Genesis 44:18 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁸ Then Judah went up to him and said, “O my lord, let your servant, I pray you, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not your anger burn against your servant; for you are like Pharaoh himself.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ Then Judah came close to [Joseph] and said, O my lord, let your servant, I pray you, speak a word to you in private, and let not your anger blaze against your servant, for you are as Pharaoh [so I will speak as if directly to him].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh, my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant; for thou art even as Pharaoh.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Judah approached him and said, “Please, my master, allow your servant to say something to my master without getting angry with your servant since you are like Pharaoh himself.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ Then Judah, approaching closer, said confidently: "I beg you, my lord, let your servant speak a word in your ears, and do not be angry with your servant. For you are next to Pharaoh.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ Then Juda coming nearer, said boldly: I beseech thee, my lord, let thy servant speak a word in thy ears, and be not angry with thy servant; for after Pharao thou art

Genesis 44:18 Cross References

Genesis 18:30

Then he said, “Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak. Suppose thirty are found there.” He answered, “I will not do it, if I find thirty there.”

Genesis 18:32

Then he said, “Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak again but this once. Suppose ten are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of ten I will not destroy it.”

Genesis 37:6

He said to them, “Hear this dream which I have dreamed:

Genesis 37:7

behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and lo, my sheaf arose and stood upright; and behold, your sheaves gathered round it, and bowed down to my sheaf.”

Genesis 37:8

His brothers said to him, “Are you indeed to reign over us? Or are you indeed to have dominion over us?” So they hated him yet more for his dreams and for his words.

Genesis 41:40

you shall be over my house, and all my people shall order themselves as you command; only as regards the throne will I be greater than you.”

Genesis 41:44

Moreover Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, and without your consent no man shall lift up hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.”

Genesis 44:17

But he said, “Far be it from me that I should do so! Only the man in whose hand the cup was found shall be my slave; but as for you, go up in peace to your father.”

2 Samuel 14:12

Then the woman said, “Pray let your handmaid speak a word to my lord the king.” He said, “Speak.”

Esther 1:12

But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's command conveyed by the eunuchs. At this the king was enraged, and his anger burned within him.

Job 33:31

Give heed, O Job, listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.

Psalm 79:5

How long, O Lord? Wilt thou be angry for ever? Will thy jealous wrath burn like fire?

Exodus 32:22

And Aaron said, “Let not the anger of my lord burn hot; you know the people, that they are set on evil.

Proverbs 19:12

A king's wrath is like the growling of a lion, but his favor is like dew upon the grass.

Daniel 3:15

Now if you are ready when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, to fall down and worship the image which I have made, well and good; but if you do not worship, you shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery furnace; and who is the god that will deliver you out of my hands?”

Daniel 5:19

and because of the greatness that he gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him; whom he would he slew, and whom he would he kept alive; whom he would he raised up, and whom he would he put down.

John 5:22

The Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son,

Acts 2:29

“Brethren, I may say to you confidently of the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.