KJV King James Version
And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit [was] empty, [there was] no water in it.
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Genesis 37:24
And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit [was] empty, [there was] no water in it.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.
WEB World English Bible
and they took him, and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty. There was no water in it.
ASV American Standard Version
and they took him, and cast him into the pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and take him and cast him into the pit, and the pit is empty, there is no water in it.
Surrounding context — Genesis 37
21 And Reuben heard [it], and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.
22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, [but] cast him into this pit that [is] in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.
23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, [his] coat of [many] colours that [was] on him;
24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit [was] empty, [there was] no water in it.
25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry [it] down to Egypt.
26 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit [is it] if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he [is] our brother [and] our flesh. And his brethren were content.
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Jeremiah 38:6Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that [was] in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon [there was] no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.Psalm 130:1-2A Song of degrees. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.Zechariah 9:11As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein [is] no water.Psalm 88:8Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: [I am] shut up, and I cannot come forth.Psalm 88:6Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.Psalm 35:7For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit, [which] without cause they have digged for my soul.Psalm 40:2He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, [and] established my goings.Lamentations 3:52-55Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.Lamentations 4:20The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.
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