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Genesis 44:15

And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?

KJV

Quibus ille ait : Cur sic agere voluistis ? an ignoratis quod non sit similis mei in augurandi scientia ?

Vulgate

εἶπεν δὲ αὐτοῖς Ἰωσήφ Τί τὸ πρᾶγμα τοῦτο ἐποιήσατε; οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι οἰωνισμῷ οἰωνιεῖται ἄνθρωπος οἷος ἐγώ;

LXX

And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? know ye not that such a man as I can indeed divine?

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר לָ/הֶם֙ יוֹסֵ֔ף מָֽה הַ/מַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה הַ/זֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר עֲשִׂיתֶ֑ם הֲ/ל֣וֹא יְדַעְתֶּ֔ם כִּֽי נַחֵ֧שׁ יְנַחֵ֛שׁ אִ֖ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר כָּמֹֽ/נִי

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
יְנַחֲשׁ֨וּ
ynchshv
verb · 11×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
יוֹסֵ֖ף
yvsp
proper_noun · 213×
כְּמוֹ
kmv
preposition · 142×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה
m'shh
noun · 234×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Gen 44:5 — Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.
  • Prov 16:10 — A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.