Genesis 44:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁵ Is it not from this that my lord drinks? Does he not indeed use it for divination? You have done wrong in doing this.’ ”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Is it not my master's drinking cup with which he divines [the future]? You have done wrong in doing this.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ Is not this that in which my lord drinketh, and whereby he indeed divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.

Common English Bible

⁵ Isn’t this the cup my master drinks from and uses to discover God’s plans? What you’ve done is despicable.’”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ The cup that you have stolen, it is that from which my lord drinks, and in which he is accustomed to discern signs. You have done a very sinful thing.' "

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ The cup which you have stolen is that in which my lord drinketh, and in which he is wont to divine: you have done a very evil thing.

Genesis 44:5 Cross References

Genesis 30:27

But Laban said to him, “If you will allow me to say so, I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me because of you;

Genesis 44:15

Joseph said to them, “What deed is this that you have done? Do you not know that one such as I can practice divination?”

Genesis 44:6

When he overtook them, he repeated these words to them.

1 Kings 20:33

Now the men were watching for an omen; they quickly took it up from him and said, “Yes, Ben-hadad is your brother.” Then he said, “Go and bring him.” So Ben-hadad came out to him, and he had him come up into the chariot.

2 Kings 21:6

He made his son pass through fire; he practiced soothsaying and augury and dealt with mediums and with wizards. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.

Leviticus 19:26

“You shall not eat anything with its blood. You shall not practice augury or witchcraft.