One day, however, when he went into the house to do his work, and while no one else was in the house,
Genesis 39:10 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 And although she spoke to Joseph day after day, he would not consent to lie beside her or to be with her. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition She spoke to Joseph day after day, but he did not listen to her, to lie with her or to be with her. American Standard Version (1901) And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her. Common English Bible Every single day she tried to convince him, but he wouldn’t agree to sleep with her or even to be with her. Catholic Public Domain Version With such words as these, throughout each day, the woman was pestering the young man, and he was refusing the adultery. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version With such words as these, day by day, both the woman was importunate with the young man, and he refused the adultery. |
One day, however, when he went into the house to do his work, and while no one else was in the house,
But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Look, with me here, my master has no concern about anything in the house, and he has put everything that he has in my hand.
He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except yourself, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great wickedness and sin against God?”
You will be saved from the loose woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words,
The mouth of a loose woman is a deep pit; he with whom the Lord is angry falls into it.
She lies in wait like a robber and increases the number of the faithless.
For the lips of a loose woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil,
that they may keep you from the loose woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words.
She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the high places of the town,
“You who are simple, turn in here!” And to those without sense she says,
Shun sexual immorality! Every sin that a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against the body itself.
So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, and manage their households, so as to give the adversary no occasion to revile us.
Shun youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
Beloved, I urge you as aliens and exiles to abstain from the desires of the flesh that wage war against the soul.