| King James Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt. | 1Some time later, both the senior security advisor to the king of Egypt and his head chef offended their master, Egypt's king. |
| 2And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers. | 2Pharaoh was so angry with his two officers—his senior security advisor and his head chef— |
| 3And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound. | 3that he locked them up in the prison dungeon operated by the captain of the guard, the very place where Joseph was imprisoned. |
| 4And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward. | 4The captain of the guard entrusted them to Joseph's custody, who took care of them, since they were to remain there in custody for a number of days. |
| 5And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison. | 5Then the two of them each had a dream. They both had their dreams the same night, and there were separate interpretations for each dream—the senior security advisor and the head chef to the king of Egypt, who had confined them in prison. |
| 6And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad. | 6When Joseph came to see them in the morning, he noticed how downcast they looked! They were both very sad. |
| 7And 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? | 7So he asked Pharaoh's officers, who were with him in prison in his master's house, "Why are you so sad today?" |
| 8And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you. | 8"We had a dream," they replied, "but there's no one to interpret it." "Interpretations belong to God," Joseph told them, "so please tell me your stories." |
| 9And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me; | 9So the senior security advisor related his dream to Joseph. "In my dream," he said, "all of a sudden there was a vine in front of me! |
| 10And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes: | 10On the vine were three branches that budded. Blossoms shot out, and clusters grew up that produced ripe grapes. |
| 11And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand. | 11Then, with Pharaoh's cup in my hand, I took the grapes, squeezed them into Pharaoh's cup, then handed the cup directly to Pharaoh." |
| 12And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days: | 12Then Joseph told him, "This is what your dream means: The three branches are three days. |
| 13Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler. | 13Within three days, Pharaoh will encourage you and return you to your responsibilities. You'll attend to Pharaoh's personal wine cup, just as you did when you were his senior security advisor. |
| 14But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house: | 14But keep me in mind when things go well for you. Be sure to extend kindness to me by remembering me to Pharaoh. Bring me out of this prison, |
| 15For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon. | 15because I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews. Not only that, I haven't done anything that deserves me being confined to this pit." |
| 16When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head: | 16When the head chef heard that the interpretation was good, he told Joseph, "I was also in my dream. All of a sudden, there were three baskets with white bread stacked on top of my head. |
| 17And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head. | 17There was all kinds of food in the basket that was on top, including baked food for Pharaoh. The birds were eating them from the basket on my head." |
| 18And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days: | 18Joseph replied, "This is what your dream means: The three baskets are also three days. |
| 19Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee. | 19Within three more days, Pharaoh will behead you and hang you on gallows, where birds will eat your flesh from you." |
| 20And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants. | 20On the third day, which just happened to be Pharaoh's birthday, he threw a party for all his servants. He lifted the head of both his senior security advisor and of his head chef in front of his servants— |
| 21And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand: | 21that is, he restored his senior security advisor to his former responsibilities, including attending to Pharaoh's personal wine cup, |
| 22But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them. | 22but he beheaded and hanged the head chef, just as Joseph had interpreted for them. |
| 23Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him. | 23Despite all of this, the senior security advisor not only didn't remember Joseph, he deliberately forgot him. |
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