Genesis 42:37

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

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.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

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.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

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.”

Bible in Basic English ☆

And Reuben said, Put my two sons to death if I do not come back to you with him; let him be in my care and I will give him safely back to you.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And Ruben spoke to his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee; give him into my hand, and I will bring him back to thee.

Darby Translation ☆

And Reuben spoke to his father, saying, Slay my two sons if I bring him not back to thee: give him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

And Ruben answered him: Kill my two sons if I bring him not again to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will restore him to thee.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Then Reuben answered his father, saying, Slay my two sonnes, if I bring him not to thee againe: deliuer him to mine hand, and I will bring him to thee againe.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

And Reuben said unto his father, thus, Two of my sons shalt thou slay, if I bring him not to thee; deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him back to thee.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

And Reuben spoke unto his father, saying: 'Thou shalt slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee; deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him back to thee.'

King James Version ☆

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.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

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.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

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.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

And Ruben spoke to his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to you; give him into my hand, and I will bring him back to you.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

And Ruben spoke to his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to you; give him into my hand, and I will bring him back to you.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

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.”

Webster Bible ☆

And Reuben spoke to 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.

Open English Bible (Commonwealth) ☆

But Reuben said to his father, ‘You may put my two sons to death, if I do not return him to you. Put him in my charge and I will bring him back to you.’

Open English Bible (US) ☆

But Reuben said to his father, “You may put my two sons to death, if I do not return him to you. Put him in my charge and I will bring him back to you.”

Revised Version ☆

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.

Targum Onkelos Etheridge ☆

And Reuben spake with his father, saying, Thou shalt put my two children to death if I do not bring him back to thee. Deliver him into my hand, and I will return him to thee.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And Reuben spoke to his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee; give him into my hand, and I will bring him back to thee.

World English Bible ☆

Reuben spoke to his father, saying, “Kill my two sons, if I don’t bring him to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will bring him to you again.”

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

Reuben spoke to his father, saying, “Kill my two sons, if I don’t bring him to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will bring him to you again.”

World English Bible British Edition ☆

Reuben spoke to his father, saying, “Kill my two sons, if I don’t bring him to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will bring him to you again.”

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

Reuben spoke to his father, saying, “Kill my two sons, if I don’t bring him to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will bring him to you again.”

World English Bible Classic ☆

Reuben spoke to his father, saying, “Kill my two sons, if I don’t bring him to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will bring him to you again.”

World English Bible Updated ☆

Reuben spoke to his father, saying, “Kill my two sons, if I don’t bring him to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will bring him to you again.”

World Messianic Bible ☆

Reuben spoke to his father, saying, “Kill my two sons, if I don’t bring him to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will bring him to you again.”

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

Reuben spoke to his father, saying, “Kill my two sons, if I don’t bring him to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will bring him to you again.”

Wycliffe Bible portions ☆

To whom Ruben answeride, Sle thou my twei sones, if Y shal not brynge hym ayen to thee; take thou hym in myn hond, and Y schal restore hym to thee.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

And Reuben speaketh unto his father, saying, 'My two sons thou dost put to death, if I bring him not in unto thee; give him into my hand, and I — I bring him back unto thee;'

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

And Reuven spoke unto Aviv, saying, Slay my two banim, if I bring him not to thee; entrust him into my yad, and I will bring him to thee again.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

وَكَلَّمَ رَأُوبَيْنُ أَبَاهُ قَائِلًا: «ٱقْتُلِ ٱبْنَيَّ إِنْ لَمْ أَجِئْ بِهِ إِلَيْكَ. سَلِّمْهُ بِيَدِي وَأَنَا أَرُدُّهُ إِلَيْكَ».

