Genesis 41:33
Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
KJV
Nunc ergo provideat rex virum sapientem et industrium, et præficiat eum terræ Ægypti :
Vulgate
νῦν οὖν σκέψαι ἄνθρωπον φρόνιμον καὶ συνετόν, καὶ κατάστησον αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς Αἰγύπτου·
LXX
Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
ASV
וְ/עַתָּה֙ יֵרֶ֣א פַרְעֹ֔ה אִ֖ישׁ נָב֣וֹן וְ/חָכָ֑ם וִ/ישִׁיתֵ֖/הוּ עַל אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
הוּ
hv
verb · 85×
חָכָ֣ם
chkm
noun · 135×
יָבִ֥ין
ybyn
verb · 168×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
proper_noun · 634×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עַתָּ֗ה
'th
adverb · 433×
פַּרְעֹ֔ה
pr'h
proper_noun · 267×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Acts 6:3 — Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
- Dan 4:27 — Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
- Dan 4:27 — Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
- Deut 1:13 — Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
- Eccl 4:14 — For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.
- Eccl 10:10 — If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
- Gen 41:39 — And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
- Gen 41:39 — And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
- Ps 105:22 — To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.