Parallel Verses English Standard Version So he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in custody in his master’s house, “Why are your faces downcast today?” King James Bible And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day? American Standard Version And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in ward in his master's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sad to-day? Douay-Rheims Bible He asked them, saying: Why is your oountenance sadder to day than usual? English Revised Version And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in ward in his master's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day? Webster's Bible Translation And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Why look ye so sad to-day? Genesis 40:7 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentThe head cup-bearer and head baker had committed crimes against the king of Egypt, and were imprisoned in "the prison of the house of the captain of the trabantes, the prison where Joseph himself was confined;" the state-prison, according to Eastern custom, forming part of the same building as the dwelling-house of the chief of the executioners. From a regard to the exalted position of these two prisoners, Potiphar ordered Joseph to wait upon them, not to keep watch over them; for את פּקד does not mean to appoint as guard, but to place by the side of a person. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Wherefore. look ye so sadly to-day. Heb. are your faces evil. Cross References Genesis 40:6 When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were troubled. Genesis 42:17 And he put them all together in custody for three days. Nehemiah 2:2 And the king said to me, "Why is your face sad, seeing you are not sick? This is nothing but sadness of the heart." Then I was very much afraid. Jump to Previous Chamberlains Charge Confinement Custody Downcast Eunuchs Faces House Lord's Master's Officers Officials Pharaoh Pharaoh's Prison Sad Sadly Servants Today To-Day Ward WhereforeJump to Next Chamberlains Charge Confinement Custody Downcast Eunuchs Faces House Lord's Master's Officers Officials Pharaoh Pharaoh's Prison Sad Sadly Servants Today To-Day Ward WhereforeLinks Genesis 40:7 NIVGenesis 40:7 NLT Genesis 40:7 ESV Genesis 40:7 NASB Genesis 40:7 KJV Genesis 40:7 Bible Apps Genesis 40:7 Biblia Paralela Genesis 40:7 Chinese Bible Genesis 40:7 French Bible Genesis 40:7 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |
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