Genesis 37:26 - English Standard Version 2016 Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Judah said to his brothers, What do we gain if we slay our brother and conceal his blood? American Standard Version (1901) And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood? Common English Bible Judah said to his brothers, “What do we gain if we kill our brother and hide his blood? Catholic Public Domain Version 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 And Juda said to his brethren: What will it profit us to kill our brother, and conceal his blood? |
Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. Then we will say that a fierce animal has devoured him, and we will see what will become of his dreams.”
And the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to me from the ground.
Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know; am I my brother’s keeper?”
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 pit.”
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 begged us and we did not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”
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.
And David said to him, “Your blood be on your head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have killed the Lord’s anointed.’”
“What profit is there in my death, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it tell of your faithfulness?
Even when Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.
But there were ten men among them who said to Ishmael, “Do not put us to death, for we have stores of wheat, barley, oil, and honey hidden in the fields.” So he refrained and did not put them to death with their companions.
For the blood she has shed is in her midst; she put it on the bare rock; she did not pour it out on the ground to cover it with dust.
For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?
But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
“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 that is too difficult for you, then you shall arise and go up to the place that the Lord your God will choose.