Yehudah said to his brothers, *What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
Genesis 50:20 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 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. |
Yehudah said to his brothers, *What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
Come, and let's sell him to the Yishme`elim, and not let our hand be on him; for he is our brother, our flesh.* His brothers listened to him.
His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn't speak peaceably to him.
It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes.
All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.
Surely the wrath of man praises you. The survivors of your wrath are restrained.
However he doesn't mean so, neither does his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off not a few nations.
him, being delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by the hand of lawless men, crucified and killed;
God, having raised up his servant, Yeshua, sent him to you first, to bless you, in turning away everyone of you from your wickedness.*
We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.