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Genesis 40:7

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?

KJV

sciscitatus est eos, dicens : Cur tristior est hodie solito facies vestra ?

Vulgate

καὶ ἠρώτα τοὺς εὐνούχους Φαραώ, οἵ ἦσαν μετ’ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ αὐτοῦ, λέγων Τί ὅτι τὰ πρόσωπα ὑμῶν σκυθρωπὰ σήμερον;

LXX

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?

ASV

וַ/יִּשְׁאַ֞ל אֶת סְרִיסֵ֣י פַרְעֹ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר אִתּ֧/וֹ בְ/מִשְׁמַ֛ר בֵּ֥ית אֲדֹנָ֖י/ו לֵ/אמֹ֑ר מַדּ֛וּעַ פְּנֵי/כֶ֥ם רָעִ֖ים הַ/יּֽוֹם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אֶת
't
preposition · 883×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
ו
v
noun · 42×
י
y
noun · 328×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יִּשְׁאַ֤ל
ysh'l
verb · 176×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מִשְׁמָֽר
mshmr
noun · 22×
מַדּ֖וּעַ
mdv'
adverb · 71×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
פַּרְעֹ֔ה
pr'h
proper_noun · 267×
רָ֑ע
r'
verb · 664×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 1:8 — Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?
  • Gen 42:17 — And he put them all together into ward three days.
  • Neh 2:2 — Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,