Genesis 50:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.”
Joseph tells his brothers, ‘You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good’—God can weave even evil acts into his saving purposes.
Read the full meaning“As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And as for you, ye meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“As for you, ye devised against me evil--God devised it for good, in order to do as <FI>at<Fi> this day, to keep alive a numerous people;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 50:20 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 37:4When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
- Genesis 37:18Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.
- Genesis 45:5And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.
- Psalms 56:5All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.
- Psalms 76:10Even the wrath of man shall praise You; with the survivors of wrath You will clothe Yourself.
- Psalms 105:16He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.
- Psalms 119:71It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
- Isaiah 10:7But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.
- Acts 2:23He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.
- Acts 3:13The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.
- Acts 3:26When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”
- Romans 8:28And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
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