Genesis 43:31 - Revised Standard Version CI

³¹ Then he washed his face and came out; and controlling himself he said, “Let food be served.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³¹ And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³¹ And he washed his face and went out, and, restraining himself, said, Let dinner be served.

American Standard Version (1901)

³¹ And he washed his face, and came out; and he refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.

Common English Bible

³¹ He washed his face, came back, pulled himself together, and said, “Set out the dinner.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³¹ And when he had washed his face, coming out again, he composed himself, and he said, "Set out bread."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³¹ And when he had washed his face, coming out again, he refrained himself, and said: Set bread on the table.

Genesis 43:31 Cross References

Genesis 45:1

Then Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him; and he cried, “Make every one go out from me.” So no one stayed with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

Proverbs 10:19

When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is prudent.

Isaiah 42:14

For a long time I have held my peace, I have kept still and restrained myself; now I will cry out like a woman in travail, I will gasp and pant.

Jeremiah 31:16

Thus says the Lord: “Keep your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears; for your work shall be rewarded, says the Lord, and they shall come back from the land of the enemy.

1 Peter 3:10

For “He that would love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking guile;