Genesis 42:30
New International Version
“The man who is lord over the land spoke harshly to us and treated us as though we were spying on the land.

New Living Translation
“The man who is governor of the land spoke very harshly to us,” they told him. “He accused us of being spies scouting the land.

English Standard Version
“The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us and took us to be spies of the land.

Berean Standard Bible
“The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.

King James Bible
The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.

New King James Version
“The man who is lord of the land spoke roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.

New American Standard Bible
“The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly with us, and took us for spies of the country.

NASB 1995
“The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly with us, and took us for spies of the country.

NASB 1977
“The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly with us, and took us for spies of the country.

Legacy Standard Bible
“The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly with us and took us for spies of the country.

Amplified Bible
“The man who is the lord of the land spoke harshly to us, and took us for spies of the land.

Christian Standard Bible
“The man who is the lord of the country spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The man who is the lord of the country spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.

American Standard Version
The man, the lord of the land, spake roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“The man, the Lord of the land, spoke with us severely and he considered us as spies of the land.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The man, the lord of the land, spoke harsh words to us, and put us in prison as spies of the land.

Contemporary English Version
The governor of Egypt was rude and treated us like spies.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The lord of the land spoke roughly to us, and took us to be spies of the country.

English Revised Version
The man, the lord of the land, spake roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"The governor of that land spoke harshly to us and treated us like spies.

Good News Translation
"The governor of Egypt spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying against his country.

International Standard Version
"The man who was in charge of the land spoke harshly to us," they said. "He accused us of being spies!

JPS Tanakh 1917
The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.

Literal Standard Version
“The man, the lord of the land, has spoken with us sharp things, and makes us as spies of the land;

Majority Standard Bible
“The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.

New American Bible
“The man who is lord of the land,” they said, “spoke to us harshly and put us in custody on the grounds that we were spying on the land.

NET Bible
"The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us and treated us as if we were spying on the land.

New Revised Standard Version
“The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us, and charged us with spying on the land.

New Heart English Bible
"The man, the lord of the country, spoke harshly to us, and he put us in custody as spies of the country.

Webster's Bible Translation
The man who is the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.

World English Bible
“The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.

Young's Literal Translation
'The man, the lord of the land, hath spoken with us sharp things, and maketh us as spies of the land;

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Joseph's Brothers Return to Canaan
29When they reached their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they described to him all that had happened to them: 30“The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country. 31But we told him, ‘We are honest men, not spies.…

Cross References
Genesis 42:7
And when Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them as strangers and spoke harshly to them. "Where have you come from?" he asked. "From the land of Canaan," they replied. "We are here to buy food."

Genesis 42:29
When they reached their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they described to him all that had happened to them:


Treasury of Scripture

The man, who is the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.

roughly to us.

Genesis 42:7-20
And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food…

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Genesis 42
1. Jacob sends his ten sons to buy grain in Egypt.
16. They are imprisoned by Joseph as spies.
18. They are set at liberty, on condition to bring Benjamin.
21. They have remorse for Joseph.
24. Simeon is kept for a pledge.
25. They return with grain, and their money.
29. Their relation to Jacob.
36. Jacob refuses to send Benjamin.
















Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
“The man
הָאִ֨ישׁ (hā·’îš)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 582: Man, mankind

who is the lord
אֲדֹנֵ֥י (’ă·ḏō·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 113: Sovereign, controller

of the land
הָאָ֛רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

spoke
דִּ֠בֶּר (dib·ber)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

harshly
קָשׁ֑וֹת (qā·šō·wṯ)
Adjective - feminine plural
Strong's 7186: Hard, severe

to us
אִתָּ֖נוּ (’it·tā·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

and accused us of spying
כִּֽמְרַגְּלִ֖ים (kim·rag·gə·lîm)
Preposition-k | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 7270: To walk along, to reconnoiter, to be a, tale-bearer, to lead about

on the country.
הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land


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