Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version a man found him wandering around in the fields and asked him, “What are you looking for?” New Living Translation When he arrived there, a man from the area noticed him wandering around the countryside. “What are you looking for?” he asked. English Standard Version And a man found him wandering in the fields. And the man asked him, “What are you seeking?” Berean Standard Bible a man found him wandering in the field and asked, “What are you looking for?” King James Bible And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou? New King James Version Now a certain man found him, and there he was, wandering in the field. And the man asked him, saying, “What are you seeking?” New American Standard Bible A man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field; and the man asked him, “What are you looking for?” NASB 1995 A man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field; and the man asked him, “What are you looking for?” NASB 1977 And a man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field; and the man asked him, “What are you looking for?” Legacy Standard Bible And a man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field; and the man asked him, “What are you seeking?” Amplified Bible Now a certain man found Joseph, and saw that he was wandering around and had lost his way in the field; so the man asked him, “What are you looking for?” Christian Standard Bible A man found him there, wandering in the field, and asked him, “What are you looking for? ” Holman Christian Standard Bible A man found him there, wandering in the field, and asked him, “What are you looking for?"” American Standard Version And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou? Aramaic Bible in Plain English And a man found him as he wandered in a field, and that man asked him and said to him, “What are you looking for?” Brenton Septuagint Translation And a man found him wandering in the field; and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou? Contemporary English Version and wandering through the fields, when a man asked, "What are you looking for?" Douay-Rheims Bible And a man found him there wandering in the field, and asked what he sought. English Revised Version And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou? GOD'S WORD® Translation a man found him wandering around in the open country. "What are you looking for?" the man asked. Good News Translation and was wandering around in the country when a man saw him and asked him, "What are you looking for?" International Standard Version a man found him wandering around in a field. So the man asked him, "What are you looking for?" JPS Tanakh 1917 And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field. And the man asked him, saying: 'What seekest thou?' Literal Standard Version And a man finds him, and behold, he is wandering in the field, and the man asks him, saying, “What do you seek?” Majority Standard Bible a man found him wandering in the field and asked, “What are you looking for?” New American Bible a man came upon him as he was wandering about in the fields. “What are you looking for?” the man asked him. NET Bible When Joseph reached Shechem, a man found him wandering in the field, so the man asked him, "What are you looking for?" New Revised Standard Version and a man found him wandering in the fields; the man asked him, “What are you seeking?” New Heart English Bible And a man found him, and look, he was wandering in the field. And the man asked him, "What are you looking for?" Webster's Bible Translation And a certain man found him, and behold he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou? World English Bible A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field. The man asked him, “What are you looking for?” Young's Literal Translation And a man findeth him, and lo, he is wandering in the field, and the man asketh him, saying, 'What seekest thou?' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Joseph Sold by His Brothers…14Then Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when Joseph arrived in Shechem, 15 a man found him wandering in the field and asked, “What are you looking for?” 16“I am looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”… Cross References Genesis 37:14 Then Israel told him, "Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me." So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when Joseph arrived in Shechem, Genesis 37:16 "I am looking for my brothers," Joseph replied. "Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?" Treasury of Scripture And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seek you? he was. Genesis 21:14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba. What. Judges 4:22 And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples. 2 Kings 6:19 And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria. John 1:38 Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou? Jump to Previous Country Field Fields Findeth Found Seekest Seeking WanderingJump to Next Country Field Fields Findeth Found Seekest Seeking WanderingGenesis 37 1. Joseph is loved by Jacob, but hated by his brothers.5. His dreams and the interpretation. 12. Jacob sends him to his brothers, who counsel to slay him. 21. At Reuben's desire they cast him into a pit; 25. and afterwards sell him to the Ishmaelites; 29. while Ruben grieves at not finding him. 31. His coat, covered with blood, is sent to Jacob, who mourns him inordinately. 36. Joseph is brought to Egypt and sold to Potiphar. Verses 15, 16. - And a certain man (or simply a man) found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field (obviously seeking some thing or person): and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou? And he said, I seek my brethren: - or, more emphatically, My Brethren I (sc. am) seeking - tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks - or, Where (are) they shepherding? Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew a manאִ֔ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 582: Man, mankind found him וַיִּמְצָאֵ֣הוּ (way·yim·ṣā·’ê·hū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present wandering תֹעֶ֖ה (ṯō·‘eh) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 8582: To vacillate, reel, stray in the field בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה (baś·śā·ḏeh) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7704: Field, land and asked, וַיִּשְׁאָלֵ֧הוּ (way·yiš·’ā·lê·hū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 7592: To inquire, to request, to demand “What מַה־ (mah-) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what are you looking for?” תְּבַקֵּֽשׁ׃ (tə·ḇaq·qêš) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 1245: To search out, to strive after Links Genesis 37:15 NIVGenesis 37:15 NLT Genesis 37:15 ESV Genesis 37:15 NASB Genesis 37:15 KJV Genesis 37:15 BibleApps.com Genesis 37:15 Biblia Paralela Genesis 37:15 Chinese Bible Genesis 37:15 French Bible Genesis 37:15 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 37:15 A certain man found him and behold (Gen. 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