Genesis 40:7
“And he asked Pharaohs officers that were with him in the warde of his lords house, saying, wherefore looke ye so sadly to day?”
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Genesis 40:7 Context
5¶ And they dreamed a dreame both of them, each man his dreame in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dreame, the Butler and the Baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison. 6And Ioseph came in vnto them in the morning, and looked vpon them, and behold, they were sad. 7And he asked Pharaohs officers that were with him in the warde of his lords house, saying, wherefore looke ye so sadly to day? 8And they said vnto him, we haue dreamed a dreame, and there is no interpreter of it. And Ioseph said vnto them, Doe not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you. 9And the chiefe Butler tolde his dreame to Ioseph, and said to him; In my dreame, beholde, a vine was before mee:
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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?
- King James Version
He asked Pharaoh's officials who were with him in confinement in his master's house, "Why are your faces so sad today?"
- New American Standard Version (1995)
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?
- American Standard Version (1901)
And he said to the servants of Pharaoh who were in prison with him, Why are you looking so sad?
- Basic English Bible
And he asked Pharaoh's chamberlains that were with him in custody in his lord's house, saying, Why are your faces [so] sad to-day?
- Darby Bible
And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Why look ye so sad to-day?
- Webster's Bible
He asked Pharaoh's officers who were with him in custody in his master's house, saying, "Why do you look so sad today?"
- World English Bible
and he asketh Pharaoh's eunuchs who [are] with him in charge in the house of his lord, saying, `Wherefore [are] your faces sad to-day?'
- Youngs Literal Bible
And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his master's house, saying: 'Wherefore look ye so sad to-day?'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible