Genesis 40:8 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁸ They said to him, “We have had dreams, and there is no one to interpret them.” And Joseph said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell them to me, I pray you.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ And they said to him, We have dreamed dreams, and there is no one to interpret them. And Joseph said to them, Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell me [your dreams], I pray you.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell it me, I pray you.

Common English Bible

⁸ They answered, “We’ve both had dreams, but there’s no one to interpret them.” Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Describe your dreams to me.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ They responded, "We have seen a dream, and there is no one to interpret it for us." And Joseph said to them, "Doesn't interpretation belong to God? Recount for me what you have seen."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ They answered: We have dreamed a dream, and there is nobody to interpret it to us. And Joseph said to them: Doth not interpretation belong to God? Tell me what you have dreamed.

Genesis 40:8 Cross References

Genesis 40:9

So the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, “In my dream there was a vine before me,

Genesis 41:25

Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dream of Pharaoh is one; God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do.

Job 33:23

If there be for him an angel, a mediator, one of the thousand, to declare to man what is right for him;

Psalm 25:14

The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him, and he makes known to them his covenant.

Isaiah 8:19

And when they say to you, “Consult the mediums and the wizards who chirp and mutter,” should not a people consult their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?

Daniel 2:11

The thing that the king asks is difficult, and none can show it to the king except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.”

Daniel 2:27

Daniel answered the king, “No wise men, enchanters, magicians, or astrologers can show to the king the mystery which the king has asked,

Daniel 2:28

but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days. Your dream and the visions of your head as you lay in bed are these:

Daniel 2:3

And the king said to them, “I had a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.”

Daniel 2:47

The king said to Daniel, “Truly, your God is God of gods and Lord of kings, and a revealer of mysteries, for you have been able to reveal this mystery.”

Daniel 4:8

At last Daniel came in before me—he who was named Belteshazzar after the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods—and I told him the dream, saying,

Daniel 5:16

But I have heard that you can give interpretations and solve problems. Now if you can read the writing and make known to me its interpretation, you shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about your neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”

Amos 3:7

Surely the Lord God does nothing, without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.