Genesis 42:38 — all translations

American Standard Version (1901)

And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left: if harm befall him by the way in which ye go, then will ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.

ASV Byzantine Text

And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left: if harm befall him by the way in which ye go, then will ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.

Asang Khongca Bible

Toe Jakob mah, Ka capa hae na caeh haih mak ai; amya duek boeh moe, anih loe angmabueng ah ni oh boeh, loklam ah kasae tongh moeng nahaeloe, palungset loiah ka lu ih sampok hoi nawnto ah ni taprong thungah nang caeh o sak tih boeh, tiah a naa.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Tedae anih loh, “Ka ca te a maya duek tih amah bueng a sueng dongah nangmih taengla ha suntla boel saeh. Longpueng na caeh uh vaengah yoethae puei vetih kai sampok he saelkhui ah kothae la nan hla uh ve,” a ti nah.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Tedae anih loh, “Ka ca te a maya duek tih amah bueng a sueng dongah nangmih taengla ha suntla boel saeh. Longpueng na caeh uh vaengah yoethae puei vetih kai sampok he saelkhui ah kothae la nan hla uh ve,” a ti nah.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Olelo mai la ia, Aole e iho aku ka'u keiki me oukou ilaila, no ka mea, ua make kona kaikuaana, oia nei wale no koe: ina poino keia, ma ke alanui a oukou e hele ai, alaila, lawe iho oukou i ko'u oho hina i ka lua me ke kaniuhu.

English Berean Standard Bible

But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Men Jakòb te di: -Pitit gason m' lan p'ap fè yon pa. Frè li a fin mouri. Se li menm sèl ki rete nan pitit manman l' yo. Si pou yon malè ta rive l' nan vwayaj nou pral fè a, m'a mouri. Mwen fin granmoun, lapenn sa a va twòp pou mwen, la fin pote m' ale.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

At ille: Non descendet, inquit, filius meus vobiscum: frater ejus mortuus est, et ipse solus remansit: si quid ei adversi acciderit in terra ad quam pergitis, deducetis canos meos cum dolore ad inferos.

Bible in Basic English

And he said, I will not let my son go down with you; for his brother is dead and he is all I have: if evil overtakes him on the journey, then through you will my grey head go down to the underworld in sorrow.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Mais il dit : Mon fils ne descendra pas avec vous ; car son frère est mort, et lui seul est resté ; si quelque accident lui arrivait dans le chemin où vous allez, vous feriez descendre mes cheveux blancs avec douleur au shéol .

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

I řekl: Nesstoupíť syn můj s vámi. Nebo bratr jeho umřel, a on sám pozůstal; a přihodilo-li by se mu co zlého na té cestě, kterouž půjdete, uvedli byste šediny mé s bolestí do hrobu.

Kosraean Bible

Tusruktu Jacob el fahk, “Wen nutik el ac tia wi komtal som. Tamulel lal el misa, ac el mukena lula. Ac ku pac in oasr ma sikyak nu sel inkanek uh. Nga matuoh inge, ac mwe asor komtal oru nu sik inge ku na in uniyuwi.”

World Portuguese Bible

Ele disse: “O meu filho não descerá com vocês; pois o seu irmão está morto, e só ele restou. Se algum mal lhe acontecer no caminho em que vocês forem, então vocês farão descer os meus cabelos brancos com tristeza ao Seol.”

Romanian BTF Bible

Iar el a spus: Fiul meu nu va coborî cu voi, pentru că fratele lui este mort şi a rămas singur; dacă i se întâmplă nenorocire pe calea pe care mergeţi, atunci veţi coborî perii mei cărunţi cu întristare în mormânt.

Brenton English Septuagint

But he said, My son shall not go down with you, because his brother is dead, and he only has been left; and suppose it shall come to pass that he is afflicted by the way by which ye go, then ye shall bring down my old age with sorrow to Hades.

