Genesis 37:26
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?”
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“Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Judah saith unto his brethren, `What gain when we slay our brother, and have concealed his blood?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 37:26 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 4:9And the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I do not know!” he answered. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
- Genesis 4:10“What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.
- Genesis 25:32“Look,” said Esau, “I am about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?”
- Genesis 37:20“Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”
- Deuteronomy 17:8If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether the controversy within your gates is regarding bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults, you must go up to the place the LORD your God will choose.
- 2 Samuel 1:16For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood be on your own head because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’”
- Job 16:18O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry for help never be laid to rest.
- Psalms 30:9“What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?
- Jeremiah 41:8But ten of the men among them said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have hidden treasure in the field—wheat, barley, oil, and honey!” So he refrained from killing them with the others.
- Ezekiel 24:7For the blood she shed is still within her; she poured it out on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.
- Matthew 16:26What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
- Romans 6:21What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.
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