Genesis 42:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁶ Send one from among you to get your brother. The rest of you will be imprisoned so that your words can be tested to see if they are true. If they are not, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies! ’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Send one of you and let him bring your brother, and you will be kept in prison, that your words may be proved whether there is any truth in you; or else by the life of Pharaoh you certainly are spies.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be bound, that your words may be proved, whether there be truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Send one of you to get your brother, but the rest of you will stay in prison. We will find out if your words are true. If not, as Pharaoh lives, you are certainly spies.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Send one of you and bring him. But you will be in chains, until what you have said is proven to be either true or false. Otherwise, by the health of Pharaoh, you are scouts."

Genesis 42:16 Cross References

Genesis 42:11

‘We are all sons of one man. We are honest; your servants are not spies.’

Genesis 42:30

‘The man who is the lord of the country spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.

2 Samuel 10:3

the Ammonite leaders said to Hanun their lord, ‘Just because David has sent men with condolences for you, do you really believe he’s showing respect for your father? Instead, hasn’t David sent his emissaries in order to scout out the city, spy on it, and demolish it? ’

Joshua 2:1

Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two men as spies  from the Acacia Grove,  saying, ‘Go and scout the land, especially Jericho.’ So they left, and they came to the house of a prostitute named Rahab,  and stayed there.