Genesis 37:26
And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
KJV
Dixit ergo Judas fratribus suis : Quid nobis prodest si occiderimus fratrem nostrum, et celaverimus sanguinem ipsius ?
Vulgate
εἶπεν δὲ Ἰούδας πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ Τί χρήσιμον ἐὰν ἀποκτείνωμεν τὸν ἀδελφὸν ἡμῶν καὶ κρύψωμεν τὸ αἷμα αὐτοῦ;
LXX
And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר יְהוּדָ֖ה אֶל אֶחָ֑י/ו מַה בֶּ֗צַע כִּ֤י נַהֲרֹג֙ אֶת אָחִ֔י/נוּ וְ/כִסִּ֖ינוּ אֶת דָּמֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בָּ֑צַע
bts'
noun · 23×
ו
v
noun · 629×
וֹ
v
noun · 356×
יְהוּדָ֔ה
yhvdh
proper_noun · 809×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
verb · 167×
מְכַסֶּ֣ה
mksh
verb · 152×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Gen 4:10 — And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.
- Gen 37:20 — Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
- Matt 26:15 — And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
- Ps 76:10 — Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.