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ထို​အ​ခါ​ရု​ဗင်​က​အ​ဖ​အား``ဗင်္ယာ​မိန်​ကို အ​ဖ​ထံ​သို့​ကျွန်​တော်​ပြန်​၍​မ​ခေါ်​နိုင်​ခဲ့ လျှင် ကျွန်​တော်​၏​သား​နှစ်​ယောက်​သေ​ဒဏ်​ခံ ရ​ပါ​စေ။ သူ့​အ​တွက်​ကျွန်​တော်​တာ​ဝန်​ယူ ပါ​မည်။ အဖ​ထံ​သို့​သူ့​ကို​ကျွန်​တော်​အ​ရောက် ပြန်​လည်​ခေါ်​ဆောင်​ခဲ့​ပါ​မည်'' ဟု​ပြော​လေ​၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ရုဗင် ကလည်း ၊ ကျွန်ုပ်သည် ဗင်္ယာမိန် ကို အဘ ထံ သို့ပြန်၍ မ ဆောင် ခဲ့လျှင် ၊ ကျွန်ုပ် သား နှစ် ယောက်တို့ကိုသတ် ပါလော့။ သူ့ ကိုကျွန်ုပ် လက် ၌ အပ် ပါ။ ကျွန်ုပ်တဖန် အဘ ထံ သို့ပြန် ၍ ဆောင်ခဲ့ပါမည်ဟု အဘ အား ဆို ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

To naah Reuben mah ampa khaeah, Anih nang khaeah kang zo o haih let ai nahaeloe, ka caa hnik hae hum hmaek ah; ka ban ah na paek ah, kai mah kang hoih let han hmang, tiah a naa.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Te dongah Reuben loh a napa taengah, “Anih te namah taengla kan khuen pawt atah kai ca rhoi khaw ngawn mai. Ka kut dongah han tloeng lamtah kamah loh nang taengla kang khuen bit ni,” a ti nah tih a thui pah.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Te dongah Reuben loh a napa taengah, “Anih te namah taengla kan khuen pawt atah kai ca rhoi khaw ngawn mai. Ka kut dongah han tloeng lamtah kamah loh nang taengla kang khuen bit ni,” a ti nah tih a thui pah.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

吕便对他父亲说：「我若不带他回来交给你，你可以杀我的两个儿子。只管把他交在我手里，我必带他回来交给你。」

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

呂便對他父親說：「我若不帶他回來交給你，你可以殺我的兩個兒子。只管把他交在我手裏，我必帶他回來交給你。」

World Chinese Bible ☆

流便对他父亲说：“如果我不把他带回到你这里，你可以杀我的两个儿子。你把他交在我手里，我必把他带回到你这里。”

Croatian Bible ☆

Onda Ruben reče svome ocu: “Ubij moja dva sina ako ti ga ja natrag ne dovedem! Predaj ga u moje ruke, i ja ću ti ga vratiti!”

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Tedy řekl Ruben otci svému těmito slovy: Dva syny mé zabí, jestliže ho nepřivedu zase k tobě; poruč ho v ruce mé, a já zase přivedu ho k tobě.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Så sagde Ruben til sin Fader: “Du må tage mine to Sønners Liv, hvis jeg ikke bringer ham til dig; betro ham til mig, og jeg skal bringe ham tilbage til dig!”

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Toen sprak Ruben tot zijn vader, zeggende: Dood twee mijner zonen, zo ik hem tot u niet wederbreng; geef hem in mijn hand, en ik zal hem weder tot u brengen!

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Maar nu zei Ruben tot zijn vader: Ge moogt mijn beide zonen doden, als ik hem niet bij u terugbreng. Vertrouw hem mij toe; ik breng hem u terug.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Tiam Ruben diris al sia patro jene: Miajn du filojn mortigu, se mi ne revenigos lin al vi; donu lin en mian manon, kaj mi revenigos lin al vi.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Et Ruben parla à son père, disant : Tu feras mourir mes deux fils si je ne te le ramène ; remets-le entre mes mains, et je te le ramènerai.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Et Ruben parla à son père, et lui dit: Tu feras mourir mes deux fils, si je ne te le ramène; confie-le-moi et je te le rendrai.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Ruben dit à son père: Tu feras mourir mes deux fils si je ne te ramène pas Benjamin; remets-le entre mes mains, et je te le ramènerai.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Ruben dit à son père : « Fais mourir mes deux fils, si je ne te le ramène pas. Confie-le à mes soins, et je te le ramènerai. »

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Und Ruben sprach zu seinem Vater und sagte: Meine beiden Söhne darfst du töten, wenn ich ihn nicht zu dir zurückbringe. Gib ihn in meine Hand, und ich werde ihn zu dir zurückbringen.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Ruben antwortete seinem Vater und sprach: Wenn ich dir ihn nicht wiederbringe, so erwürge meine zwei Söhne; gib ihn nur in meine Hand, ich will ihn dir wiederbringen.

