Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
Genesis 50:20 - English Standard Version 2016 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. 更多版本King 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. |
Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And his brothers listened to him.
But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peacefully to him.
Surely the wrath of man shall praise you; the remnant of wrath you will put on like a belt.
But he does not so intend, and his heart does not so think; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few;
this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men.
God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you by turning every one of you from your wickedness.”
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.