Genesis 50:20 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁰ And as for you, ye meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ As for you, you thought evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring about that many people should be kept alive, as they are this day.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ And as for you, ye meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

Common English Bible

²⁰ You planned something bad for me, but God produced something good from it, in order to save the lives of many people, just as he’s doing today.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ You devised evil against me. But God turned it into good, so that he might exalt me, just as you presently discern, and so that he might bring about the salvation of many peoples.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ You thought evil against me: but God turned it into good, that he might exalt me, as at present you see, and might save many people.

Genesis 50:20 Cross References

Genesis 37:26

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

Genesis 37:27

Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brethren hearkened unto him.

Genesis 37:4

And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren; and they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

Genesis 50:19

And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?

Psalm 119:71

It is good for me that I have been afflicted; That I might learn thy statutes.

Psalm 56:5

All the day long they wrest my words: All their thoughts are against me for evil.

Psalm 76:10

Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: The residue of wrath shalt thou gird upon thee.

Isaiah 10:7

Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.

Acts 2:23

him, being delivered up by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye by the hand of lawless men did crucify and slay:

Acts 3:26

Unto you first God, having raised up his Servant, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.

Romans 8:28

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.