German Textbibel ☆

Da antwortete Ruben seinem Vater: Meine beiden Söhne magst du umbringen, wenn ich dir ihn nicht zurückbringe. Vertraue mir ihn an, ich werde ihn dir zurückbringen!

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Da sprach Ruben zu seinem Vater: Du kannst meine beiden Söhne töten, wenn ich ihn dir nicht wiederbringe; übergib ihn nur meiner Hand, ich will ihn dir wiederbringen!

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

εἶπε δὲ Ρουβὴν τῷ πατρὶ αὐτῶν λέγων· τοὺς δύο υἱούς μου ἀπόκτεινον, ἐὰν μὴ ἀγάγω αὐτὸν πρὸς σέ· δὸς αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν χεῖρά μου, κἀγὼ ἀνάξω αὐτὸν πρὸς σέ.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Εἶπε δὲ Ῥουβὴν τῷ πατρὶ αὐτῶν, λέγων, τοὺς δύο υἱούς μου ἀπόκτεινον, ἐὰν μὴ ἀγάγω αὐτὸν πρὸς σέ· δὸς αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν χεῖρά μου, κᾀγὼ ἀνάξω αὐτὸν πρὸς σέ.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Woubenn di papa l' konsa: -Papa, ou mèt touye de pitit gason m' yo, si m' pa mennen Benjamen tounen ba ou. Ou mèt renmèt mwen li nan men, m'ap mennen l' tounen ba ou.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Olelo aku la o Reubena i kona makuakane, i aku la, E pepehi mai oe i ka'u mau keiki elua, ke hoihoi ole mai au ia ia nei iou la; e haawi mai oe ia ia nei i kuu lima, na'u ia e hoihoi hou mai iou la.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר רְאוּבֵן֙ אֶל־אָבִ֣יו לֵאמֹ֔ר אֶת־שְׁנֵ֤י בָנַי֙ תָּמִ֔ית אִם־לֹ֥א אֲבִיאֶ֖נּוּ אֵלֶ֑יךָ תְּנָ֤ה אֹתֹו֙ עַל־יָדִ֔י וַאֲנִ֖י אֲשִׁיבֶ֥נּוּ אֵלֶֽיךָ׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

ויאמר ראובן אל אביו לאמר את שני בני תמית אם לא אביאנו אליך תנה אתו על ידי ואני אשיבנו אליך׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

E Ruben disse a suo padre: Fa' morire i miei due figliuoli, se io non te lo riconduco; rimettilo nelle mie mani, ed io te lo ricondurrò.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

E Ruben disse a suo padre: “Se non te lo rimeno, fa’ morire i miei due figliuoli! Affidalo a me, io te lo ricondurrò”.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

ルベンは父に言った。「もし私が彼をあなたのもとに連れ帰らなかったなら、私の二人の息子を殺してもかまいません。彼を私の手に委ねてください。私が彼をあなたのもとに連れ帰ります。」

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

르우벤이 아비에게 고하여 가로되 `내가 그를 아버지께로 데리고 오지 아니하거든 나의 두 아들을 죽이소서 그를 내 손에 맡기소서 내가 그를 아버지께로 데리고 돌아오리이다'

Kosraean Bible ☆

Reuben el fahk nu sin papa tumal, “Nga fin tia folokunulma Benjamin nu yurum, kom ku in uniya wen luo nutik uh. Fuhlelma nu sik ngan karinganal, ac nga fah folokunulma.”