Burmese Common Language Bible

သို့ရာတွင်ယာကုပ်က``ငါ့သားကိုသင်တို့နှင့် အတူမလွှတ်နိုင်။ သူ၏အစ်ကိုသေဆုံးပြီဖြစ် ၍သူတစ်ယောက်တည်းကျန်ရစ်သည်။ ငါသည် အသက်အရွယ်အိုမင်းပါပြီ။ အကယ်၍ခရီး လမ်းတွင်သူသည်ဘေးဥပဒ်နှင့်တွေ့ကြုံရ သော် ငါသည်ဝမ်းနည်းကြေကွဲလျက်သေ ရပါမည်'' ဟုဆိုလေ၏။

Darby Translation

But he said, My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left; and if mischief should befall him by the way in which ye go, then would ye bring down my grey hairs with sorrow to Sheol.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Er aber sprach: Mein Sohn soll nicht mit euch hinabziehen; denn sein Bruder ist tot, und er allein ist übriggeblieben, und begegnete ihm ein Unfall auf dem Wege, auf welchem ihr ziehet, so würdet ihr mein graues Haar mit Kummer hinabbringen in den Scheol.

Dutch Bible 1917

Maar hij zeide: Mijn zoon zal met ulieden niet aftrekken; want zijn broeder is dood, en hij is alleen overgebleven; zo hem een verderf ontmoette op den weg, dien gij zult gaan, zo zoudt gij mijn grauwe haren met droefenis ten grave doen nederdalen.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Maar hij antwoordde: Mijn zoon gaat niet met u mee; want zijn broer is dood, en hij alleen is nog over. Overkomt hem een ongeluk op de reis, die ge onderneemt, dan zoudt ge mijn grijze haren met kommer ten grave doen dalen.

Italian Diodati Bible

Ma Giacobbe disse: Il mio figliuolo non iscenderà con voi; perciocche il suo fratello è morto, ed egli è rimasto solo; e, se gli avvenisse alcuna mortale sciagura per lo viaggio che farete, voi fareste scender la mia canutezza con cordoglio nel sepolcro.

Douay-Rheims 1899

But he said: My son shall not go down with you: his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if any mischief befall him in the land to which you go, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to hell.

Geneva Bible 1599

But he said, My sonne shall not go downe with you: for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if death come vnto him by the way which ye goe, then ye shall bring my gray head with sorow vnto the graue.

Danish Bible 1931

Men han sagde: “Min Søn skal ikke rejse derned med eder, thi hans Broder er død, og han alene er tilbage; tilstøder der ham en Ulykke på den Rejse, I har for, så bringer I mine grå Hår ned i Dødsriget med Sorg!”

Leeser Tanakh

And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he alone is left: and if mischief befall him by the way in which ye go, then will ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

And he said: 'My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left; if harm befall him by the way in which ye go, then will ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

King James Version

And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

King James Version + Apocrypha

And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Nhưng Gia-cốp đáp rằng: Con út tao sẽ chẳng đi xuống với bay đâu; vì anh nó đã chết rồi, chỉ còn một mình nó mà thôi. Nếu điều rủi ro chi xảy đến cho nó nơi dọc đường bay đi, tức nhiên bay làm cho kẻ tóc bạc nầy đau lòng xót dạ xuống âm phủ.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

Revised West Version

Pea pehē ʻe ia, “E ʻikai ʻalu hifo hoku foha mo kimoutolu, he kuo mate hono tokoua, pea ʻoku toe tokotaha pe ia; pea kapau ʻe hoko ha kovi kiate ia ʻi he hala ʻoku mou ʻalu ai, te mou ʻomi hoku ʻuluhinā ki he faʻitoka ʻi he mamahi.”

French Ostervald Bible

Et il répondit: Mon fils ne descendra point avec vous; car son frère est mort, et celui-ci est resté seul. Et s'il lui arrivait malheur dans le chemin par où vous irez, vous feriez descendre mes cheveux blancs avec douleur au Sépulcre.

Esperanto Bible

Sed li diris: Mia filo ne iros kun vi; ĉar lia frato mortis, kaj li sola restis. Se lin trafos malfeliĉo sur la vojo, kiun vi iros, tiam vi enirigos miajn grizajn harojn kun malĝojo en Ŝeolon.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Jacob dit: Mon fils ne descendra point avec vous; car son frère est mort, et il reste seul; s’il lui arrivait un malheur dans le voyage que vous allez faire, vous feriez descendre mes cheveux blancs avec douleur dans le séjour des morts.

