Genesis 37:26 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁶ Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ And Judah said to his brothers, What do we gain if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?

Common English Bible

²⁶ Judah said to his brothers, “What do we gain if we kill our brother and hide his blood?

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ Therefore, Judah said to his brothers: "What will it profit us, if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁶ And Juda said to his brethren: What will it profit us to kill our brother, and conceal his blood?

Genesis 37:26 Cross References

Genesis 25:32

Esau said, “I am about to die; of what use is a birthright to me?”

Genesis 37:20

Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits; then we shall say that a wild beast has devoured him, and we shall see what will become of his dreams.”

Genesis 4:10

And the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.

Genesis 4:9

Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know; am I my brother's keeper?”

Genesis 40:15

For I was indeed stolen out of the land of the Hebrews; and here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.”

Genesis 42:21

Then they said to one another, “In truth we are guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us and we would not listen; therefore is this distress come upon us.”

Genesis 50:20

As for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.

2 Samuel 1:16

And David said to him, “Your blood be upon your head; for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have slain the Lord's anointed.’ ”

Job 16:18

“O earth, cover not my blood, and let my cry find no resting place.

Psalm 30:9

“What profit is there in my death, if I go down to the Pit? Will the dust praise thee? Will it tell of thy faithfulness?

Jeremiah 36:25

Even when Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.

Jeremiah 41:8

But there were ten men among them who said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have stores of wheat, barley, oil, and honey hidden in the fields.” So he refrained and did not kill them with their companions.

Ezekiel 24:7

For the blood she has shed is still in the midst of her; she put it on the bare rock, she did not pour it upon the ground to cover it with dust.

Matthew 16:26

For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give in return for his life?

Romans 6:21

But then what return did you get from the things of which you are now ashamed? The end of those things is death.

Deuteronomy 17:8

“If any case arises requiring decision between one kind of homicide and another, one kind of legal right and another, or one kind of assault and another, any case within your towns which is too difficult for you, then you shall arise and go up to the place which the Lord your God will choose,