Genesis 40:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So he asked the officials of Pharaoh who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so downcast today?””
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“So he asked the officials of Pharaoh who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so downcast today?””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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?”
King James Version · Public Domain“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?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and he asketh Pharaoh's eunuchs who <FI>are<Fi> with him in charge in the house of his lord, saying, `Wherefore <FI>are<Fi> your faces sad to-day?'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 40:7 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 18:24He replied, “You took the gods I had made, and my priest, and went away. What else do I have? How can you say to me, ‘What is the matter with you?’”
- 1 Samuel 1:8“Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband Elkanah asked. “Why won’t you eat? Why is your heart so grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”
- 2 Samuel 13:4so he asked Amnon, “Why are you, the son of the king, so depressed morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon replied, “I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”
- Nehemiah 2:2so the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, though you are not ill? This could only be sadness of the heart.” I was overwhelmed with fear
- Luke 24:17He asked them, “What are you discussing so intently as you walk along?” They stood still, with sadness on their faces.
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