Genesis 42:22
KonteksNETBible | Reuben said to them, “Didn’t I say to you, ‘Don’t sin against the boy,’ but you wouldn’t listen? So now we must pay for shedding his blood!” 1 |
NASB © biblegateway Gen 42:22 |
Reuben answered them, saying, "Did I not tell you, ‘Do not sin against the boy’; and you would not listen? Now comes the reckoning for his blood." |
HCSB | But Reuben replied: "Didn't I tell you not to harm the boy? But you wouldn't listen. Now we must account for his blood!" |
LEB | Reuben said to them, "Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you wouldn’t listen. Now we must pay for this bloodshed." |
NIV © biblegateway Gen 42:22 |
Reuben replied, "Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you wouldn’t listen! Now we must give an accounting for his blood." |
ESV | And Reuben answered them, "Did I not tell you not to sin against the boy? But you did not listen. So now there comes a reckoning for his blood." |
NRSV © bibleoremus Gen 42:22 |
Then Reuben answered them, "Did I not tell you not to wrong the boy? But you would not listen. So now there comes a reckoning for his blood." |
REB | Reuben said, “Did I not warn you not to do wrong to the boy? But you would not listen, and now his blood is on our heads, and we must pay.” |
NKJV © biblegateway Gen 42:22 |
And Reuben answered them, saying, "Did I not speak to you, saying, ‘Do not sin against the boy’; and you would not listen? Therefore behold, his blood is now required of us." |
KJV | And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required. |
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NETBible | Reuben said to them, “Didn’t I say to you, ‘Don’t sin against the boy,’ but you wouldn’t listen? So now we must pay for shedding his blood!” 1 |
NET Notes |
1 tn Heb “and also his blood, look, it is required.” God requires compensation, as it were, from those who shed innocent blood (see Gen 9:6). In other words, God exacts punishment for the crime of murder. |