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Genesis 42:18

And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:

KJV

Die autem tertio eductis de carcere, ait : Facite quæ dixi, et vivetis : Deum enim timeo.

Vulgate

εἶπεν δὲ αὐτοῖς τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ Τοῦτο ποιήσατε, καὶ ζήσεσθε· τὸν θεὸν γὰρ ἐγὼ φοβοῦμαι·

LXX

And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר אֲלֵ/הֶ֤ם יוֹסֵף֙ בַּ/יּ֣וֹם הַ/שְּׁלִישִׁ֔י זֹ֥את עֲשׂ֖וּ וִֽ/חְי֑וּ אֶת הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֲנִ֥י יָרֵֽא

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
זֹּ֔את
z't
pronoun · 604×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
יוֹסֵ֖ף
yvsp
proper_noun · 213×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
נִי
ny
verb · 264×
שְּׁלִישִׁ֔י
shlyshy
noun · 108×
תִּירָ֖א
tyr'
verb · 325×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 2:17 — Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
  • Col 3:22 — Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
  • Exod 1:17 — But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
  • Gen 20:11 — And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.
  • Gen 20:11 — And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.
  • Gen 39:9 — There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
  • Lev 19:14 — Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
  • Lev 25:17 — Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God:for I am the LORD your God.
  • Lev 25:43 — Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
  • Luke 18:2 — Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
  • Mal 3:5 — And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his
  • Neh 5:15 — But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the peop
  • Prov 14:16 — A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
  • Ps 19:9 — The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.