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Cui respondit Ruben: Duos filios meos interfice, si non reduxero illum tibi: trade illum in manu mea, et ego eum tibi restituam.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

روبین به پدر خود عرض کرده، گفت: «هر دو پسر مرا بکش، اگر او را نزد تو بازنیاورم. او را به‌دست من بسپار، و من او را نزد توباز خواهم آورد.»

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Rúben falou ao seu pai, dizendo: “Mate os meus dois filhos, se eu não o trouxer ao senhor. Confie-o aos meus cuidados, e eu o trarei novamente para o senhor.”

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

E Rúben falou a seu pai, dizendo: Podes matar meus dois filhos, se eu não o devolver a ti; entrega-o em minha mão, que eu o devolverei a ti.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Şi Ruben i-a vorbit tatălui său, spunând: Ucide pe cei doi fii ai mei dacă nu îl aduc înapoi la tine; predă-l în mâna mea şi îl voi aduce din nou la tine.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Рубен а зис татэлуй сэу: „Сэ-мь оморь пе амындой фиий мей дакэ ну-ць вой адуче ынапой пе Бениамин; дэ-л ын мына мя ши ци-л вой адуче ынапой.”

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

И сказал Рувим отцу своему, говоря: убей двух моих сыновей, если я не приведу его к тебе; отдай его на мои руки; я возвращу его тебе.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

A Ruvim progovori i reče ocu svom: Dva sina moja ubij, ako ti ga ne dovedem natrag; daj ga u moje ruke, i ja ću ti ga opet dovesti.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

А Рувим проговори и рече оцу свом: Два сина моја убиј, ако ти га не доведем натраг; дај га у моје руке, и ја ћу ти га опет довести.

Mashi Bible ☆

Rubeni anacibwîra îshe, erhi: «Onayîrhe bagala bâni bombi akabà ntakugaluliriye. Omuhire omu maboko gâni, nakugalulira ye».

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Y Rubén habló á su padre, diciendo: Harás morir á mis dos hijos, si no te lo volviere; entrégalo en mi mano, que yo lo volveré á ti.

Spanish BLL ☆

Rubén le dijo a su padre: “Si no te lo traigo de regreso, puedes matar a mis dos hijos. Déjalo a mi cuidado, que yo te lo devolveré”.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Y Rubén habló a su padre, diciendo: «Harás morir a mis dos hijos, si no te lo devuelvo; entrégalo en mi mano, que yo lo devolveré a ti».

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Y Rubén dijo: Muera mis dos hijos si no vuelvo a ti con él; déjalo estar a mi cuidado y yo te lo devolveré sano y salvo.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Rubén habló a su padre: Ordena que mueran mis dos hijos si no te lo traigo. Entrégalo en mi mano, que yo te lo devolveré.

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Revised West Version ☆

Pea lea ʻa Lupeni ki heʻene tamai, ʻo pehē, “Tāmateʻi hoku foha ʻe toko ua, ʻo kapau ʻe ʻikai te u toe ʻomi ia kiate koe; tuku mai ia ki hoku nima, pea te u toe ʻomi ia kiate koe.”

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Каже ж Рубен отцеві свойму: Убий два сини мої, коли не приведу його до тебе. Приручи його менї; я приведу його до тебе.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Каже ж Рубен отцеві свойму: Убий два сини мої, коли не приведу його до тебе. Приручи його менї; я приведу його до тебе.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Ru-bên thưa lại cùng cha rằng: Cha hãy giao em nơi tôi, tôi sẽ dẫn về cho. Ví bằng chẳng dẫn em về, thì cha hãy giết hai đứa con trai tôi đi.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר רְאוּבֵן֙ אֶל־אָבִ֣יו לֵאמֹ֔ר אֶת־שְׁנֵ֤י בָנַי֙ תָּמִ֔ית אִם־לֹ֥א אֲבִיאֶ֖נּוּ אֵלֶ֑יךָ תְּנָ֤ה אֹתוֹ֙ עַל־יָדִ֔י וַאֲנִ֖י אֲשִׁיבֶ֥נּוּ אֵלֶֽיךָ׃