poutèt sa nou nan tout traka sa a.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

et locuti sunt ad invicem: Merito hæc patimur, quia peccavimus in fratrem nostrum, videntes angustiam animæ illius, dum deprecaretur nos, et non audivimus: idcirco venit super nos ista tribulatio.

Bible in Basic English

And they said to one another, Truly, we did wrong to our brother, for we saw his grief of mind, and we did not give ear to his prayers; that is why this trouble has come on us.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Et ils se dirent l’un à l’autre : Certainement nous sommes coupables à l’égard de notre frère ; car nous avons vu la détresse de son âme quand il nous demandait grâce, et nous ne l’avons pas écouté ; c’est pourquoi cette détresse est venue sur nous.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

I mluvil jeden k druhému: Jistě provinili jsme proti bratru svému. Nebo viděli jsme ssoužení duše jeho, když nás pokorně prosil, a nevyslyšeli jsme ho; protož přišlo na nás ssoužení toto.

Kosraean Bible

ac fahk nu sin sie sin sie, “Pwayena lah inge kut eis mwatan ma kut tuh oru nu sin tamulel se lasr ah. Kut tuh liye fosrnga lulap lal ke el kwafe kut in kasrel, a kut tia lohngol ah. Ma ingan pa pwanang kut sun ongoiya inge.”

World Portuguese Bible

Eles disseram uns aos outros: “Certamente somos culpados em relação ao nosso irmão, pois vimos a angústia da sua alma, quando ele nos implorou, e nós não quisemos ouvir. Por isso esta angústia veio sobre nós.”

Romanian BTF Bible

Iar ei au spus unul altuia: Noi suntem într-adevăr vinovaţi referitor la fratele nostru, în aceea că noi am văzut chinul sufletului său, când ne-a implorat şi am refuzat să îl ascultăm; pentru aceasta a venit această strâmtorare peste noi.

Brenton English Septuagint

And each said to his brother, Yes, indeed, for we are in fault concerning our brother, when we disregarded the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we hearkened not to him; and therefore has this affliction come upon us.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ထိုနောက်သူတို့အချင်းချင်းက``အကယ်စင်စစ် ငါတို့ညီအားပြုခဲ့သမျှအတွက် ယခုငါတို့ ခံရကြလေပြီ။ သနားညှာတာရန်ငါတို့၏ညီ ကတောင်းပန်သောအခါ ငါတို့သည်သူ၏စိတ် ဆင်းရဲခြင်းကိုမြင်လျက်နှင့်သူ့အားမသနား မညှာတာခဲ့ချေ။ ထို့ကြောင့်ငါတို့သည်ယခု ဝဋ်လည်နေရကြ၏'' ဟုပြောဆိုကြ၏။

Darby Translation

Then they said one to another, We are indeed guilty concerning our brother, whose anguish of soul we saw when he besought us, and we did not hearken; therefore this distress is come upon us.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Da sprachen sie einer zum anderen: Fürwahr, wir sind schuldig wegen unseres Bruders, dessen Seelenangst wir sahen, als er zu uns flehte, und wir hörten nicht; darum ist diese Drangsal über uns gekommen.

Dutch Bible 1917

Toen zeiden zij de een tot den ander: Voorwaar, wij zijn schuldig aan onzen broeder, wiens benauwdheid der ziele wij zagen, toen hij ons om genade bad; maar wij hoorden niet! daarom komt deze benauwdheid over ons.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Maar ze zeiden toch onder elkander: Waarachtig, we hebben het aan onzen broer verdiend. Wij hebben zijn doodsangst gezien, maar niet naar hem willen luisteren, toen hij ons om genade smeekte. Daarom komt deze ramp over ons.

Italian Diodati Bible

E dicevano l'uno all'altro: Certamente noi siamo colpevoli intorno al nostro fratello ; perciocchè noi vedemmo l'angoscia dell'anima sua, quando egli ci supplicava, e non l'esaudimmo; perciò è avvenuta questa angoscia a noi .

Douay-Rheims 1899

And they talked one to another: We deserve to suffer these things, because we have sinned against our brother, seeing the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear: therefore is this affliction come upon us.

Geneva Bible 1599

And they said one to another, We haue verily sinned against our brother, in that we sawe the anguish of his soule, when he besought vs, and we would not heare him: therefore is this trouble come vpon vs.

Danish Bible 1931

Da sagde de til hverandre: “Sandelig, nu må vi bøde for, hvad vi forbrød mod vor Broder, da vi så hans Sjælevånde, medens han bønfaldt os, og dog ikke hørte ham; derfor stedes vi nu i denne Vånde!”

Leeser Tanakh

And they said to one another, Truly we are guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

And they said one to another: 'We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.'

King James Version

¶ And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

King James Version + Apocrypha

¶ And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Họ bèn nói với nhau rằng: Quả thật chúng ta cam tội cùng em ta rồi; vì lúc trước ta thấy tâm hồn nó buồn thảm khi nó xin nhờ ơn, nhưng ta không khứng cho; vậy nên tai vạ nầy mới xảy đến cho chúng ta.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

Revised West Version

¶ Pea naʻa nau fealēleaʻaki ʻo pehē, “Ko e moʻoni, ʻoku tau kovi ko e meʻa ʻi hotau tehina, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻetau mamata ki he feinga ʻa hono laumālie, ʻi heʻene fakakole kiate kitautolu, ka naʻe ʻikai te tau fie tokanga kiate ia; ko ia kuo tō ai ʻae mamahi ni kiate kitautolu.”

