Genesis 40:7 “So he asked the officials of Pharaoh who were in custody with him in h…”

Genesis 40:7

So he asked the officials of Pharaoh who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so downcast today?”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that were with him in the ward of his lord’s house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?

World English Bible

He asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in custody in his master’s house, saying, “Why do you look so sad today?”

American Standard Version

And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that were with him in ward in his master’s house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sad to-day?

Geneva Bible 1599

And he asked Pharaohs officers, that were with him in his masters warde, saying, Wherefore looke ye so sadly to day?

Darby Translation

And he asked Pharaoh's chamberlains that were with him in custody in his lord's house, saying, Why are your faces [so] sad to-day?

Young's Literal Translation

and he asketh Pharaoh's eunuchs who [are] with him in charge in the house of his lord, saying, 'Wherefore [are] your faces sad to-day?'

Bible in Basic English

And he said to the servants of Pharaoh who were in prison with him, Why are you looking so sad?

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Cross references

“Wherefore”

Nehemiah 2:2 1 Samuel 1:8 Judges 18:24 2 Samuel 13:4 Luke 24:17

Nehemiah 2:2 · BSB

so the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, though you are not ill? This could only be sadness of the heart.” I was overwhelmed with fear

1 Samuel 1:8 · BSB

“Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband Elkanah asked. “Why won’t you eat? Why is your heart so grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”

Judges 18:24 · BSB

He replied, “You took the gods I had made, and my priest, and went away. What else do I have? How can you say to me, ‘What is the matter with you?’”

2 Samuel 13:4 · BSB

and he asked Amnon, “Why are you, the son of the king, so depressed morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon replied, “I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”

Luke 24:17 · BSB

He asked them, “What are you discussing so intently as you walk along?” They stood still, with sadness on their faces.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were distraught.

8“We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”

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