German Luther Bible 1912

Er sprach: Mein Sohn soll nicht mit euch hinabziehen, denn sein Bruder ist tot, und er ist allein übriggeblieben; wenn ihm ein Unfall auf dem Wege begegnete, den ihr reiset, würdet ihr meine grauen Haare mit Herzeleid in die Grube bringen.

LXX2012 U. S. English

But he said, My son shall not go down with you, because his brother is dead, and he only has been left; and suppose it shall come to pass that he is afflicted by the way by which you⌃ go, then you⌃ shall bring down my old age with sorrow to Hades.

British English Septuagint 2012

But he said, My son shall not go down with you, because his brother is dead, and he only has been left; and suppose it shall come to pass that he is afflicted by the way by which you⌃ go, then you⌃ shall bring down my old age with sorrow to Hades.

Majority Standard BIble

But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”

Webster Bible

And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief shall befall him by the way in which ye go, then will ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

Open English Bible (Commonwealth)

But Jacob said, ‘My son must not go down with you, for his brother is dead and he only is left. If harm should come to him on the way by which you go, then you will bring down my grey hairs with sorrow to the grave.’

Open English Bible (US)

But Jacob said, “My son must not go down with you, for his brother is dead and he only is left. If harm should come to him on the way by which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.”

Revised Version

And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Ma Giacobbe rispose: “Il mio figliuolo non scenderà con voi; poiché il suo fratello è morto, e questo solo è rimasto: se gli succedesse qualche disgrazia durante il vostro viaggio, fareste scendere con cordoglio la mia canizie nel soggiorno de’ morti”.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Il dit : « Mon fils ne descendra pas avec vous ; car son frère est mort, et il reste lui seul. S'il lui arrive un malheur en chemin, là où vous allez, alors vous ferez descendre mes cheveux blancs avec douleur au Shéol. »

Reina Valera 1909

Y él dijo: No descenderá mi hijo con vosotros; que su hermano es muerto, y él solo ha quedado: y si le aconteciere algún desastre en el camino por donde vais, haréis descender mis canas con dolor á la sepultura.

Spanish BLL

Pero Jacob le contestó: “Mi hijo no irá con ustedes. Su hermano ya murió, y solo me queda él. Si le pasa alguna desgracia en el viaje que van a emprender, ¡harán que este viejo baje al Seol lleno de dolor!”

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Y él dijo: «No descenderá mi hijo con vosotros, pues su hermano ha muerto, y él solo ha quedado; y si le aconteciere algún desastre en el camino por donde vais, haréis descender mis canas con dolor al Seol».

Croatian Bible

“Moj sin neće s vama!” - uzvrati on. - “Njegov je pravi brat već mrtav, a on je ostao sam. Ako bi ga na putu na koji ćete poći snašla nesreća, u tuzi biste otpravili moju sijedu glavu dolje u Šeol.”

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

A on reče: Neće ići sin moj s vama, jer je brat njegov umro i on osta sam, pa ako bi ga zadesilo kako zlo na putu na koji ćete ići, svalili bi ste me stara s tugom u grob.

Targum Onkelos Etheridge

But he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he alone remains; and if death should befall him in the way in which you will go, you will bring down my grey hairs with mourning unto Sheol.

German Textbibel

Er antwortete: Mein Sohn soll nicht mit euch reisen; denn sein Bruder ist tot, und er ist allein übrig. Wenn ihm ein Unfall zustieße auf dem Wege, den ihr ziehen müßt, so würdet ihr schuld daran sein, wenn ich mit meinem grauen Haar voller Jammer hinunter müßte in die Unterwelt.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

But he said, My son shall not go down with you, because his brother is dead, and he only has been left; and suppose it shall come to pass that he is afflicted by the way by which ye go, then ye shall bring down my old age with sorrow to Hades.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר לֹֽא־יֵרֵ֥ד בְּנִ֖י עִמָּכֶ֑ם כִּֽי־אָחִ֨יו מֵ֜ת וְה֧וּא לְבַדּ֣וֹ נִשְׁאָ֗ר וּקְרָאָ֤הוּ אָסוֹן֙ בַּדֶּ֨רֶךְ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תֵּֽלְכוּ־בָ֔הּ וְהוֹרַדְתֶּ֧ם אֶת־שֵׂיבָתִ֛י בְּיָג֖וֹן שְׁאֽוֹלָה׃