French Ostervald Bible

Et ils se disaient l'un à l'autre: Vraiment, nous sommes coupables à l'égard de notre frère; car nous avons vu l'angoisse de son âme, quand il nous demandait grâce, et nous ne l'avons point écouté; voilà pourquoi cette angoisse nous est arrivée.

Esperanto Bible

Kaj ili diris unu al alia: Vere ni estas kulpaj pro nia frato; ĉar ni vidis la suferadon de lia animo, kiam li petegis nin, sed ni ne aŭskultis; por tio venis sur nin ĉi tiu sufero.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Ils se dirent alors l’un à l’autre: Oui, nous avons été coupables envers notre frère, car nous avons vu l’angoisse de son âme, quand il nous demandait grâce, et nous ne l’avons point écouté! C’est pour cela que cette affliction nous arrive.

German Luther Bible 1912

Sie aber sprachen untereinander: Das haben wir uns an unserm Bruder verschuldet, daß wir sahen die Angst seiner Seele, da er uns anflehte, und wir wollten ihn nicht erhören; darum kommt nun diese Trübsal über uns.

LXX2012 U. S. English

And each said to his brother, Yes, indeed, for we are in fault concerning our brother, when we disregarded the anguish of his soul, when he implored us, and we listened not to him; and therefore has this affliction come upon us.

British English Septuagint 2012

And each said to his brother, Yes, indeed, for we are in fault concerning our brother, when we disregarded the anguish of his soul, when he implored us, and we listened not to him; and therefore has this affliction come upon us.

Majority Standard BIble

Then they said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”

Webster Bible

And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

Open English Bible (Commonwealth)

They did as Joseph commanded, but they said to one another, ‘We are indeed guilty because of the way we treated our brother, for when we saw his distress and when he pleaded with us, we would not listen; therefore this trouble has come upon us.’

Open English Bible (US)

They did as Joseph commanded, but they said to one another, “We are indeed guilty because of the way we treated our brother, for when we saw his distress and when he pleaded with us, we would not listen; therefore this trouble has come upon us.”

Revised Version

And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

Italian Riveduta Bible

E si dicevano l’uno all’altro: “Sì, noi fummo colpevoli verso il nostro fratello, giacché vedemmo l’angoscia dell’anima sua quando egli ci supplicava, e noi non gli demmo ascolto! Ecco perché ci viene addosso quest’angoscia”.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Ils se dirent l'un à l'autre : « Nous sommes certainement coupables envers notre frère, car nous avons vu son angoisse, quand il nous suppliait, et nous n'avons pas écouté. C'est pourquoi cette détresse est venue sur nous. »

Reina Valera 1909

Y decían el uno al otro: Verdaderamente hemos pecado contra nuestro hermano, que vimos la angustia de su alma cuando nos rogaba, y no le oímos: por eso ha venido sobre nosotros esta angustia.

Spanish BLL

Y se decían unos a otros: “La verdad es que nos estamos ganando este castigo por lo que le hicimos a nuestro hermano. Vimos su gran angustia cuando nos rogaba por su vida, pero no le hicimos caso. ¡Por eso nos ha sobrevenido esta desgracia!”

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Y decían el uno al otro: «Verdaderamente hemos pecado contra nuestro hermano, pues vimos la angustia de su alma cuando nos rogaba, y no le escuchamos; por eso ha venido sobre nosotros esta angustia».

Croatian Bible

Zatim je jedan drugom govorio : “Jao nama! Stiže nas kazna zbog našega brata; gledali smo njegovu muku dok nas je molio za milost, ali ga nismo uslišali. Stoga nas je ova nevolja snašla.”

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

I rekoše jedan drugom: Doista se ogrešismo o brata svog, jer videsmo muku duše njegove kad nam se moljaše, pa ga se oglušismo; zato dođe na nas ova muka.

Targum Onkelos Etheridge

And they said, a man to his brother, We are verily guilty concerning our brother; that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he implored us, and we would not hearken to him: therefore is this distress come upon us.

German Textbibel

Da sprachen sie einer zum andern: Wahrlich, das haben wir an unserem Bruder verschuldet; denn wir sahen seine Angst, wie er uns anflehte; aber wir blieben taub! Darum sind nun diese Ängste über uns gekommen.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And each said to his brother, Yes, indeed, for we are in fault concerning our brother, when we disregarded the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we hearkened not to him; and therefore has this affliction come upon us.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ אִ֣ישׁ אֶל־אָחִ֗יו אֲבָל֮ אֲשֵׁמִ֣ים ׀ אֲנַחְנוּ֮ עַל־אָחִינוּ֒ אֲשֶׁ֨ר רָאִ֜ינוּ צָרַ֥ת נַפְשׁ֛וֹ בְּהִתְחַֽנְנ֥וֹ אֵלֵ֖ינוּ וְלֹ֣א שָׁמָ֑עְנוּ עַל־כֵּן֙ בָּ֣אָה אֵלֵ֔ינוּ הַצָּרָ֖ה הַזֹּֽאת׃