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Genesis 44:16

“What can we say to my lord?” Judah replied. “How can we plead? How can we justify ourselves? God has exposed the iniquity of your servants. We are now my lord’s slaves—both we and the one who was found with the cup.”

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ASV

And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord’s bondmen, both we, and he also in whose hand the cup is found.

KJV

And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord’s servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
יְהוּדָ֗הye.hu.DahJudahH3063 →
מַה־mah-what?H4100 →
נֹּאמַר֙no.Marwill we sayH559 →
לַֽאדֹנִ֔יla.do.Nito lord myH113 →
מַה־mah-what?H4100 →
נְּדַבֵּ֖רne.da.Berwill we speakH1696 →
וּמַה־u.mah-and what?H4100 →
נִּצְטַדָּ֑קnitz.ta.Dakwill we justify ourselvesH6663 →
הָאֱלֹהִ֗יםha.'E.lo.Him<the> GodH430 →
מָצָא֙ma.Tza'he has foundH4672 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
עֲוֹ֣ן'a.Von[the] guilt ofH5771 →
עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ'a.va.Dei.khaservants yourH5650 →
הִנֶּנּ֤וּhi.ne.Nuhere weH2005 →
עֲבָדִים֙'a.va.Dim[are] slavesH5650 →
לַֽאדֹנִ֔יla.do.Niof lord myH113 →
גַּם־gam-bothH1571 →
אֲנַ֕חְנוּ'a.Nach.nuweH587 →
גַּ֛םgamas well asH1571 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-[the one] whoH834 →
נִמְצָ֥אnim.Tza'it was foundH4672 →
הַגָּבִ֖יעַha.ga.Vi.a'the cupH1375 →
בְּיָדֽוֹ׃be.ya.Doin hand hisH3027 →

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Genesis 44:9If any of your servants is found to have it, he must die, and the rest will become slaves of my lord.”Daniel 9:7To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You.Numbers 32:23But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD—and be assured that your sin will find you out.Luke 12:2There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.Job 40:4“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.Ezra 9:15O LORD, God of Israel, You are righteous! For we remain this day as a remnant. Here we are before You in our guilt, though because of it no one can stand before You.”Genesis 37:18–28Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.Isaiah 27:9Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.Ezra 9:10And now, our God, what can we say after this? For we have forsaken the commandmentsGenesis 37:7We were binding sheaves of grain in the field, and suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine.”Genesis 42:21–22Then they said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”Genesis 44:32Indeed, your servant guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father, saying, ‘If I do not return him to you, I will bear the guilt before you, my father, all my life.’Genesis 43:8–9And Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me, and we will go at once, so that we may live and not die—neither we, nor you, nor our children.Joshua 7:18And he had the family of Zabdi come forward man by man, and Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was selected.Proverbs 28:17A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.Isaiah 5:3“And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard.Deuteronomy 25:1If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned.Acts 2:37When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”

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