Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

They said, “Your servant our father is well; he is still alive.” They bowed down in homage.

King James Version

And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.

Holman Bible

They answered, “Your servant our father is well. He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.

International Standard Version

"Your servant, our father, is doing well," they replied. "He is still alive." Then they bowed down in humility.

A Conservative Version

And they said, Thy servant our father is well; he is yet alive. And they bowed the head, and made obeisance.

American Standard Version

And they said, Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive. And they bowed the head, and made obeisance.

Amplified

And they answered, “Your servant our father is in good health; he is still alive.” And they bowed down [their heads before Joseph] in respect.

Bible in Basic English

And they said, Your servant, our father, is well, he is still living. And they went down on their faces before him.

Darby Translation

And they said, Thy servant our father is well; he is yet alive. And they bowed, and made obeisance.

Julia Smith Translation

And they will say, Peace to thy servant to our father, he is yet living: and they will bow down and worship.

King James 2000

And they answered, Your servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and paid him honor.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And they said, "Your servant our father [is] well; he is still alive." And they knelt and bowed down.

Modern King James verseion

And they answered, Your servant, our father, is in good health. He is still alive. And they bowed down their heads and fell before him.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

They answered, "Thy servant our father is in good health, and is yet alive. And they bowed themselves and fell to the ground."

NET Bible

"Your servant our father is well," they replied. "He is still alive." They bowed down in humility.

New Heart English Bible

They said, "Your servant, our father, is well. He is still alive." They bowed the head, and did homage.

The Emphasized Bible

And they said - It is well with thy servant our father, he is yet alive. And they bent their heads and bowed them-selves down.

Webster

And they answered, Thy servant, our father, is in good health, he is yet alive: and they bowed their heads and made obeisance.

World English Bible

They said, "Your servant, our father, is well. He is still alive." They bowed the head, and did homage.

Youngs Literal Translation

and they say, 'Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive;' and they bow, and do obeisance.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
עבד 
`ebed 
Usage: 800

is in good health
שׁלם שׁלום 
Shalowm 
Usage: 236

he is yet alive
חי 
Chay 
Usage: 502

קדד 
Qadad 
Usage: 15

References

Easton

Context Readings

A Feast At Joseph's Palace

27 Then he asked them about their welfare, and said, “Is your old father well, of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?” 28 They said, “Your servant our father is well; he is still alive.” They bowed down in homage. 29 As he lifted his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, he said, “Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me?” And he said, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”

Cross References

Genesis 37:7

for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and lo, my sheaf rose up and also stood erect; and behold, your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to my sheaf.”

Genesis 43:26

When Joseph came home, they brought into the house to him the present which was in their hand and bowed to the ground before him.

Genesis 37:9-10

Now he had still another dream, and related it to his brothers, and said, “Lo, I have had still another dream; and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”

Exodus 18:7

Then Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and he bowed down and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare and went into the tent.

2 Samuel 1:2

On the third day, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes torn and dust on his head. And it came about when he came to David that he fell to the ground and prostrated himself.

2 Samuel 14:4

Now when the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and prostrated herself and said, “Help, O king.”

1 Kings 1:16

Then Bathsheba bowed and prostrated herself before the king. And the king said, “What do you wish?”

2 Chronicles 24:17

But after the death of Jehoiada the officials of Judah came and bowed down to the king, and the king listened to them.

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