Genesis 40:23

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all about him.”

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BSBPD

“The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all about him.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and the chief of the butlers hath not remembered Joseph, but forgetteth him.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 40:23 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Esther 6:3The king inquired, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this act?” “Nothing has been done for him,” replied the king’s attendants.
  2. Job 19:14My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.
  3. Psalms 31:12I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel.
  4. Psalms 31:13For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
  5. Psalms 105:19until his prediction came true and the word of the LORD proved him right.
  6. Ecclesiastes 9:15Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.
  7. Amos 6:6You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph.

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